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thumperton said:
What part of the bass is this happenning at Greg?
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Hi oliver,the entire bass is affected,the neck(ovankol) & body (bubinga pommele).There's tiny white lines which look like dry wax in the open pores of the wood,I'll post a pic later so you can see what I'm talking about,
cheers bro,
cheers bro,
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Ok I think I know what you are referring to. Something similar started happening to my SS II and I just took it to a luthier for a refinish to be honest. I never took the time to see if it was developing that because of the wax or not, but most likely it could be as you well explained just tiny residues of the wax that get stuck and dry out. The picture of me on the warwick site features the SS II after the refinish.
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thanks guys,it is just wax & its harmless.I think its just more visible here in winter when the humidity is at its lowest,so unless I get a refinish like oliver's ss2 I'll just learn to live with it.
cheers guys.
cheers guys.
Yeah Greg, I sure as heck wouldn't worry about it. In fact, I sometimes see Warwicks on the Vintage Warwick column that exhibit this kind of residue (check out some of the older wenge-necked basses), and frankly I think it's a good sign, as I figure that the instruments are being well cared for. I'd sure rather see the wax residue in the open grains of the wood, than a bass that might be neglected from lack of a regular waxing.
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I am sure you all love waxing the curves of your beauties, but
is there some kind of "refinish" similar to what Ollie has done
available at the custom shop in the first place? Say for a plain
bubinga body. I'd like the idea of the instrument being protected
from humidity changes etc, also I would not need to wax it (lazy). :wink:
I wonder how such a finish would affect sound too. I bet Warwick
finishes basses this way for a pretty darn good reason.
So what are the finishing options?
Thanks!
is there some kind of "refinish" similar to what Ollie has done
available at the custom shop in the first place? Say for a plain
bubinga body. I'd like the idea of the instrument being protected
from humidity changes etc, also I would not need to wax it (lazy). :wink:
I wonder how such a finish would affect sound too. I bet Warwick
finishes basses this way for a pretty darn good reason.
So what are the finishing options?
Thanks!
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After reading this thread I noticed that I too had what appears to be a build up of wax in the open grain of the wenge fretboad, ( I had waxed it thinking it was doing it good).
Cleaning it with a cloth with lemon oil wasn't removing it. I looked to see what furniture cleaners I had and there was one called Orange Oil, it claimed to remove grease, grime, polish and wax build up. I sprayed it on a clean cloth and rubbed the fretboard down with it and left it to soak in for a few minutes, then used an old tooth brush along the grain of the wenge to clean the deposits out. So far so good, I have a nice dark brown open grain fretboard again.
Cleaning it with a cloth with lemon oil wasn't removing it. I looked to see what furniture cleaners I had and there was one called Orange Oil, it claimed to remove grease, grime, polish and wax build up. I sprayed it on a clean cloth and rubbed the fretboard down with it and left it to soak in for a few minutes, then used an old tooth brush along the grain of the wenge to clean the deposits out. So far so good, I have a nice dark brown open grain fretboard again.
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Goingdownslow said:After reading this thread I noticed that I too had what appears to be a build up of wax in the open grain of the wenge fretboad, ( I had waxed it thinking it was doing it good).
Cleaning it with a cloth with lemon oil wasn't removing it. I looked to see what furniture cleaners I had and there was one called Orange Oil, it claimed to remove grease, grime, polish and wax build up. I sprayed it on a clean cloth and rubbed the fretboard down with it and left it to soak in for a few minutes, then used an old tooth brush along the grain of the wenge to clean the deposits out. So far so good, I have a nice dark brown open grain fretboard again.
Wenge fretboards can be tricky. My luthier back home once offered me to seal the fretboard with some sort of product I didn't understand at the time and I said no. I'd rather have my wenge look the way it looks now. It's still sounds great though.
