Is a bare neck bad?

[Horizontalste]

I've got a Stingray with an all maple un painted neck and its pretty bomb proof.
Is be interested to hear what oils folks are using though?

[kurosawa]

I have 2 SQ-series necks. One's stable as a rock and the other changes constantly. Can't tell by looks, either. The unstable one is almost perfectly flat-sawn and the poly finish is perfect. The stable one is sawn off-center and is worn down to the bare wood down-neck. You live with the neck daily, so you're the expert.

[Dingus]

There is no rhyme or reason sometimes as to which necks are stable and which aren't. My main bass for a good many years was a Jazz Bass with a graphite reinforced neck that shifted so much that I could predict the weather from how the action was on any given day.