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Club Sadowsky!!!

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Sadowsky necks are finished with a thin coat of nitro.
Maybe your skin oils react badly with that?
Regular wipe down and cleaning should prevent that, but, there's nothing wrong with sanding that down.
 
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drumsnbass said:
I believe Sadowsky said it will eventually wear down/in with time anyway...
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Yep, and I completely agree with Roger:

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The nitro began wearing away on my 2005 P5 so I accelerated the process with 300 grit sandpaper. I love love LOVE the feel! Edit: the nitro finish feels great too, but I prefer worn-away-nitro.

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drumsnbass said:
I believe Sadowsky said it will eventually wear down/in with time anyway...
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True, but in the mean time, depending on a player's particular case, playing conditions, etc, it could gum up from time to time, and in that case, some light buffing with a very fine abrasive (super/ultra fine sandpaper, 0000 steel wool, etc) can work wonders for restoring that nice slickery dry woody feel.
 
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Devnor said:
The nitro finish on my recent NYC Will Lee neck has become rough & sticky in spots along the bass side in the neck. Ultimately I had to lightly sand the back of the neck. I shouldn't need to do this to my bass...at least I never needed to to this with my Fender FCS instruments. Curious what is up? Anyone else experience this?
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I've got a 2011 Metro RV5 I bought used a while back, and I figure it's got a good amount playing time on it now. The finish is starting to wear through on the back of the neck and along the lower edge of the fingerboard (the G string side).

Can't speak to the stickiness (never noticed that), but when the wear just started to get down to the wood, it did feel a tiny bit rougher at first. That disappeared quickly; I figured it was just the grain of the wood standing a little higher, initially.

As it progressed, it smoothed out. Like others, I really like the feel, although I'm gonna let time run its course rather than sand the finish off.
 
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Devnor said:
The nitro finish on my recent NYC Will Lee neck has become rough & sticky in spots along the bass side in the neck. Ultimately I had to lightly sand the back of the neck. I shouldn't need to do this to my bass...at least I never needed to to this with my Fender FCS instruments. Curious what is up? Anyone else experience this?
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I had the same thing with a past Sadowsky (stickiness on the neck). I couldn't tell you why that particular neck was a bit sticky (and the necks on my other Sadowskys weren't).
 
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bass12 said:
I had the same thing with a past Sadowsky (stickiness on the neck). I couldn't tell you why that particular neck was a bit sticky (and the necks on my other Sadowskys weren't).
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Was the stickiness present on your #1 bass? I know first-hand (NPI) that a satin finish can be worn glossy on a poly-finished neck, and of course it'll happen much faster on a nitro-finished neck.
 
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Fuzzbass said:
I know first-hand (NPI) that a satin finish can be worn glossy on a poly-finished neck, and of course it'll happen much faster on a nitro-finished neck.
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Last night I noticed that the satin nitro on my 2010 P5 neck has been worn glossy from the 1st to the 6th fret. (Yes, I stay down in the "money" range, not that it's made me rich. :p).

As much as I love bare wood necks, this bass is still shiny with minimal wear and tear and a grungy neck would look out of place, so I won't remove the nitro -- yet. I thought I read that a scotchbrite pad could restore the satin feel... yea or nay?
 

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