it's as easy as fixing a cut finger.
simply buy a johnson & johnson band-aid, made with the new "flexible fabric" band aid strip. and, affix it to the palm of your fretting hand, from the joint under the index finger diagonally to the butt of your hand. i am going to use the 1 3/4" x 4" band-aid on new stuff, rather than hitting it with 0000 fine steel wool, or sanding with 2500 grit sand paper .... both of which leave the finish cloudy.
i don't pretend to any genius on this. i just got bit by a dog the other day, the dog leaving puncture wounds over and under the joint on my left index finger, and another lesser puncture over the back of my wrist joint. i put on some "flex-fabric" band-aids as the wounds were healing, to make sure that the flexibility of my hand would be o.k.
it was.
but, the point is, the "flex-fabric" over the back of guitar necks was just slicker than fresh snot. (well, i had to describe it somehow.) this fabric on the band-aid strip is just very very smooth. and, slick. and, it sticks to the hand like crazy. the only draw back is that it is a little hard to get off, ..... , but, that's hardly a draw back, is it?
i've not tried this on every guitar neck there is, because i don't own a guitar store. but, it has worked very well on a guitar that was just kinda "sticky," and it was hard to move up and down the neck, because of the tackiness.
give it a try. the worst thing that can happen is that you may have a new package of band-aids with a "missing" one.
john jay @ 09.22.2022
p.s. laughing. and, nope, i have not received any compensation or promise of same for this "endorsement" of a johnson & johnson product. nor do i expect same. such is life.
p.s.s. and, nope, i don't know if doing this will polish a guitar neck. or, how long that might take. you find out, and let me know.
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