Restringing guitars and cleaning the fretboards..

[Greenwater_Pond]

Anyone have any tips for this? my fretboard always gets dirty as hell and It builds up fast even after I change the strings (and no I'm not dirty it's just the way I play a lot of my skin gets shredded off I think), any suggestions for cleaning that off and keeping it off? Also, restringing is a painful experience for me, the guitar always has a large resonance to it that sounds like I'm playing an acoustic, which isn't right. Anyone know why this might be?

 

[Chris Brooks]

Try lemon oil for the neck between restrings.

 

[the_satanic_rabbit]

Yup, lemon oil can clean the crud off and it helps to keep the wood conditioned. Also, wipe off the strings after you play and before you put your guitar away. This will keep some of the oils from your hands from collecting on the fingerboard.

 

[Greenwater_Pond]

cool thanks

I don't know lemon oil always seemed to make my fretboard smell worse once the skin started to collect on it

I have tried that and it didn't seem to work

 

[the_satanic_rabbit]

it may smell bad kid
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but it'll keep you warm...until I can get some shelter built.

ah.....I thought these things smelled bad....on the outside....
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[Zax666]

Seems TSR is DATTOP*.


*Drunk at the time of posting

 

[Benzine]

The VERY BEST thing to do to keep strings clean is to wash your hands before you plan. It keeps em clean for ages

 

[OfSinsAndShred]

He's not drunk... that's from Star Wars, isn't it?

Never mind. Either way, DATTOP is right I guess.

 

[the_satanic_rabbit]

Well, you're both right...it was from Empire strikes back and I was drunk....up late again tonight too, but this time I'm drinking grape Kool-aid. No additives either

 

[Zax666]

BTW what do you reccomend, guys, for cleaning my strings? I know the nickel plating is worn down... but anyway...

I found out Mr Proper Universal to be a very bad choice.
I also tried some windows cleaners, with more success.
Wood polish didn't work very well.
I also tried soda bicarbonate but my guitar just got all grithed up. Got dirty very fast afterwards...

I haven't tried a contact cleaner spray yet, but my father probably will kill me if I do. Or maybe not but I won't open that package first, just in case.

 

[ElPredicador]

you know, instead of trying so many things to clean your strings, you could restring your guitar more often

 

[Zax666]

I'm too lazy to go to the centre and buy new ones.

 

[the_satanic_rabbit]

Then, just go once and buy a shitload of strings so you don't have to go back. I really don't have any good methods for cleaning strings. Just wipe em down after you play every time and that will help preserve strings that you have.

 

[Zax666]

Heh, the music houses here only stock up to three packs of my favorite EB1046RPS Slinkys, so I can't do that.

 

[the_satanic_rabbit]

I suppose ordering online won't work for you either...since you are in Bulgaria. Do you know anyone in the Bulgarian military? They can order stuff online from Bosnia and bring it to you.

 

[Zax666]

@ TSR - It'd be faster to call Rising Force (EB's distributor in BG, not YJM's band) and order directly don't you think?

 

[the_satanic_rabbit]

Yeah, that would probably work best!