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Using Finger Ease on your Bass

ClassicJazz

ClassicJazz

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I've been playing allot more outdoor gigs lately, needless to say here in Florida hot and humid. Well I find at these outdoor gigs the neck and strings tend to get sticky. As much as I hate the idea of spraying something on my bass, I picked up a can of Finger Ease for a gig last night. I tried it on my Fender Jazz, and it did help.

But my concern is what does this stuff do to your bass if used often? I am reluctant to use it on one of my Sadowsky basses before I know more.

Anyone have experience using this stuff and is it harmless to your bass?
 
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ClassicJazz said:
I've been playing allot more outdoor gigs lately, needless to say here in Florida hot and humid. Well I find at these outdoor gigs the neck and strings tend to get sticky. As much as I hate the idea of spraying something on my bass, I picked up a can of Finger Ease for a gig last night. I tried it on my Fender Jazz, and it did help.

But my concern is what does this stuff do to your bass if used often? I am reluctant to use it on one of my Sadowsky basses before I know more.

Anyone have experience using this stuff and is it harmless to your bass?
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I use it when it gets real humid and never had a problem. Hard to believe they would make a product for your fingers and fretboard that would harm your bass like that.
 
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ClassicJazz said:
I've been playing allot more outdoor gigs lately, needless to say here in Florida hot and humid. Well I find at these outdoor gigs the neck and strings tend to get sticky. As much as I hate the idea of spraying something on my bass, I picked up a can of Finger Ease for a gig last night. I tried it on my Fender Jazz, and it did help.

But my concern is what does this stuff do to your bass if used often? I am reluctant to use it on one of my Sadowsky basses before I know more.

Anyone have experience using this stuff and is it harmless to your bass?
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I've been using FingerEase on all my basses & guitars for the last 25 yrs. and have never had any problems with damage to necks or fretboards.
 
#6
it keep s you strings from rust but takes a bit of the life of the sound, but would do no harm to your bass, I use the dunlop string cleaner and conditioner, usually my strings was a pile of rust in three months now it last and lasts I am in Rio that is more humid then florida( I had lived in FL )
 
#9
Finger Ease has been around for decades, I'm sure if it caused damage to an instrument they wouldn't make anymore. That being said, I use it occasionally when I feel the need for easier fingering of my fretboard, but not all the time. I don't think it causes your strings to go dead quicker either.
 
#11
Cyber Soda said:
Please excuse me while I lol.



Aaaaand now back to your regularly scheduled program.
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:confused: Don't see how that is funny?? Guess you do not play too many outdoor gigs?

It gets pretty hard to solo when you are sticking to your strings. I normally try not to do outdoor gigs in the summer....but gotta take what you can get these days.
 
#15
jaywa said:
Agreed. Playing outside in humidity s**ks totally. It's like the whole character of my bass changes and I'm playing a totally unfamiliar instrument.
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I carry a small supply of baby (talcum, not cornstarch) powder with me to every gig and rehearsal. I don't use it on the strings, of course, but the back of the neck of a guitar or bass is just like a pool cue, y'know?
 
#18
I've literally went thru GALLONS of that stuff over the years.Never has done a thing to any of my basses.Years ago,I read a Geddy Lee article and he said he sprayed so much on his necks that the stuff literally dripped off of his basses.I usually(in the studio)slide a sheet of paper in between the strings and pups and spay it where I pluck,too.Cuts down on string noise,helps w/speed too(to a certain extent).


All you fellow TBers:If you have a can of this stuff,open it up and spray a little.Do you think it smells like WD-40(used to loosen rusted nuts'n'bolts)???I do.Maybe that might be a really,really cheap alternative.Probably the same stuff.

OK,...Who's gonna be the first to try some WD-40 on that vintage bass,or that Ritter???
 
#20
ClassicJazz said:
:confused: Don't see how that is funny?? Guess you do not play too many outdoor gigs?

It gets pretty hard to solo when you are sticking to your strings. I normally try not to do outdoor gigs in the summer....but gotta take what you can get these days.
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jaywa said:
Agreed. Playing outside in humidity s**ks totally. It's like the whole character of my bass changes and I'm playing a totally unfamiliar instrument.
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If I explain it in detail, it'll only be explicit. :ninja:
 

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