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Post by j45aarron on Sept 26, 2015 12:33:39 GMT
First time cleaning my girl and it's turnt out great, new set of strings to! Very enjoyable moment
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gomers
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Post by gomers on Sept 28, 2015 13:02:14 GMT
A veritable smorgasbord of potions there arron, hope that fretboard's had a drink too
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Post by ocarolan on Sept 28, 2015 14:29:54 GMT
I've never cleaned any of my instruments with anything other than heavy breathing and a microfibre cloth, well, old t-shirt then! Certainly would never put anything remotely resembling "Polish" near them. Keith
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Post by doc on Sept 28, 2015 14:57:10 GMT
I had a go at cleaning my old yamaha strat a few months ago. I followed instructions from a youtube item on it. It involved the use of a razor blade and, as I remember, fine sand paper. I stopped short of applying any oil to the fretboard as I was unsure which oil to use. The result seemed fine but I wouldn't be for trying anything with my acoustics. If I were to really feel the need to clean them up the I think that I would put it into my local repair shop. Likely to be pricey though. There were all kinds of warnings about using polish.
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Post by andyhowell on Sept 28, 2015 17:02:32 GMT
Cleaning?
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Post by Riverman on Sept 28, 2015 17:29:13 GMT
Not just cleaning, but changing strings too! Are you trying to show the rest of us up, j45aarron?
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Post by j45aarron on Sept 28, 2015 19:26:23 GMT
Haha I'm new at all this so I'm willing to give it all ago, cleaned the guitar from top to bottom , looked gorgeous after and with the new strings also sounded sweet.
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gomers
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Post by gomers on Sept 30, 2015 8:46:14 GMT
Agreed, bit of lemon oil on the fretboard and bridge, maybe a bit of Axe wax on the neck and that's it, done.
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Post by andyhowell on Sept 30, 2015 8:52:32 GMT
Agreed, bit of lemon oil on the fretboard and bridge, maybe a bit of Axe wax on the neck and that's it, done. Sounds a bit intensive to me that :-)
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Post by j45aarron on Oct 3, 2015 11:13:52 GMT
Haha just wanna look after my baby
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