Aerosol Spray for fretboard?!?!?!

SC Bassboy · #1 02-22-2010, 03:24 PM

So I was watching a Kings of Leon concert on Palladia this weekend and noticed roadies were running up and spraying something on the fretboards of the bass/guitars. I have no idea what it was or its purpose and it's driving me nuts. Has anyone else seen this or know what the aerosol spray is?!?!?! Thanks!

stflbn · #2 02-22-2010, 03:25 PM

Could be something like Fastfret. Very odd if they were doing it during a show though.

SC Bassboy · #3 02-22-2010, 03:30 PM

Yeah, it is weird. That's what is confusing me. Here's a clip where they were doing it. Watch around 2:15. I guess it is a lubricant but I wonder why they spray their guitars with it the whole show. Is string friction that big a deal for them?

kesslari · #4 02-22-2010, 03:50 PM

It's an antibiotic that is easily absorbed through the fingers, in preparation/prevention mode for the groupies du jour...

Soverntear · #5 02-22-2010, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by kesslari

It's an antibiotic that is easily absorbed through the fingers, in preparation/prevention mode for the groupies du jour...

sounds good to me

Al Berry · #6 02-22-2010, 04:03 PM

Hoover · #7 02-22-2010, 04:11 PM

I didn't watch the video, but waaaaay back when in the Dark Ages (aka 1975-ish) I used to use Fingerease, a spray-on neck/fingerboard/string lubricant. http://www.zzounds.com/item--CBR2074

It made the neck...well, slippery. Which, after a few months of use, I realized was totally pointless. A good neck feels fast without having to lube it up like a dungeonmaster's forearm.

SC Bassboy · #8 02-23-2010, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Hoover

It made the neck...well, slippery. Which, after a few months of use, I realized was totally pointless. A good neck feels fast without having to lube it up like a dungeonmaster's forearm.

My favorite post of the day.

62bass · #9 02-23-2010, 01:57 PM

It might be a deodorant.

trunkshope6 · #10 02-23-2010, 02:13 PM

yeah most likely just fret ease,i used it a while then i guess i lost it,but didnt miss it enough to go buy another can,rather just buy sime wonder wipes

blipndub · #11 02-24-2010, 05:23 PM

Cooking spray. He's trying to get a relic'd Jamerson sound.

VroomVroom · #12 02-24-2010, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoover

...A good neck feels fast without having to lube it up like a dungeonmaster's forearm.

If I had room in my too-verbose-as-it-is sig file, this would be so sigged.

SBassman · #13 02-24-2010, 05:50 PM

Lubing the fretboard - is a really effective way to get the frets to start lifting.

Honk'n_down-low · #14 02-24-2010, 05:55 PM

He trying to get the T-Bird to sound good and his fingers hurt cause he is a Pick Pansey : )

Or, it is his Dinner.

Tim Skaggs · #15 02-24-2010, 06:29 PM

Strings can get pretty sticky in hot humid weather. They sounded pretty good except for the lead singer's voice crapping out on him occasionally. Maybe he should have sprayed his vocal chords.....

blipndub · #16 02-25-2010, 12:24 AM

I guess if you have a tech who is paid to clean all that crap off and change your string why not? I've used fingerease before but only until i realized it was a fast burn and then the strings just need more and more.

SBassman · #17 02-25-2010, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by blipndub

but only until i realized it was a fast burn and then the strings just need more and more.

Exactly. Plus the dirty little secret that it Does hammer the board.

SC Bassboy · #18 02-25-2010, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by blipndub

I guess if you have a tech who is paid to clean all that crap off and change your string why not?

At one point during that concert a roadie is helping the drummer drink a Michaelobe Ultra through a straw while he plays. I thought I would p!ss my pants laughing. Talk about roadie abuse.

xaxxat · #19 02-25-2010, 03:33 PM

Instant Mojo...

$999.99 a can at GC.

**StrangerDanger** · #20 02-25-2010, 04:53 PM

FINGER-EASE