neck question

[jongitarz]

Mr Jon where are you cdb needs Questions Answered, If you go thru the forum he's Jon and you'll see Customer Service I beleive, or Post here like your doing, He'll reply.

I am on vacation, but I saw the light in the sky.

My advice is don't do it. I don't know how much wood you would have to sand through to get to the truss rod, but I wouldn't risk it. I don't really know how much you want to reshape the neck, but a new one is costly, and I wouldn't want you calling us later and saying" It's Jon's fault! That chump said it would be OK!!" So again, don't do it. IMO.

[backagain1]

If you want to clean it, put tape over the pickups and use 0000 steel wool on the neck. Then apply birchwood-casey tru-oil lightly to the back of the neck. Wipe it off a minute or so later and apply Birchwood-Casey gunstock wax. Makes the neck lightning fast again.

If you apply birchwood-casey tru-oil lightly to the back of the neck, wipe it off a minute later, and apply Birchwood-Casey gunstock wax, will you get oily fingers that will subsequently degrade the strings?

[jongitarz]

No

[SteveB]

If you apply birchwood-casey tru-oil lightly to the back of the neck, wipe it off a minute later, and apply Birchwood-Casey gunstock wax, will you get oily fingers that will subsequently degrade the strings?

I tend to handle the guitar using paper towels during this process, so that my fingers don't touch anything except the back of the neck. Then I wash them thoroughly when I'm done. Regardless, I haven't noticed any string degradation as a result. I change my strings every week or two anyway, just as a matter of course.

[phatduckk]

i dont clean my basses or guitars often and im not too careful about washing my hands before i play so my necks sometimes get sticky (totally my fault). but, when i decide to do something about it i bust out the 0000 steal wool and a few minutes later its just fine

i should get some wax and oil and spend an afternoon tending to my children

[jongitarz]

Yes you should. Thank God you have no real children.

[phatduckk]

LoL

wuddup buddy???

[cdb]

I am on vacation, but I saw the light in the sky.

My advice is don't do it. I don't know how much wood you would have to sand through to get to the truss rod, but I wouldn't risk it. I don't really know how much you want to reshape the neck, but a new one is costly, and I wouldn't want you calling us later and saying" It's Jon's fault! That chump said it would be OK!!" So again, don't do it. IMO.

Well, let me be clear. The aims would be to

1."satinize" the neck more. But I will try the steel wool thing. and oil and wax.
2. Make it just a little less "round". Not that the neck is uncomfortable, I just prefer a slightly flatter or more oval feel... if I disliked the neck, I wouldn't have bought the thing in the first place. So it would just be flattening the apex of the circle, so to speak. It would only be taking off a16th or so at most I guess. But if you recommend not doing it, then I won't...

[cdb]

Lol, I guess it was your avatar that threw me off

The avatar is my son's mouth, where all my money goes... for braces and food. The kid eats continuously.

[dlb1001]

I am on vacation, but I saw the light in the sky.

My advice is don't do it. I don't know how much wood you would have to sand through to get to the truss rod, but I wouldn't risk it. I don't really know how much you want to reshape the neck, but a new one is costly, and I wouldn't want you calling us later and saying" It's Jon's fault! That chump said it would be OK!!" So again, don't do it. IMO.

So, the better solution would be to use lemon oil or maybe, Murphy Soap to clean up the neck, right? And for a maple board, what the best treatment for it?

[robobass13]

the best thing I've found to bring back the satin is scotch brite pads in red or green, it is equal to 0000 steel wool but will not leave pieces of steel to collect on the pickup, and then use a little lemon oil or Dr. ducks axe wax.

[Rano Bass]

I was thinking of something like this myself, what to do if i want the neck to feel like it does on the back of the headstock?