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MM Stingray - cleaning and lacquering an unfinished neck


gazhowe
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I've owned my MM Stingray (3 band EQ) from new since 2006. Anyone who has a Stingray like mine with a non-lacquered maple neck will know that it's pretty much impossible to keep the neck clean.

Despite cleaning the neck once myself it quickly became filthy again so, after reading a thread on BC about getting a maple neck cleaned and lacquered ([url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/252661-i-decided-to-get-my-stingray-neck-lacquered/page__p__2679232__hl__stingray%20gloss%20neck__fromsearch__1#entry2679232"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry2679232[/url]) and a online chat with [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/10878-mcnach/"]mcnach[/url] (thanks Jose!), I decided to do the same. The work was done by David Wilson (DWilson Guitars) following a straightforward initial contact via Facebook ([url="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002025970885&fref=nf"]https://www.facebook...5970885&fref=nf[/url]) to discuss the job in detail and make arrangements.

I picked up my bass at the weekend and I'm over the moon with the result. Not only is the neck clean, it feels and looks great and with a fantastic job also done polishing the frets and giving it a setup. Communication from David was great throughout and he provided progress updates with pictures too!

I will be using David again for any other refinishing work i may need and would have no hesitation in recommending him to anyone else who is considering having a bass cleaned and/or re-finished. Here are pictures of my bass before, during and after the work:

Before: [url="http://s592.photobucket.com/user/gazhowe/slideshow/Stingray%20refinish/Stingray%20before"]http://s592.photobuc...ingray%20before[/url]

During: [url="http://s592.photobucket.com/user/gazhowe/slideshow/Stingray%20refinish/Stingray%20during"]http://s592.photobuc...ingray%20during[/url]

After: [url="http://s592.photobucket.com/user/gazhowe/slideshow/Stingray%20refinish"]http://s592.photobuc...gray%20refinish[/url]

Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

Gaz

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[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1485397610' post='3223710']
Glad you liked the result ;) (how could you possibly not??? :lol:)
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Cheers Jose - I was confident that Dave would do a great job but didn't think about the end result too much beforehand. It helped that it was completed within two weeks! :D

It's getting it's first gig run out for a long time tomorrow night. B)

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