Have you tried gunstock oil & gunstock wax like EB recommends?
Otherwise there might be a real issue with the neck, in which case you'd best contact an EB Musicman stockist or the distributor for the UK.
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For my money, this is loads better than the 'proper' version. Suddenly it's a bittersweet ballad rather than slightly clichéd C&W. And the harmonies in the chorus sound glorious at this speed too. See what you think.
http://youtu.be/doz1QJ7LwjA
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That's not Dolly, that's Roy Orbison!
Funnily the reverse is true for sir Tom Jones. Play his 33.33 album at 45 rpm and you have Dolly singing Delilah!
I don't care for all those other Jolenes much.
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That'd explain it then. What's the thinking/reason for it being different then? (Sorry, I guess you don't work for ernie ball)
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I remember reading on the EB forum that on a 2eq one is cut/boost and the other is cut only. They affect each other a bit too. Not sure now but I think the bass is cut/boost and treble is cut only, that would make the most sense anyway
I took Ernie Ball's advice and use birchwood casey gunstock oil on the maple fretboard and neck. Then I finish the neck with gunstock wax for a silky feel.
About 8 thick layers built up on the fretboard with light steelwool buffing in between for a near-laquer coating, two layers each of the oil and wax on the neck.
The bass is a '96 SR5, mine for 2.5 years now.
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Compressed air may help, at 100psi it will shift any dust but not require a week to dry afterwards! Just don't use an airline with an inline oiler in or you will have machine tool oil spots on your nice clean bass body.
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This.
And you can use painters tape as sticky cloth. Press it down once on a towel or some felt to make it low-tack, if required.
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I don't use Loctite or anything but I do regularly do a finger-tight check and if it's loosening then get the spanner out.
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Exactly.
Some of the examples shown here are pretty, sure, but not exciting looking in any way.
I like this one for instance, poor picture unfortunately but the quiolted maple top and transparent green lacquer really do the extreme bodyshape justice: