Is Your Guitar Neck Sticky? Your Hand Does Not Glide Smoothly Up & Down The Neck? Horrified At The Thought Of Sanding The Neck Down? Watch This Video…
In answer to a question regarding guitar neck stickiness often due to a thick lacquer finish, specifically on some Gibson guitars, this short video illustrates how to get that sticky neck a little smoother without causing damage.
If your new to working on your guitar, and particularly an expensive model, it’s always best to use the prescribed manufacturers products to keep you safe. In this video, as I will be working on a Gibson guitar with a particularly thick nitro-cellulose lacquer finish I am using their ‘Vintage Restorative Kit’ alongside a cutting polish called here in the UK, ‘T-Cut’. The latter is a common cutting compound which feels like a creamy substance between your fingers but is in actual fact - very slightly abrasive. Making sure the guitar is safely laid on a foam matt, available from ‘Nomad Music’ and with the neck frets protected by placing a long strip of card between them and the strings, this helps to be able to apply a good amount of pressure as you are polishing without the strings being pressed into the frets.
Repeating the process might be required depending on just how sticky the neck is. For those who like a really worn-in feel, this would require the use of ‘Wet N Dry’ Sandpaper and that would be another video. For those who know how to use a buffing wheel with the correct buffing compounds than this job can be done very quickly, but under no circumstances should a person use a simple ‘Drill Style’ buffing attachment as heating up the lacquer and causing damage to the surface can be easily done as the Nitro-Lacquer ‘Heats-up’ with the friction applied. In this video, my Gibson Les Paul 1950s Gold Top (2022 Model) with it’s thick nitro-lacquer felt a good deal smoother after using the T-Cut followed by Gibson’s Restorative Cream.
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I hope this video is helpful to those who are unfamiliar with working on their guitars… Enjoy!
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