So, I have now given a similar treatment to the Studio. I went with 1000 and 1500 grits. In terms of look, though I was better organised and thought through the transitions a bit better, I feel like I have let my self down a bit in the workmanship. The look of the neck is not as consistent on the Studio as what I did on the Epi.
It is however a small gripe as the feel is really close to my SE C24. Which is brilliant! Now that I have done this one, I think that with the Epi I haven't really turned the neck into a satin finish... It is closer to a no finish... I am glad I changed the grit because very quickly I realise that the finish on the Studio was thinner than on the Epi... So it would have been easy to go too far quickly.
Both feel great in their own way now, and I will see in time which one I prefer. But I can't help thinking I may have gone overboard with the Epi. Will there be significant disadvantages in having only a very thin finish left on the neck?
I still need to take some photos of the Studio neck... The funny thing now, my Tele introduced me to satin finish necks, and it now feels the stickiest of the lot. Looking at it through the experience I gain in this wee experiment, I would say it isn't actually satin, but a very thin gloss... I may have to do something about it!!!