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Neck and String maintenance
Joined: Mar 04, 2009 Posts: 1 |
Posted on Mar 04 2009 02:29 PM
After about 10 years of trying all sorts of big "name" brands I came across the Gerlitz range of products. These are awesome! - there's a fretboard conditioner, a cleaner and a wax polish that are amazing. I sell these and act as distributor for them in the UK and Europe. Checkout http://www.poshguitars.com! I sell them 'cos I love them not the other way around! |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2009 Posts: 310 Bel Air, MD USA |
Posted on Mar 04 2009 05:28 PM
I'd be happy to find something that <u>really</u> cleans and reconditions strings so mebbe I'll check out Gerlitz stuff or what? Finger Ease? Need to re-read. In times past, I used some kind of nasty smelling thing that's like a round wooden brush handle with chemically impregnated felt that you rub on along the length of the string. Made a finger-nails-on-the-blackboard kinda sound into the bargain. Nae mare. Then there's the suggestion that you take the strings off and soak them in denatured alcohol in a long PVC tube that you cap at both ends and stash under the bed. Nuh-uh -- too fussy. The dog'd prolly chew through the tube and get drunk. As for the fretboard: I've done the gunk scrape on a couple of old beaters I've bought over the years and it definitely renews them. My current axen are still pretty clean but I give them a dose of Dr. Stringfellow's "Lem-oil" when I do some operation that involves removing all the strings at once. This also smells 'way bad so it doesn't happen too often. -- Woody —It takes a lot of mussel memory to avoid clams. |
Joined: Nov 09, 2008 Posts: 1140 Davenport Iowa 
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Posted on Mar 04 2009 06:38 PM
clean it every 20 string changes or so. maybe a bit of lem oil, esp on rose wood. I hate the dry. Give me reverb or give me death! |
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Joined: Nov 22, 2007 Posts: 901 Portland, OR 
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Posted on Mar 08 2009 01:39 AM
Wouldn't it be easier to just wash your hands occasionally? Other than that...ditto on the Gerlitz products being great! String maintenance? I just change them. — |
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Joined: Mar 25, 2009 Posts: 5 |
Posted on Mar 28 2009 11:12 AM
I heard an expert recommend cleaning the fretboard with lighter fluid, but I prefer to just wipe it with a lint free cloth. —<a>StratNeck.com</a> |
Joined: Mar 16, 2007 Posts: 1342 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
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Posted on Mar 28 2009 11:35 AM
Hmmm... I had a reputable luthier once tell me to use white gas - i.e. Amoco premium, to clean the fretboard - followed by a good polish. I did it once and it worked great. But I'm not comfortable having gasoline near my guitars so I haven't used that method again. Formby's Lemon Oil Treatment works really well. — |
Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan 
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Posted on Apr 07 2014 10:02 PM
I was at a shop and the guitar tech showed me this stuff he uses to dress all rosewood and ebony parts on guitars: |
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Joined: Apr 28, 2014 Posts: 41 South West Coast 
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Posted on Apr 30 2014 04:34 AM
MissingLink wrote:
same here.. dr ducks ax wax.. all my electrics have maple necks and lemon oil is apparently bad for those and will stain them. the ax wax gets applied lightly, then buffed. as prev poster says it can be used on everything, but you have to be careful not to put too much on as it goes a long long way. i guess if you start out with a clean guitar and 'wax' the fretboard between each string change the dirt will only be sat on the wax. be careful with the bottle too as it tends to leak. i have a metal fret protector and shine the frets lightly with fine wire wool if they need it per string change, talking of which. got an peg winder attachment for my lower powered power-screwdriver which makes change strings less of a chore once you have a few winds going. Last edited: Apr 30, 2014 04:38:58 |
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