Removing finish from the underside of the neck?

Jack Clark · #1 11-05-2009, 06:04 PM

Do you guys remove the finish from the underside of the neck to allow the thumb to glide more easily? If so, do you use successively-finer steel wool to do this, ie., 00 then 000 then 0000? And once you do that, how do you keep it clean? With periodic smoothings with the 0000 steel wool?

forester · #2 11-05-2009, 09:27 PM

you can scuff the glaze off w/fine steel wool and maintain it with a clean cloth and periodic wool "buffing".
Over time the finish will wear off in the high traffic area,then you'll have to seal it with a light oil and repeat above.

**Matthew Tucker** · #3 11-05-2009, 10:45 PM

Forester are you sure that applies to a blowfish on a stick??

jack you'd better post some pics of your bass. i'm intrigued!:-)

forester · #4 11-06-2009, 04:34 AM

yes&no
i pictured a blowfish with a layer of finish on the back of the neck that gets sticky and his thumb chatters up and down the length.(kind of like what your butt does in the tub).
i didn't mean to imply he strip the neck, just dyna-glide it a little for smoother shifts.

i once skewered a blowfish in the Keys with a speargun,it was slow moving quarry, and felt bad afterward.

Cody Sisk · #5 11-06-2009, 05:17 AM

I'm laughing so hard, I woke up my wife.

Jack Clark · #6 11-06-2009, 08:48 AM

Thanks, forester, I'll do it that way.

Matthew, I haven't posted pix of my "blowfish" for a while, and it's been very much modified since then, so I'll guess I take some more this weekend and put 'em up, if you're that interested.

forester · #7 11-06-2009, 05:15 PM

all i really meant to say was: it should take about 90 seconds with some 0000 wool to get the desired feel, if not something is amiss.

Jack Clark · #8 11-06-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by forester

all i really meant to say was: it should take about 90 seconds with some 0000 wool to get the desired feel, if not something is amiss.

That's all I want--to get rid of that thumb-draggy feeling that I'm attributing to the finish on the underside of the neck. Just a little more slide 'n' glide, is all I'm after.

Thanks.

OhulahanBass · #9 12-21-2009, 03:13 AM

Chiming in: My neck is getting a bit slippery. It originally had a satin finish but I think the oils from my hand have turned it to a glossy finish. Some fine steel wool would help my finish become satin again correct?

Jake deVilliers · #10 12-21-2009, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by OhulahanBass

Chiming in: My neck is getting a bit slippery. It originally had a satin finish but I think the oils from my hand have turned it to a glossy finish. Some fine steel wool would help my finish become satin again correct?

Yup - 0000 steel wool up and down with the grain for 90 seconds like SUBARU says and you're ready to go!