Eliminating Gibson "neck drag"

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Or play with one of those fingerless gloves that was so hip in da 80's, especially on one hand only. :D

A good leather or suede could fix it, velvet would prolly be slippery and fast as hell, not to mention the protection to neck?? ;)
 
i have the same gibson sg, standard but a 2003 model. i noticed a matt looking area on the body actually after i played it, and it is the area where i rest my picking hand when i palmmute. im not sure if its the same thing, but i just checked, and it appears on some areas where i dont even touch it, like the neck joint, and the back of the headstock right by the neck. it all looks like sweat buildup to me, but im not really a guy that sweats a lot. it has been only a cosmetic issue to me
 
Uladine said:
I bought a gibson SG standard recently (2005 model, nothing special) and while I love the guitar, I am slighly annoyed with the way the back of the neck feels. It's not sticky, but for lack of a better term and seems almost clingy after a few minutes of playing. I don't have overly sweaty hands and none of my other guitars have this issue. It gets kind of gunky feeling after longer sessions and I'm always trying to wipe the neck down. I've played other gibsons that seem to do this too. Is it something with their finish? Is there a simple way to eliminate the problem? I've seen people actually remove the finish from their guitar necks exposing the raw wood but I dont want to go that far.
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I can't believe I stumbled across this thread. I bought two brand new Gibson Les Paul Customs and they both are very much what is being described as above. It is so annoying after the money I forked out for these two guitars.

The guitars play, look, feel great and even sound great but the finish and how easily they seem to mark or go tacky is very annoying.
 
Before you use ANYTHING on your guitar, make sure it does not contain silicon. Last I check, Pledge does contain silicon, so don't use it. It WILL cause severe, long term and irreversable damage to your guitars finish. Now, they may have come up with a new version which does not, I don't know, but make damn sure before you use it.


Don't use it.


Light

"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
 
Yea I found that powerchord stuff at Samash. As soon as I get some more throw around money, I think I'll order some up. If it doesnt work, hey, at least I have some good polish, right?
 
pledge

i have been using pledge on all of my guitars since i started to play many many years ago ..... w/ no ill effect on the finish....
 
dave..... said:
i have been using pledge on all of my guitars since i started to play many many years ago ..... w/ no ill effect on the finish....
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Pledge isn't likely to hurt a poly finish, maybe long term, but I doubt it. It will however damage a nitro finish like Gibson often uses in fairly short order.

In the company's own words:
"Silicones are important ingredients in many furniture care products. They provide lubrication so you can apply your furniture polish easily and evenly.
They also form a thin, protective film on furniture surfaces. This film helps prevent dust particles from scratching furniture while you dust, and it protects furniture surfaces from moisture, heat and daily use.

Pledge® Furniture Polish contains cleaners and solvents that remove the previous coat of polish as you dust."

That's why it feels so slick after you use it. Would you use pledge on your car's paint job? I doubt it.

In my opinion the best possible thing you can put on a nitro finish once it's clean is pure 100% carnauba wax. No cleaners or abrasives whatsoever.
 
Light said:
Before you use ANYTHING on your guitar, make sure it does not contain silicon. Last I check, Pledge does contain silicon, so don't use it. It WILL cause severe, long term and irreversable damage to your guitars finish. Now, they may have come up with a new version which does not, I don't know, but make damn sure before you use it.


Don't use it.

M.K. Gandhi
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Light, don't you mean silicone?
 
pledge

i have been using pledge for many years on nitro and urathane finishes.. on my gibson, my strat, my hagstrom...and they look great,play great its all ive ever used...i work w/ lots of nitro ... maby ill polish a car w/ pledge to see how works ???
 
I found this stuff called "Finger Ease" at a local small time shop. Makes for a really slick neck. Might be worth checkin out.
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dave..... said:
i have been using pledge for many years on nitro and urathane finishes.. on my gibson, my strat, my hagstrom...and they look great,play great its all ive ever used...i work w/ lots of nitro ... maby ill polish a car w/ pledge to see how works ???
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All finishes on guitars are very sturdy in comparison to a professional classic car paint job. If pledge works for you then great, personally I wouldn't use it on anything but a wallhanger instrument. We know that pledge has silicones, cleaners (all cleaners contain abrasives), solvents, and lemon pledge has citric acid......all things I don't want to put on my guitars.

An interesting story in pledge's defense:
When I lived in the ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes I used to go down and play a steakhouse in Ridgecrest Ca. about 180 miles away. The China Lake Navy base was there. Anyway, in the late '70's they were testing compounds that would protect the cockpit interiors of aircraft and helicopters that were deteriorating in the desert heat for it was costing a bunch in replacement parts. They spent quite a bit in research and yet came to the conclusion that nothing worked better than regular old pledge from the PX. These are the same guys that spent millions developing a pen that would write in zero gravity for the astronaughts. The Russians figured it out for pennies.....they used pencils.
 
interesting story

very interesting story.... i am just saying what works for me.... if there are any ill effects of using pledge i havent seen them.. and i always clean my guitars after i play them.....
 
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