Should I Sand the back of my Bass Neck?

You could try to polish the back.. transparant & slick

 

hmm i wouldn't do that. Sanding the back of the neck never works out like you'd like it to. Stingray's have about the fastest neck ever but they aren't really sanded, they're waxed. IF i were you i'd get sum of that fast fret. The old bassist for my band used to spray that stuff all over his neck everytime b4 he played. We all made fun of him, but he was fast. I assume that would work well. I'm not exactly sure what polishing the back of the back would do but i think AllodoX might have sumthing there. Well good luck.

 

I have a Mim Strat with a satin finish neck I was not happy with it (my basses have waxed or natural finish) I got one of those paint stripper rags and GENTLY rubbed the back until I was happy.

Be careful

 

If you decide to sand, it isn't necessary to completely remove the finish to get a 'satin' feel. I occasionally use 600 grit wet-or-dry paper (dry) on lacquered necks, just enough to remove the shine. Clean with a damp, almost dry cloth diaper, and viola, 'satin'... Eventually friction and body funk work out the light scratches and bring the shine back to the neck, IME anyway...

-robert

 

pretty much the same as waxing..
i did about the same to my EDC..

i have a bottle of Teflon, which i canned from a previous employer ( ).

I just squirt a little Teflon on a piece of clean cloth, rub the back of my bass' neck with it. then i leave my bass for 5 mins, and rub the neck firmly with a piece of clean, dry cloth. my bass has a little layer of teflon on it's neck, which is VERY slick.

After each rehearsal i just take a piece of cloth, and gently rub any greace /dust/fingerprints/whatever off my bass' neck and it stays fast for about 6 months.

 

What kind of effect would this have on future refinishing though? Some lubricants have a way of getting down into the wood and not going away for love, money, or high grade solvents. Makes it a bitch to repaint.

 

Hmm.. my bass has a painted neck, so i doubt the wood will suck the teflon in..

 

I did sand the back of my Fender Jazz naeck...and I have to say it worked perfectly. I didn't take it all the way off, though, I just used some very fine grit paper and gently rubbed and rubbed and rubbed until it was the feel I wanted.
Now it smooth as silk -- no drag at all.

 

So THATS what having a fast neck means. I thought it had to do with action and string guage and tension, I never thought about friction.

I use some very fine steel wool, and the neck feels like... um... something really really smooth. Polished oiled nice warm ice, maybe.

 

I play in really small crappy bars with crappy AC. I've never had any trouble with being able to get around the neck fast enough.

 

i suggest you olive oil

 

<b>Comakazi said...</b>

<font color="#0000ff">I did sand the back of my Fender Jazz naeck...and I have to say it worked perfectly. I didn't take it all the way off, though, I just used some very fine grit paper and gently rubbed and rubbed and rubbed until it was the feel I wanted. Now it smooth as silk -- no drag at all.</font>

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I used to use a product called Tone Finger Ease. I just did a web search for it and found out they still make the stuff - amazing. Last time I used it was about 300 years ago. Got tired of spraying the neck with goop and sanded a year-old maple p-bass neck down to the wood back about 1976. Fast as hell but skin oils eventually turned the back of the neck a lovely shade of green. It still played okay but looked a little funky.

My unsolicited advice? Satin finishes are pretty cool. Unfinished necks get an unsightly green tinge to them eventually.

Funny - I can't see the green stuff oozing out of my hands but I know it's there.

hth,

allan