I don’t have any satin necks, but the second I do, I will “Fix” them with the scotch bride and steel wool.
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No, it’s the other way round!! Sorry, if I wasn’t clear - glossy is visually nice, but tends to get sticky (especially when not wearing a glove 
), while satin may look duller but it is just smoother and supports playing much better 
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Ok, if I get a glossy neck, the post above applies.
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All Ibanez and ESP I have ever played have nice satin necks 
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Yes, they are great. There was a confusion between Satin and glossy
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@joergkutter I trust you and have no doubt this works, but something about shelling out hundreds to Fender, so that I can finish their product sorta irks me. It’s not like dropping in a set of Seymour Duncan or EMG pickups; it’s more like finishing the manufacturing.
Fender just seems to have my number with their marketing – or maybe I’m just not in their marketing cycle. If I want that PJ and a satin neck I’m going to have to pay $1,200 to get an American Performer P-Bass, but then you only have tree colors available. For another $600 they’ll give me essentially the same bass in Surf Green from the Mod Shop. Or, I can wait so many years until they rotate the green into the mix again. Squier has nothing right now.
The MIM P-Bass looks pretty good, but no J pickup. I didn’t think it was a big deal initially, but sometimes that J pickup comes in handy to dial in the tone I want. Not often, but in the Bassbuzz course, I’ve found that it’s cool to have it.
For now, I’ll just keep truckin’ with my slightly beat up 18 year old Squier.
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I hear you, @kwt7667! I also felt I shouldn’t have to do this and I also almost didn’t want to take steel wool to a bass I paid good bucks (or: kroner) for, but who knows what is behind the rationale of the bass designers/manufacturers to decide on a glossy vs a satin neck!?! My first three basses were all glossy and I hadn’t even thought about this “issue” at all. When I first played a satin neck, that perspective changed and now, I don’t want to go back.
And just to be clear: we are not talking about “relicing” a bass - just taking the glossy stuff off the neck. From what I was told, it is “reversible”, should you regret or want to sell it as it was down the line…
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FWIU, it will naturally get s shine back on if after time playing it, from hand outs and friction, it won’t be like a glossy, off the shelk finish, but it will naturally polish it to a texture, or feel of a glossy neck, and this process to make it satin will need to be repeated.
@joergkutter, after you scruff it up a bit, you are going to use a tiny bit tongue oil to protect it? Right?
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Yeah, well, erm, haven’t applied any oils so far, @T_dub … I know I probably should, but I am still, uhm, experimenting how to best do all this - it is a bit like “working with woods 101” for me. Have been starting on my “least expensive” bass first…
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I just recall the vids showing this process saying it’s good cuz it protects the wood against ageing
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Probably true, but potentially even more important for unfinished fret boards!
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Absolutely
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What exactly are we looking at, @quadfather? (Can’t see the headstock…)
A little bit reminiscent of my latest…
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Sand berg??
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Now that’s a burst.
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Ooh, the Mayones, very nice.
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It’s amazing isn’t it.
I’m trying to think how I can possibly justify getting it somehow, moneywise
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No, like @howard said, it’s a Mayones! I took the same framing as in @quadfather’s post 
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