Dean ML

[D.Ingram]

Ahhh painted neck?

After awhile your hand grease will smooth it over nicely.

 

[Ocelot2010]

I fucking hate painted necks....

 

[D.Ingram]

People are just impatient. A painted necktakes to to get used to, sure - but its corrected eventually.

 

[Ocelot2010]

I've had my guitar for almost 2 years, it has a painted neck, I hate the neck, because my hands get very sweaty, and the neck gets sticky.

 

[Zehm]

at guitar stores you might find a product called "finger ease" it's a spray that lubricates the strings and neck so that the strings don't squeak when one changes fret positions and the thumb doesn't stick to the back. but Dave's right the oil from your thumb will polish the neck smooth. try going two-three weeks where you never play less than 4 consecutive hours a day. It takes a bit of time for your hands to start sweating so it's only after you get going that any real polish gets applied to the neck. Also, if you're playing that much your hands are getting used to the paint on the neck, so that extended time of practice has a compounded effect. 6 hours is even better. Not to mention that, if you play that long every day for a few weeks you can actually notice the improvement from one day to the next.

 

[D.Ingram]

Obviously your hand oily greasiness isn't gonna do the trick alone, you still need to wipe your neck down every so often.

 

[Ocelot2010]

Which I'm too lazy to do.

 

[Sjusovaren]

I did it daily. Five minutes after it was wiped down, it got sticky again. And I've had plenty painted necks that I haven't had that problem, so I got rid of it.

 

[D.Ingram]

Payience my friend, its all about patience.

 

[diddykoi6]

painted necks never bothered me. i prefer it. i dislike bolt on necks muchly.

 

[Zehm]

Ditto. it's the only thing that I dislike about my Jackson.

 

[Chipmonkcheeks]

I don't have any bolt ons, whats so bad about them?

 

[Zehm]

for one they just kinda feel different. second when you get up to the higher frets there's this big block of wood that blocks your thumb. but you can get used to that.

 

[Sjusovaren]

Not on Ibanez guitars. I can put my index finger on my neck pickup without any problem.

 

[Zehm]

depends on the cut. is yours square or rounded?

 

[Sjusovaren]

Rounded, like pretty much all "modern" RG's.

 

[D.Ingram]

Fuck Ibanez

Also, with bolt ons you lose sustain but you'll lose it if you have a tremolo anyway so.....