Belly up to the raw bar.....raw necks that is. My love is completely sanded and oiled raw maple neck guitars. Raw on the fretboard... and raw on the back. Oiled doesn't mean oily though... one guy in a blog mentioned "Where's the oil in oiled necks?'. People argue whether the nitro necks wear better than 'raw' necks. Truth is... raw necks are pretty much ready to rock on... bend notes, do a Stevie Ray or Kenny Wayne... or whatever you do. Nitro necks need a period to 'break in'. Even after they are broken in, the two still feel different. And raw necks have about the same life expectancy as nitro necks...I own a Sadowsky Strat (when he used to make them only for 'Big Stars'...)... it has the neck shown in the picture, and is a '80's '57 Reissue Strat, completely stripped and then given a beat up nitro treatment. A lot of 'real' players love 'raw' necks... I never used to pay much attention to raw neck guitars... I thought they might wear out and stain and also (since they are not sealed)... be subject to humidity. Not so! So....Belly up to the raw bar....you WILL NOT be disappointed.... (just make sure you also own a nice Les Paul... for those Rosewood moments).
