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02-25-2013, 07:26 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Omaha, NE, USA | | | G&L Gun Oil tint question
Question about G&L's hand-rubbed gun-oil tint option on necks...
Do they feel "sticky" and glossy like an old poly neck? Or are they more like a satin or oil finish?
I generally prefer satin necks... hate the nasty thick gloss. I need my necks to feel fast and smooth, but NOT like bare wood.
Thoughts? |
02-25-2013, 08:00 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: SC. Where everything is fried! | | | They're thick poly gloss. |
02-25-2013, 08:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Omaha, NE, USA | | Boo. The term "gun oil" made me think.... I dunno... oil...smooth...  |
02-25-2013, 08:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | mine is more like waxed unfinished wood |
02-25-2013, 10:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Omaha, NE, USA | | | Anyone know if G&L uses the same neck finish as are on USA Peavey Millenniums? Because I looove USA Peavey Millennium necks. |
02-25-2013, 10:47 PM
|  | Groove farmer | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: the 5th dimension | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TimBosby  Question about G&L's hand-rubbed gun-oil tint option on necks...
Do they feel "sticky" and glossy like an old poly neck? Or are they more like a satin or oil finish?
I generally prefer satin necks... hate the nasty thick gloss. I need my necks to feel fast and smooth, but NOT like bare wood.
Thoughts? | The two that I've had were very nice, not sticky. But it's nothing like a typical oil finish like EBMM or a US Masters. My impression was the GNT was not quite as glossy or as thick as a typical "gloss" finished neck.
To be honest I don't know how G&L applies that finish, but if you told me it's a blend of satin and gloss I could believe it.
That said, if you have sticky hands like a tree frog, you might want to first check one out in person. |
02-25-2013, 11:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Omaha, NE, USA | | I think "gun oil" just describes the color but it's actually gloss... see here: http://www.glguitars.com/instruments...tions/bass.asp
...and I totally have sticky hands like a tree frog |
02-25-2013, 11:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Canton, Ohio | | As far as I know G&L doesn't have a "hand rubbed gun oil finish" in their options. What they do have are different neck tint options. http://www.glguitars.com/instruments...tions/bass.asp
What is referred to as "Gun Oil Finish" is actually "Vintage Tint Gloss" and it is a colored polyurethane gloss finish.
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02-25-2013, 11:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Canton, Ohio | | | Ya beat me to it Tim!
I don't have the tree frog hands problem but if you want the color there's now a "vintage tint satin" option which should be a lot less sticky than the gloss.
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02-26-2013, 04:47 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: White Plains | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TimBosby I think "gun oil" just describes the color but it's actually gloss... see here: | Yep. This is how mine is. It's a tint, and the actual finish is gloss.
I usually hate gloss finish, but this is pretty nice.
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02-26-2013, 12:58 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | ok, so my 2011 sb-2 is clear satin, and the 83 l2k is vintage tint gloss
the vintage tint gloss is like what was on my gibson grabber and you need to polish it sometimes or it will get pretty sticky, not as much nowadays though, cause people don't smoke in clubs or bars anymore |
02-27-2013, 01:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warwick, RI | | I thought G&L stopped offering the Gun Oil Tint (G.O.T) a few years ago?
I have (2) basses that have it, a SB-2 fretless and a ASAT.
I enquired to G&L about buying a matching fretted neck for the SB-2 and they told me they no longer offered the GOT.
At least that is what I was told
It has that orange'e cheeto's look to it. 
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