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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Hi,
been playing a Applause AE127 for some time and just upgraded to a 2nd hand Elite Special S868 natural finish, WOAH! :D Now there was pleasant surprise!!!
Anyhow want to clean the natural finish as it has a few greasy marks etc.
So any ideas people?
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Location: South of most, North of few | Welcome Mr. Zappa. Dunlop makes a great guitar cleaner/polish and also carnuba wax to finish it off. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Jim Dunlop 65?
I presume it's OK for that particular finish which is quite a matt finish. |
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Location: NJ | Dun65.
But make sure you get the Dunlop65 GUITAR Cleaner (brown label).
(for some reason) They also make a Dunlop65 STRING Cleaner with a blue label (which sucks, btw). |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | So the 65 for cleaning / polishing?
Do I really want to wax? Will that not shange the subtle / light finish?
Whats the purpose of waxing?
Thanks for answering all my stupid questions. |
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Location: NJ | ". . Whats the purpose of waxing? . ."
So that when you go to the beach, you don't look like you have Larry Fine in a ScissorHold . . . |
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Location: enid, ok | The purpose of waxing for most of these guys is so they don't have to shave their legs as often. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Please stay on thread - silly answers whilst sometimes droll aren't all that helpful.
I was clearly refering to waxing a natural finish Elite Special :-( |
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Location: closely held secret | If you refer to your own questions as stupid, you really shouldn't complain about silly answers. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by dweezil:
Please stay on thread - silly answers whilst sometimes droll aren't all that helpful.  |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Its just a saying, don't get too hung up on semantics.
Look I don't mean to be stroppy but so many forums / posts descend into banal / flippant comments off thread. I just don't think it's helpful. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
If you refer to your own questions as stupid, you really shouldn't complain about silly answers. Quote of the month !!! |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | And there was me thinking that an innocent post about how best to maintain my Ovation would be answered sensibly on an Ovation forum.
Sadly I was so wrong.
So let's try again...
Does the Elite Special natural finish have a waxy finish on it when it leaves the Ovation factory? Or is it just polished using a similar product to Dunlop 65? |
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Location: NJ | If y'feel the need to wax it, I'd recommend Butcher's Wax . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | You're probably in the wrong place then.
There is a huge wealth of information concerning not only Ovations, but guitars, recording, performing, gig bags, picks, tequila and llamas to be found here.
And it's more a family than most boards, complete with weird uncles from Joisey and gene-challenged cousins from Virgina.
You most likely WILL get an answer to your question, but you sometimes have to wade through a bit of muck before it finds you. Just like most families.
If you aren't willing to endure a little good natured fun until the one who KNOWS the answer to your question gets around to reading it, well... that's too bad. 
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Dude, you're cleaning a guitar, not transplanting a kidney! Lighten up! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by dweezil:
Jim Dunlop 65? YES
Originally posted by dweezil:
So the 65 for cleaning / polishing? YES
Originally posted by dweezil:
is it just polished using a similar product to Dunlop 65?? YES
Exactly what part of this is not clear ??? |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | my guitar is precious to me like my own kidney |
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Location: NJ | join th'Club . . . |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | @ Tupperware,
Where does anyone say in the above thread that the Elite is just polished not waxed? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Wax or not is up to you. Some people do it others do not. It's your choice. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | so many forums / posts descend into banal / flippant comments off thread. But we do it faster and better than any other forum!
WELCOME, Dweezil. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Originally posted by cholloway:
so many forums / posts descend into banal / flippant comments off thread. But we do it faster and better than any other forum!
WELCOME, Dweezil. |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | The issue you're grappling with here is this: There are several people who will read your question and post helpful info, and then another 100 or so who don't have a life outside of the OFC and simply can't resist posting SOMETHING.
Or it could be that phenemenon I discovered when I moved from Jersey to NW Pa. 20 years ago. In Jersey you'd ask a question and expect the other guy to get right to the point and give you a concise answer. Time is much more valuable than human interaction in Jersey.
When I moved here, I found it was necessary to spend a few minutes (at least) exchanging pleasantries before you got down to the business at hand. Ahh...life in the country!
So...if you're in too much of a hurry around here to be patient with the ones who just wanna be friendly, you run the risk of alienating all those folks who may one day be your friends in this club. Maybe none of that is important to you. Let us know now.
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Cleaning Elite Special S868 natural finish?
