Here's a way:
Sand of the finish of your neck, and use the finest grade of steel wool to "shave off" the gunk you were saying. Because maple have a tendency to turn black in some areas that are expose. Something like the picture below
After sanding of the finish, apply the gunstock wax and let it dry, then repeat the process until your happy with the number of coats. IIRC, EBMM has 5~8 layers of max on it (can't really recall the exact number).
The plus of using max is it's really really smooth! And the feel is just godly.
Some like to use tung oil too, you could always try that. EBMM switched from oiled finished necks to waxed finished necks though.


I told you what headphones before already what
For me, my SONY flat response headphones never failed me for around 8 years.

actually 2000 grit sandpaper should be able to do it.
just make sure to wet it first.

wats that thing before the headstock? is it a mod? im referring to ROssies pic

rustreever , u wanna change your neck finish to the EBMM finish is it .. ?

err..u wanna try out my guitar so see how it feels first ? 

LOLz.

Here you go Equilibrium777.
http://www.angelo.com/html/the_mab_string_dampener.html

bro , use zippo lighter fluid .

its all good for maple

Don't think it's THAT complicated, it's not rocket science, c'mon, it's just a pieace of wood!
1. Take out the neck2. sand it down
3. apply finish till satisfied

The string dampener is kinda shouting out loud:
"HEY! I CAN'T PLAY CLEANLY, SO I NEED A DAMPENER TO HELP ME! I SUCK!"

hahaha..ei serious one wei  ! ...

i just emailed edwards from freeman guitars about this ..

i Pm you what i received

*sorry... I bit pissed off... missed out one of the easiest question in my exam.

Covariance₁ ₂ = E{[R₁-E(R₁)][R₂-E(R₂)]}/ divisor
Correlation Coefficient₁ ₂= Covariance₁ ₂/(sigma₁*sigma₂)
Why the hell did I missed out the freaking divisor!!!!!!!!!!!

He lifts up and down the MAB very smoothly. No worries. Yeng-ness.

. . . LOLZ. . . damn. . . since when we call it MAB?

i'm so old school. . .

Sigh....... I hope I get paid after my internship.... probably not.....
If I DO..... looks like it goes into my 24-fret Ibanez fund!

And sorry to dissapoint all you 7-stringers out there...... but 24-fret is a higher priority then a 7 string

i know what he meant. just curious, is bentley that bad at it? i thought a shop so big should have good profesional staff.

yeah..last time it was RM80 for setup and RM150 for redress

now its RM100 for setup , RM200 for redress

vulcan x just redress 2 guitars ..tham gave discount lar..RM380 for both lol 

but i think its pretty standard , Simon , John , Edwards all..not to say their price are wayyy cheaper than Tham ...plus..now the new fly over near UM ...

less Jam lar..last time i used to hate going to Tham's place , especially going home time , have to pass by the Sultan Abdul Samad school road ...jam like hell..

i've been wanting to play a few hard solos(at least for my standards) like cob - everytime i die, trivium - gunshot to the head of trepidation etc
but i always thought that it's still to early to learn something that hard so i'm wondering, should i be tackling the solos slowly, part by part or should i wait till i get better ?
some people say practing things which are too hard(like sweep picking) when you're too far away from it is actually bad, so..