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Slippery neck!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by Davygravy3, Nov 19, 2001.

  1. Nov 19, 2001 #1
    Davygravy3

    Davygravy3

    Sep 21, 2000
    CAn you put anything on hte back of a fender mim 4 string jazz neck so its smoother and easiert to move like on a snowboard teh wax people put on, something like that?
     
  2. Nov 19, 2001 #2
    pmkelly

    pmkelly

    Nov 28, 2000
    Kansas City, MO
    It's probably not the best thing for it, but I will occasionally use a green 3M pad and just run it across the back of the neck a few times.... It works for me, and it will take the finish of, but I haven't seen enough come of to really worry about it....


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  3. Nov 19, 2001 #3
    neptoon

    neptoon

    Jul 25, 2000
    Kings Bay, GA
    try some tung oil...that stuff is great
     
  4. Nov 19, 2001 #4
    flipperwhite

    flipperwhite

    Jul 12, 2001
    usa
    silicon spray.
     
  5. Nov 20, 2001 #5
    Syncop8r

    Syncop8r

    Aug 31, 2000
    Christchurch, New Zealand
    Someone suggested 600grit sandpaper to me here a while ago - just a little roughing up every few months.
     
  6. Nov 20, 2001 #6
    VoodooChile

    VoodooChile

    Jun 2, 2001
    Pod 6, under the water
    chicken grease, definitely chicken grease. or maybe bacon, it's kinda a grease of choice thing. chicken grease, fish grease (might smell bad but hey it's your bass), bacon grease, face grease (just in case you're either going through puberty or taking anabolic steroids)
     
  7. Nov 20, 2001 #7
    Gallient Knight

    Gallient Knight

    Jul 31, 2001
    Milford CT
    I love Tung oil necks. Striping the existing finish off can usually be done with a green scrubby pad. IT WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY. However once thats done a few coats of Tung oil seperated by some light steel wool and you can have a neck that feels like its coated in silk for about $10 in oil and steel wool. In most cases as long as the wood has some sort of finish on it it should be OK if otherwise properly maintained. I live in New England where the temp in my music room will get to 100 in the summer and 35 in the winter and I never have to make big adjustments to necks coated with tung oil.
     
  8. Nov 21, 2001 #8
    red-hot-bassist

    red-hot-bassist

    Sep 18, 2001
    glasgow
    slegger on some vaseline
     
  9. Nov 21, 2001 #9
    barroso

    barroso

    Aug 16, 2000
    Italia
    eat fried potatoes and never wash your hand....
     
  10. Nov 21, 2001 #10
    lo-end

    lo-end

    Jun 15, 2001
    PA
    I kinda get vaseline on there by accident... :D
     
  11. Nov 21, 2001 #11
    VoodooChile

    VoodooChile

    Jun 2, 2001
    Pod 6, under the water
    (south park voice on)

    sick dude!

    (south park voice off)
     
  12. Nov 21, 2001 #12
    SuperDuck

    SuperDuck

    Sep 26, 2000
    Wisconsin
    Fried chicken worked for Jaco, or so the legend goes. :D
     
  13. Nov 21, 2001 #13
    Davygravy3

    Davygravy3

    Sep 21, 2000
    crisco...?
     
  14. Nov 22, 2001 #14
    red-hot-bassist

    red-hot-bassist

    Sep 18, 2001
    glasgow
    chicken must be a very bassey thing...didn't mingus eat a lot of it? i think muddy waters sang about it too....hmm......
     
  15. Nov 22, 2001 #15
    VoodooChile

    VoodooChile

    Jun 2, 2001
    Pod 6, under the water
    as long as it started off with "i woke up this morninig" or "on the day i was born" muddy sang about it.
     
  16. Nov 22, 2001 #16
    jbandbabyj

    jbandbabyj

    Mar 14, 2000
    Portland Oregon - Yes it is raining right now.
    snowboard waxes often have graphite in 'em...
    you could replace your neck with a graphite one!
     
  17. Nov 23, 2001 #17
    red-hot-bassist

    red-hot-bassist

    Sep 18, 2001
    glasgow
    hey muddy is a cool guy, and so did jim morrison sing about it, didn't he eat more chicken than man ever seen hey hey??