Take 0000 steel wool and rub it all over the neck in circular motion. I'm a quick toggle flipper also, so I agree. I don't even use the middle position. Tumbling booms are too distracting, especially after a few. Right Newman 60? Rosewood wouldn't go with the look of the guitar. Your like me, after I have something, I wonder what it would be like with something else.
Bm