I recently bought an American Std Tele which has a satin neck finish and I love the feel of that neck.

I also have a Strat which has the traditional 'glossy' neck finish. After playing the Tele, the Strat neck now feels 'sticky' to me. I alway clean the neck and fingerboard with String Ease cleaner after almost every playing session.

My question is, has anyone every changed the finish on their neck from 'glossy' to 'satin' and what were the results.

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2008 American Standard Tele
1987 American Series Strat
198x G&L (for slide)
Super Champ XD
Roland Cube

Hello Finterra,

Try a bit of talc on your thumb.

Cheers.

I used a green 3-M scrub pad on mine and it's perfect now, and it left no steel wool fragments on my pickups.

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I have even applied some Mothers scratch remover and used this.

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I used a green 3-M scrub pad on mine and it's perfect now, and it left no steel wool fragments on my pickups.

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Is string ease different than finger ease? I use finger ease on my strings, but I always sheild the fingerboard and other wood from the spray. As far as I know, it is not meant as a wood cleaner, just a string lubricant. If you are using finger ease to clean the neck, you may want to stop.

I have never had that problem on My bench. Canned air works wonders!!!! That and blow in into the bench exhaust that I use for soldering. I do use a 3- M synthetic cleaning pad for My solder tips on the bench when cleaning and retinning.
Well when ever I work a guitar it gets cleaned after anyway. I have seen steel wool dust on pickups though and like I say most of us with computers have the canned air sitting around and it cleans all the nooks and crannies with no harm.

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Thomas Jefferson

Means you sweat somehow. So as said above put some talc in your palm.

This reminds me of a joke:
This guy goes to the doc because his peter is sore and orange.
So the doc takes a look at it and asks him what his normal routine is and if he has done anything different lately?
The patient tells him that every day after work, he stops and rents a porno, and buys a bag of cheetos.

On a serious note, my hands get clammy when I really get into it, so I try to wipe the salt and grime off the neck before I put the guitar down.
Jason

New, sticky necks are of themselves, a combination of the finish still in the very final stages of curing and being over waxed. In the case of older necks, it is from being over waxed and/or not being maintained in general. Perspiration obviously compounds the situation. To solve this problem, I use this non-invasive method in terms of abrasives and it always works:

With my palm heel and moderate pressure, I rub the entire neck, a section at a time from top to bottom. This will begin to raise up gunk. You'd be amazed at the amount of gunk that can surface from what was 'not there' before. This rubbing must be done in bursts because the friction from the rubbing heats your hand up REALLY fast. Some of the raised gunk falls off the neck, some you can just 'slap' off with a clean, soft lint free rag as you go along but alot of it still clings to the neck for dear life. Now, once I'm convinced that all the gunk has been brought to the surface, for this clingy lot, I apply naptha (lighter fluid) to the aforementioned rag and wipe the neck top to bottom. The naptha quickly removes the clingy gunk (and other miscellaneous crud such as dirt, perspiration, blood, puke, etc.). Note that naptha does NOT harm the finish. After this and just to make sure, I'll give the neck a quick palm heel rub again, just in case any gunk was 'hiding' on me. None ever was but there's certainly nothing wrong with proofing one's work. So, once I'm sure the neck is free of all gunk, I'll sparingly polish the neck with another clean, etc. rag per the above, using a premium guitar polish. Why? All that palm rubbing and ultimately, the naptha removed virtually any polish that was on the neck. Once again, the neck will look brand new and will no longer be sticky. Naturally, the neck, fingerboard, etc. should continue to be routinely wiped down after each and every playing session as usual.

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You dig?

I took a bit of fine steel wool to both my reissue tele and strat with pleasing results. (and yes I did get bits of steel wool on my pickups, which I had to pick off!)

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50's Strat
Sqiuer Classic Vibe 50's P bass
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I wash my hands before I play...I spray fingerease on the front and back of the neck with no adverse results wipe it down well and I can play for several hours with no problems. I wipe the neck down after I finish. I have guitars with both finishes. Try the talc before you make any permanent changes to your neck.

Martian wrote:

"I apply naptha (lighter fluid) to the aforementioned rag and wipe the neck top to bottom. The naptha quickly removes the clingy gunk (and other miscellaneous crud such as dirt, perspiration, blood, puke, etc.). Note that naptha does NOT harm the finish."

Unless you apply a match to it...

LOL, point WELL taken!!!

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You dig?

No need for fancy oils, sandpaper or anything like that... it will go away in a few days of playing.... its just the finish.

Happened on my Strat. After the stickiness goes away, it will play like butter.