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Hello there American brothers ,  since i wanted to buy a Stratoaster i ended up  buying a  "cheap "  player series  which sounds really good  the only soft point is  the colour of the keyboards which is too light  compared to rosewood  , isn't there a product  which  can darken  irreversibly  the pau ferro wood ? 

cheers 

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I think it looks fine in that photo.

Hydrating with a fret board conditioner (Nomad F1 Oil or anything made for this purpose) will give a darker appearance. 

Honestly thats about as far as I'd take it.    Do that maybe twice a year?

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5 hours ago, kidblast said:

I think it looks fine in that photo.

Hydrating with a fret board conditioner (Nomad F1 Oil or anything made for this purpose) will give a darker appearance. 

Honestly thats about as far as I'd take it.    Do that maybe twice a year?

hello there  i bought  the montypresso wax cream   do you know if that is working good on it ? 

 

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I've never seen that product, but after watching the video, hard no. 

 While others may have a different opinion, but I'd not be doing that to any of my necks.

I'd also not be pouring Naphtha on the fret board as he did.

It's a great cleaner, but moderation! 

Wet a rag or paper towel then apply it.   

You don't want that stuff seeping in between the frets and interfering with any glue that is in those fret slots.

over all tho,  for darkening a FB, I'd go with something a little less invasive, like some fret board conditioner. 

just my 2 cents

 

 

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