Slickest/smoothest neck wood you've ever played?

[MikeW]

Back to the OP: I'd say either Pao Ferro or Canary. I really like the Canary/Ebony neck I have. The Pao Ferro is waiting for a body, but it's really slick without burnishing.

 

[DangerousR6]

Back to the OP: I'd say either Pao Ferro or Canary. I really like the Canary/Ebony neck I have. The Pao Ferro is waiting for a body, but it's really slick without burnishing.

Canary is awesome...

 

[Kostas]

I have a Wenge and a Goncalo Alves. I also had a Rosewood (Indian) and I have played a friends Bocote neck. Every wood with open pores like Wenge does not stay slick for long, I actually prefer finished maple over Wenge and Rosewood. Open pore woods need oil regularly, depends how often you play. I have also tried wax and it made it worse. On the contrary I have the Goncalo neck for seven years and have not put anything, it's slick as the first day I got it. OK, I don't tour and play this specific guitar every day, I don't know how it would be under a tour abuse but I don't suggest open pore woods if you are after a smooth feel.

 

[Cagey]

Open grained woods tend to load up with all sorts of kukka, and adding oil/wax/fret-ease/whatever only exacerbates it. Even without adding anything to it, it'll load with dead skin cells, skin oil, dirt, slobber, beer, hooker dust and what have you. Some players don't have a problem if they have relatively dry hands, but there are those who can make a mess of even gloss poly. But, at least gloss poly you can clean - raw porous woods don't clean easily, and will end up nasty. The denser stuff works well, like Pau Ferro. That'll clean up just fine. Naphtha is your friend.

 

[sixstringsamurai]

Open grained woods tend to load up with all sorts of kukka, and adding oil/wax/fret-ease/whatever only exacerbates it. Even without adding anything to it, it'll load with dead skin cells, skin oil, dirt, slobber, beer, hooker dust and what have you. Some players don't have a problem if they have relatively dry hands, but there are those who can make a mess of even gloss poly. But, at least gloss poly you can clean - raw porous woods don't clean easily, and will end up nasty. The denser stuff works well, like Pau Ferro. That'll clean up just fine. Naphtha is your friend.

:laughing7: :laughing7: :laughing7:

 

[Rick]

Cagey,
You forget vomit flakes, the most disjusting thing to get on a guitar neck!  Heh Heh, I love that hooker dust!

 

[Cagey]

Heh Heh, I love that hooker dust!

Apparently, so do the young girls with low self-esteem who also love tramp stamps and piercings. Stuff is Satan's own dandruff. You get within 2 miles of a bar populated by the type, and you'll get it on you. Then, you have to explain it to your significant other for the next 5 years.

 

[bagman67]

Cagey, one way to avoid buildup of hooker dust is to avoid dusty hookers.  Just sayin'.

 

[Cagey]

STOP MAKING SENSE!

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

My Bocote neck is amazing - everyone who's played it has fallen in love.  I haven't played canary but I've played most of the others and I prefer the bocote neck.  They're pretty expensive though and hard to come by - you just have to watch the showcase and pick them up when they come by.  Mine was a strat neck and I paid extra to have them recut the head to a tele shape.