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Location: Cicero, NY | This could be an odd question but it seems that, as I play more and more, my fretboard is becoming drier despite my efforts to keep the house at an acceptable humidity level. Does anyone use a conditioner on their guitars to keep the fingerboard "fresh"? |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | The fingerboard and the bridge are the only unfinished wood (except for the inside), and they need to be conditioned after a while. I use Yamaha lemon oil and lots of tissues every couple of months or so. I apply a generous amount with my finger and let it soak in for a couple of minutes. Then I put on some more and wipe with tissues to clean the dirt off. I dig in up against the frets with my fingernail. If I'm working on a guitar that's really neglected and dirty, I rub gently with OOO steel wool, then tissues. As I do all of this I can hear my guitar whisper "I love you John." |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I use a beeswax that was originally from Warwick basses, they used to use it on the whole bass. They probably still offer this stuff.
Boiled linseed oil works too but be careful with the rags it's on, they get pretty flamable. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | You betcha, I use mineral oil. If you can't find a light grade of it, just use the kind in the drug store. Don't use baby oil, just use the plain mineral oil, the same kind your wife uses on the chopping block. A cooking supply store may have the thinner stuff, but the drugstore type will work just fine. For the neck itself, I use butchers wax. |
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Location: Vermont USA | bauerhillboy As I do all of this I can hear my guitar whisper "I love you John."
Bro. you need a vacation! come rest, relax anything.
Paul |
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Location: Midland, MI | Especially considering his name is Bob.
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Location: Cicero, NY | Actually I hear similar whispering...wait, no, I guess it's really more of a directive and it's not quite "I love you John", more like a "Will you PLEASE FIX THAT JOHN?!?!" Yeah, that's it. |
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Location: Evansville,IN | Been using some stuff called Fast Fret on the strings, as it cleans them. Suppose to make them last longer, let you play faster, and prolong fingerboard life.
I never see any on the fingerboard, so don't know what it does there. I would have to remove the strings to get it on the fingerboard in any quantity. Appears to be a wax of some kind. Who knows. :D |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | I've got the "Dunlop Fingerboard Kit" has a cleaner and an oiol conditioner. Apply it a couple of times a year during a complete change of strings. Seems to work pretty good... |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I've been using Kyser's Lem-Oil on my fingerboards and bridges; it seems to keep the wood from getting too dried out. I squirt it on a paper towel, apply it to the wood, let it soak in and then wipe off the excess after a couple of minutes.
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Location: south east Michigan | I use Lizard Spit brand polish and fretboard conditioner.
Why? Because when it came down to a choice between probable equal products, I liked the name. |
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