Neck finish

[bradfordws]

I'm just posting this to see if anybody else has done this. When I bought my Sterling 4H a couple years ago, I decided to spray the back of the neck with a satin clear - Minwax polyurethane - BECAUSE I didn' like the idea of the oil/wax blend for 2 reasons. 1. Being more susceptible to humidity changes. 2. I noticed on the "used" MM basses at GC that the necks were filthy with all kinds of funk. I had owned MM basses in the past and they used to use a satin clear poly on the back, which is what I think would be best, but, hey, I'm not in charge over there. I recently picked up my new Sterling 5 HS and I just sprayed that neck today. It came out great just like my 4 stringer! I have rosewood boards, so I just taped off the edge of the board, bagged the headstock with a lunch bag and took care of bidness. Yeah, I took the neck off the bass. Now, dirt won't get "into" the grain and require sanding to remove. Works for me. Anyone else done this?

 

[GHWelles]

No. If it gets funky (which has never happend to me) just steel wool it and re-wax-oil.

 

[SR5Cam]

No. If it gets funky (which has never happend to me) just steel wool it and re-wax-oil.

+1

My Ray5 is due for it's next cleaning/oiling.

Edit: I did do the spray on poly to a bass that i built myself though-didn't turn out so well. So i sanded it down and finished it with oil and wax.

 

[Brim]

I love the feel of the satin oil/wax finish. It's what really turned me onto to EBMMs a few years back. I can not play Fenders anymore with their shiny necks. Laklands have the same feel on the back of the neck.

 

[GHWelles]

The other thing is I think it is not really the case that the oil finished necsk are susceptible to humisity changes. I have a San Dimas Charvel unfinished neck I've had since 1983. No problems, very stable.