you can go ahead and use cloth and water, but you WILL dry out the neck, and the cloth could cause some scuffing of the wood, helping dry it out more. Definiately listen to Ian when he says the fretboard conditioner. Also grab yourself a 100% cotten cloth. That is your best bet by all means.
Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
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the fretboard?
lemon oil and 100% cotton rag -- although if I remember correctly you shouldn't use lemon oil on maple fretboards.
You can just use some old English lemon oil -- it's for polishing furniture but it'll work fine. The specially formulated fretboard conditioner is usually just 95%+ lemon oil anyways so you mine as well save a few bucks.
You can just use some old English lemon oil -- it's for polishing furniture but it'll work fine
Old English will hurt your lacquer (it breaks down nitrocellulose).
Some repair shops use old english instead of water when they wet-sand finish repairs, but that's because it helps
cut the finish before they wipe it clean and buff it out.
Feel free to use something like Formby's furniture grade lemon oil, but personally I'd stay away from Old English.
Or better yet, just use some kind of fretboard conditioner (some are mineral oil, some lemon oil).
These are all fine to use : click here: FRETBOARD CONDITIONER
There's also Gerlitz Guitar Honey.
Cheers . . .
Of the ones Ian suggested, I HIGHLY reccommend(I love spelling) Lizard spit. A friend of mine uses it and it's amazing..and smells nifty too
Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
"Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
as I've mentioned fretboard conditioner is probably the best thing to use.
Old English will hurt your lacquer (it breaks down nitrocellulose).
Some repair shops use old english instead of water when they wet-sand finish repairs, but that's because it helps
cut the finish before they wipe it clean and buff it out.
Feel free to use something like Formby's furniture grade lemon oil, but personally I'd stay away from Old English.
Or better yet, just use some kind of fretboard conditioner (some are mineral oil, some lemon oil).
These are all fine to use : click here: FRETBOARD CONDITIONER
There's also Gerlitz Guitar Honey.
Cheers . . .
- Ian
There is no nitrocellulose on unfinished fretboard, so is it ok I use Olde English for my rosewood.
There is no nitrocellulose on unfinished fretboard, so is it ok I use Olde English for my rosewood.
Just be careful you don't get any on any other part of your guitar -
Which can be difficult to do since you usually spray it -
Again, I'd recommend something else since it's easy to get messy and make a mistake.
I just got some the other day. It really works! and it's cheap!
Someone on here reccomended it to me and I've never found something better!
Grand Rapids '04, Detroit '06
JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
"Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
Just be careful you don't get any on any other part of your guitar -
Which can be difficult to do since you usually spray it -
Again, I'd recommend something else since it's easy to get messy and make a mistake.
I never spray any cleaner except to the back of the guitar. Always to the cloth. Super paranoid about having to take my guitar apart and dig that shit out, I guess.
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No real noticeable sound improvement, but playability and string life will be improved.
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JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
"Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
lemon oil and 100% cotton rag -- although if I remember correctly you shouldn't use lemon oil on maple fretboards.
You can just use some old English lemon oil -- it's for polishing furniture but it'll work fine. The specially formulated fretboard conditioner is usually just 95%+ lemon oil anyways so you mine as well save a few bucks.
Some repair shops use old english instead of water when they wet-sand finish repairs, but that's because it helps
cut the finish before they wipe it clean and buff it out.
Feel free to use something like Formby's furniture grade lemon oil, but personally I'd stay away from Old English.
Or better yet, just use some kind of fretboard conditioner (some are mineral oil, some lemon oil).
These are all fine to use : click here: FRETBOARD CONDITIONER
There's also Gerlitz Guitar Honey.
Cheers . . .
- Ian
<b><font color="red">CONTACT ME HERE</font>: www.myspace.com/ianvomsaal</b>
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JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
"Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
There is no nitrocellulose on unfinished fretboard, so is it ok I use Olde English for my rosewood.
I just got some the other day. It really works! and it's cheap!
Which can be difficult to do since you usually spray it -
Again, I'd recommend something else since it's easy to get messy and make a mistake.
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JEFF HARDY AND JEFF AMENT USED TO LOOK THE SAME
"Pearl Jam always eases my mind and fires me up at the same time.”-Jeff Hardy
Because I know your supposed to keep string tension on the neck.
"Its a secret to everybody."
I never spray any cleaner except to the back of the guitar. Always to the cloth. Super paranoid about having to take my guitar apart and dig that shit out, I guess.