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02-18-2013, 07:49 PM
|  | Losing faith in humanity...one call at a time. | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Higley, AZ | | | Good Hell !!
I'm about to unsubscribe from my own damn thread!! I intended this to be a discussion about neck finishes and making changes that suit the owner/player, despite possibly voiding the warranty.
Feel free to conduct these inane discussions in the "Pissing Match" thread.
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02-18-2013, 07:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada | | | I sanded the finish off of the necks of my first three basses, and then refinished them in tung oil. I FAR preferred that to any sort of glossy finish. I can live with satin, but an oil/unfinished neck is definitely my preference. |
02-18-2013, 08:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Austin, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by darkstorm  Coated glossy necks are a detriment to best playing eaze. they allways have a sense of draggynes to them. | I dust my left hand with a little talcum powder when I play. A glossy neck is just like a pool cue. |
02-18-2013, 08:06 PM
| | | | I'm very much a DIY type of person, so for me, doing something as mundane as sanding the finish on the neck is hardly worth commenting on. In some cases that's just instrument maintenance, especially if you're just using fine steel wool to restore a matte finish after it gets that hand-rubbed gloss. Does that really void the warranty?
Just ignore the people who pick apart your post and try to use it against you, btw. One of TB's less desirable traits.
OT: Anyone remember that Pop-up Video of "Hot for Teacher"? There was a bubble that said something about Eddie Van Halen using chainsaws to modify his guitars. I've always wondered what you could possibly do to a guitar with a chainsaw, other than cut down the tree from which it's made, that wouldn't be better suited to a different tool. |
02-18-2013, 08:10 PM
|  | Registered Loser | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: St. Louis | | | Dude, your thread is 5 pages long. No one got ignorant or into a pissing match. If only other people who sanded the finish off their new basses on purpose responded, it would have been 20 posts and dead. Relax, no one kicked your puppy.
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02-18-2013, 08:23 PM
| | | Slightly off topic, but maybe I can take thi thread in a direction where we won't quibble. I recently bought a bass specifically as a physical platform to rewire and mod it. Yes, I voided the warranty - all new electronics, tuners, bridge, etc.
Fun part of the purchase was watching the sales guy at GC try to sell me an extended warranty.  |
02-18-2013, 08:24 PM
| | Losing faith in humanity...one call at a time. | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Higley, AZ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Floyd Eye Dude, your thread is 5 pages long. No one got ignorant or into a pissing match. If only other people who sanded the finish off their new basses on purpose responded, it would have been 20 posts and dead. Relax, no one kicked your puppy. | Really... I think that's because your posts account for almost a third of those five pages!!
Who Posted?
Total Posts: 85
User Name Posts
Floyd Eye 26
bassgod0dmw 7
alembicguy 5
Engine207 5
two fingers 5
SolarMan 4
spade2you 3
Rip Topaz 3
PotsdamBass8 2
uOpt 2
Toptube 1
FretlessMainly 1
seanm 1
rfslick 1
mjac28 1
P. Aaron 1
ggunn 1
Josh Pelican 1
C.Linton 1
abemo 1
DeanT 1
thedudebrah 1
Bobster 1
darkstorm 1
Steve Dallman 1
KTFunkAlive 1
pacojas 1
awilkie84 1
NYCbassist 1
kcole4001 1
SeaBassTheFish 1
Meddle 1
blindrabbit 1
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02-18-2013, 08:28 PM
| | Registered Loser | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: St. Louis | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Engine207 Really... I think that's because your posts a count for almost a third of those five pages!!
Who Posted?
Total Posts: 85
User Name Posts
Floyd Eye 26
bassgod0dmw 7
alembicguy 5
Engine207 5
two fingers 5
SolarMan 4
spade2you 3
Rip Topaz 3
PotsdamBass8 2
uOpt 2
Toptube 1
FretlessMainly 1
seanm 1
rfslick 1
mjac28 1
P. Aaron 1
ggunn 1
Josh Pelican 1
C.Linton 1
abemo 1
DeanT 1
thedudebrah 1
Bobster 1
darkstorm 1
Steve Dallman 1
KTFunkAlive 1
pacojas 1
awilkie84 1
NYCbassist 1
kcole4001 1
SeaBassTheFish 1
Meddle 1
blindrabbit 1 |
Whatever dude. Enjoy your thread.
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02-19-2013, 09:23 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Engine207 Really... I think that's because your posts account for almost a third of those five pages!!
Who Posted?
Total Posts: 85
User Name Posts
Floyd Eye 26
bassgod0dmw 7
alembicguy 5
Engine207 5
two fingers 5
SolarMan 4
spade2you 3
Rip Topaz 3
PotsdamBass8 2
uOpt 2
Toptube 1
FretlessMainly 1
seanm 1
rfslick 1
mjac28 1
P. Aaron 1
ggunn 1
Josh Pelican 1
C.Linton 1
abemo 1
DeanT 1
thedudebrah 1
Bobster 1
darkstorm 1
Steve Dallman 1
KTFunkAlive 1
pacojas 1
awilkie84 1
NYCbassist 1
kcole4001 1
SeaBassTheFish 1
Meddle 1
blindrabbit 1 | I can't believe you counted. That's gotta be a bit of a low, eh? |
02-19-2013, 11:10 AM
| | Losing faith in humanity...one call at a time. | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Higley, AZ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by spade2you I can't believe you counted. That's gotta be a bit of a low, eh? | Nah, bro...actually, I cut and pasted. If you go to the thread in the "Basses" forum, click on the number of views, it brings up what I pasted. Ain't nobody got time for that....
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02-19-2013, 11:16 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by spade2you I can't believe you counted. That's gotta be a bit of a low, eh? | No, actually that's a function of the forum software.
If you go to the thread list and click on the number of responses you get the "who posted" count
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02-19-2013, 07:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Engine207 Nah, bro...actually, I cut and pasted. If you go to the thread in the "Basses" forum, click on the number of views, it brings up what I pasted. Ain't nobody got time for that.... | Nice! I have to remember that. |
02-19-2013, 08:01 PM
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02-19-2013, 08:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Mystic CT | | throw me on the sword too, i like satin or unfinished necks...the amount of stiction is more consistent...particularly when you live in an area where humidity varies by 80% and temperature by 40 degrees...and thats in the house..lol
I dont buy basses with glossy necks, and fwiw i DID sand my pool cue
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