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Does anyone have any tips on how to look after a guitar. For example what kind of polish to use on the body/neck, what product to use to stop rust on metal parts.
Thanks.
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Not to nitpick at your excellent advice Light, as I often read a thread I'm not even interested in after noticing that you've posted and would like to hear from your experience, BUT when cleaning the fretboard with the steel wool isn't it necessary to ensure that none of the small filings from the steel wool don't come in contact with the pickups?Light said:When the fingerboard is dirty, it can be cleaned with some OOOO steel wool, and then oiled with lemon oil or mineral oil. If you use lemon oil, it should be made up MOSTLY of mineral oil, with a little lemon oil to make it smell good. But again, you really don't need to do this very often.
Relative humidity is the sweat that forms on your balls when you are fucking your cousin.I play a strat,and I treat it like a stat.Pick gaurd has rusty screws and shit.I dont humidify it.It's a fucking Strat.Light said:There are a lot of good polishes on the market. As long as they don't have silicone in them, they are probably OK, but if you stick with the popular brands you'll be fine. My favorite is called Powerchord (made by Bioterra Industries), followed by the GHS guitar polish. But you probably don't need to polish them very often.
When the fingerboard is dirty, it can be cleaned with some OOOO steel wool, and then oiled with lemon oil or mineral oil. If you use lemon oil, it should be made up MOSTLY of mineral oil, with a little lemon oil to make it smell good. But again, you really don't need to do this very often.
The thing you need to be most careful of is heat and humidity. Make sure it doesn't get too hot, as glue can start to melt at temperatures as low as 110 degrees. If you wouldn't leave your baby or you dog in the car, don't leave your guitar. Cold is less of an issue, but you do need to be careful. It is not going to cause any structural issues, but if the guitar gets cold and then warms up too fast, you will cause weather checking.
Humidity is a bigger factor. You want to keep your guitar in an enviroment with a consistant realitive humidity of between 40% and 50%. High isn't going to hurt, but your guitar will not sound very good. Lower, however, will distroy your guitar, and fast. The top will start to sink, crack, and you may even get loose braces. If you live part of the country which has cold winters, he will not be possible for you to keep the humidity where your guitar needs without damaging your house. Instead, make sure to use an appropriate humidifier.
The only thing you should be sure to do every day is to wipe the guitar down with a soft cloth when you're done playing. If you do this, wash your hands before you play, and changer strings on a regular basis your guitar will be fine. It will likely need some occasional adjustment, which is best handled by a professional, but there's not much else to worry about.
Light
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ibanezrocks said:Not to nitpick at your excellent advice Light, as I often read a thread I'm not even interested in after noticing that you've posted and would like to hear from your experience, BUT when cleaning the fretboard with the steel wool isn't it necessary to ensure that none of the small filings from the steel wool don't come in contact with the pickups?
SHEPPARDB. said:Relative humidity is the sweat that forms on your balls when you are fucking your cousin.I play a strat,and I treat it like a stat.Pick gaurd has rusty screws and shit.I dont humidify it.It's a fucking Strat.
When I sweat it out and everything is rusty,I replace it.
Thats a fact of life when you sweat a lot and play 3-4 nites a week.
jaykeMURD said:Love Juice makes a decent lubricant. Leaves a kinda "foggy" residue on the wood though!![]()
jaykeMURD said:Love Juice makes a decent lubricant. Leaves a kinda "foggy" residue on the wood though!![]()
I suppose if its a covered pickup or an extremely well-potted pickup it really wouldn't hurt. However there is a very small possibility that it could not be good for the pickup.Light said:Well, they're not going to hurt anything, but I do always tape off the pickups when I'm doing it, just to keep things neat.