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. . . guitar cleaning product? I need to replace the cleaning rag
that came with my Jag soon, and am thinking that I should be
cleaning my guitar more regularly with some type of "product". I
wipe it down (strings and all) after playing, but don't use any sort
of cleaner/polish. Any recommendations?
I've also heard of things like the brass instrument "Blitz cloth"
which are supposed to increase string life - anyone use one of
those? Just a few "Spring cleaning" question - have a great
weekend, everyone!
-Dick
Hi,
I use a spray which is for wooden furniture, I use to use a spray from
Gibson, but I compared the two and they are practicly the same.
About string cleaning, I'm not to sure about that. I use a dry cloth to
wipe of my strings after playing, but I believe that a brass cleaner
will make the strings tone dead after a while, they may be clean, but
the tone will be gone, since a residue of the cleaning product will stay
behind. I noticed this when I played Bass guitar a few years back, I did
this because the strings were expensive, but I soon realized that is was
no good. A plain clean cloth that doesn't "pluche" works best. I learned
from a pro bass player that boiling the strings with vinegar cleans
them, I tried this and it works. I never did this with guitar strings
however, since it is a lot of hassle and not worth the try since a
guitar sting get thinner after a while at fret hight, you see this very
good with round wound strings, the back of the string gets stepped, I
also noticed this with flatwound strings. So when they start loosing
their tone I replace them.
Just my two cents,
Jerry S.
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. . . guitar cleaning product? I need to replace the cleaning rag
that came with my Jag soon, and am thinking that I should be
cleaning my guitar more regularly with some type of "product". I
wipe it down (strings and all) after playing, but don't use any sort
of cleaner/polish. Any recommendations?
I've also heard of things like the brass instrument "Blitz cloth"
which are supposed to increase string life - anyone use one of
those? Just a few "Spring cleaning" question - have a great
weekend, everyone!
-Dick
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I use a damp rag, and then dry off the guitar with a dry one. Seems
to work fine.
Mike
I use this stuff called Groove Juice and Lemon oil for
the fretboard. It works really well.
Richard
--- urbansurfkings <> wrote:
> I use a damp rag, and then dry off the guitar with a
> dry one. Seems
> to work fine.
>
> Mike
>
>
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I'd definitely recommend lemon oil for the fretboard (Dr.
Stringfellow makes a good one meant for string instruments), also
there's this spray called "Guitar Honey" that's also good stuff to
treat your fretboard with.
Essentially ALL polishes are exactly the same, so whatever is
cheapest works. Just make sure you use a cotton cloth and not like
a terry cloth one or anything because they tend to streak a lot more.
Any good ol' polishing agent (even pledge) is good, but the
obsessive-compulsive part of me favors a bottle that actually says
guitar polish.
~Bill~
scott's liquid gold
...or endust in a pinch.
dp
--- Dick <> wrote:
> . . . guitar cleaning product? I need to replace the
> cleaning rag
> that came with my Jag soon, and am thinking that I should
> be
> cleaning my guitar more regularly with some type of
> "product". I
> wipe it down (strings and all) after playing, but don't
> use any sort
> of cleaner/polish. Any recommendations?
>
> I've also heard of things like the brass instrument
> "Blitz cloth"
> which are supposed to increase string life - anyone use
> one of
> those? Just a few "Spring cleaning" question - have a
> great
> weekend, everyone!
>
> -Dick
>
>
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