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Originally Posted by Truckjohn

That could be tricky because the maple is dyed that yellow color and it may be dyed a second color under the yellow to pop the grain. You will burn through it when you sand it - then you have to match the dye color and progression or it looks weird.

If it was one of their black painted poplar necks - it’s easy to finish it up using hardware store fare....

I partially sanded the neck and to me it looks like it's just a solid paint and then the bare wood. May be tricky to find an exact color paint match or maybe go to a solid light colored stain and then a lacquer. Not sure.