John0104

Ahhh I have this exact model in black w/black pickguard and roasted maple neck! It's one of my favourite basses. Good luck with the sale (and to potential buyers, I doubt you'll find a better bass for the price)

Going back to the OP though, I've bought plenty of unloved basses over the years, which I've renovated (and rewired if necessary), levelled, cleaned and polished/oiled/waxed. For me, unless the frets are really in a bad state with very noticeable string grooves - in which case the neck usually needs refretting anyhow - I've found that the following combination is almost always sufficient to get the frets back to A1 condition: medium grit fret rubber, fine grit fret rubber, 0000 steel wool, and a Dremel with a buffing wheel, plus just a tiny dab of polishing compound.

I also avoid having to mask up the fingerboard as much as possible: I find that so long as I'm careful with the rubbers/steel wool/buffer, I don't damage or soil the fingerboard. And as a last step, I clean both the fingerboard and the frets with mineral oil after I'm done - this will get rid of any fine debris that may have been left by the fret work.

(On the subject of mineral oil: I long ago switched out of lemon oil and into a light, food-grade mineral oil. It's a highly-refined short-chain-molecule oil which a) works at least as well as lemon oil, and b) costs a phenomenal amount less on a volume-volume basis)

11 hours ago, Acebassmusic said:

 

I never thought of using underwear to maintain my bass. Might just try it next time 🤣🤣

Hehehe. But on a related matter, I find that old t-shirts easily make the best everyday cloth for wiping down basses or removing excess oil/polish/wax/etc

13 hours ago, gary mac said:

 

 

My customer's frets and mine occasionally.

You only have one customer? 😛