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09-05-2005, 12:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Flint, Michigan | | | Cleaning the back of the neck
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Hello... I have a Fender Jazz (MIM) that I want to take care of from the start. I just bought it last week. I already use the GHS for the strings and fingerboard.
Question is... what should I clean the back of the neck with? Right now I'm using alcohol.
Any suggestions?
BTW I did do a search but could only seem to find cleaning and care for the fingerboard. |
09-05-2005, 12:56 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | I wouldn't use alcohol on a finished neck. It can turn it cloudy. Just wipe it down with a clean cloth and maybe some furniture polish and it should be fine. |
09-05-2005, 01:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Flint, Michigan | | | I've read non-wax oil correct? Or lemon oil?
Can someone recommend some brands of polish or where to buy lemon oil?
Thanks.
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09-05-2005, 02:37 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | I wouldn't use any kind of oil on a finished neck, either. But a non-wax furniture polish like Endust should be just fine. And you can get lemon oil at any hardware store, but don't use it on a finished neck. |
09-05-2005, 02:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: montreal, qc, Canada | | | Oils (such as tung or lemon) are employed on a non-finished neck or body. Finished wood can be cleaned using a turniture polish, or even with a guitar-cleaning product (Dunlop makes one that works pretty well). |
09-05-2005, 07:39 PM
|  | CRAZY BALDHEAD | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | | Most likely, your bass has a poly finish on the back of the neck...which means its coated in plastic.
Furniture polish will do next to nothing to clean or 'condition' it. Wipe it down well after you play, and if it gets really gunky a wipedown with a damp cloth with very mild soapy water will do the trick. |
09-05-2005, 07:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan | | | I use Windex. Windex can do anything! |
09-05-2005, 08:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Flint, Michigan | | | Awesome... thanks guys!
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09-06-2005, 09:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Atlanta GA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by KeithBMI I use Windex. Windex can do anything! |
are you sure? won't windex eat away at the finish? Your not supposed to use windex in your car because it will eat the rubber trim.. won't it do the same to the finish on the bass? |
09-07-2005, 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by KeithBMI I use Windex. Windex can do anything! | Are you the father from My Big Fat Greek Wedding? |
09-07-2005, 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by BurningSkies Most likely, your bass has a poly finish on the back of the neck...which means its coated in plastic.
Furniture polish will do next to nothing to clean or 'condition' it. Wipe it down well after you play, and if it gets really gunky a wipedown with a damp cloth with very mild soapy water will do the trick. | What do you have on your hands that furniture polish won't take off? I've used it for years and it's always removed oils from my hands and fingerprint smudges. Plus it leaves it with a nice slick feeling. |
09-07-2005, 06:52 AM
| | CRAZY BALDHEAD | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by JimmyM What do you have on your hands that furniture polish won't take off? I've used it for years and it's always removed oils from my hands and fingerprint smudges. Plus it leaves it with a nice slick feeling. |
Ok, maybe my phrasing was bad...BUT regular furniture polish is pretty bad for instruments. It can dry out wood and it also can leave a wax buildup that you don't want on your bass' neck. That's that slick feeling you're being left with. Its unneccesary...most necks can be cleaned very easily without furniture polish. Have you ever heard a luthier or bass manufacturer suggest using furniture polish? |
09-07-2005, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by jduce I've read non-wax oil correct? Or lemon oil?
Can someone recommend some brands of polish or where to buy lemon oil?
Thanks. | My setup/repair guy recommends Formby's Lemon Oil. It contains no wax. |
09-07-2005, 07:24 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by BurningSkies Ok, maybe my phrasing was bad...BUT regular furniture polish is pretty bad for instruments. It can dry out wood and it also can leave a wax buildup that you don't want on your bass' neck. That's that slick feeling you're being left with. Its unneccesary...most necks can be cleaned very easily without furniture polish. Have you ever heard a luthier or bass manufacturer suggest using furniture polish? | Usually they recommend a non-wax polish like Endust. Which is why I mentioned Endust by name early on in this thread  |
09-07-2005, 04:57 PM
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Endorsing:D'Addario,Genz Benz,Truth Drums,Evans,SKB,Nordstrand pu's | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Katy, Tx | | | Don't use alcohol unless you want to sterilize it. Ammonia (windex) will probably cloud the finish & could make it soft & sticky. Just wipe the neck off w/dry towel. Putting oil on a poly neck will make it sticky | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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