Question: Cleaning the back of my fretboard and other questions

[edrod]

Hello guys,

I have a couple of questions,

How (with what) should I clean the back of my fretboard?

Also, my guitar necks have been getting sticky every time I play, any body experience this and have any solutions? I wash my hands before I play

Btw, I am using a Dean Strat, LP Epiphone, and a Jackson Dinky


Thanks in advace

[Slingy]

Edrod, when you get your EBMM you will notice one of the huge differences is the unfinished necks. Not alot of companies do this, not sure what others but I think G&L also has them. They use a hand rubbed special wax blend gun oil finish that can be reapplied about every year or so.

For your regular guitars with a nitro or satin finish on the neck a regular guitar polish for finished surfaces will do fine for the back of the neck. I'm not entirely sure about the JP BFR necks that are painted.

[SR5Cam]

Slingy, that hand rubbed wax finish is one of my favorite features of the MusicMan line. I reapply gun stock oil [birchwood casey-it's really inexpensive] and minwax wood wax once a year. The bass [Ray5] stays feeling great. I'm looking forward to placing my order for a Bongo 6....just gotta get money.

On instruments with a hard finish, instrument polish should work. If you want to smooth it out a bit more, some uber fine sandpaper or steel wool can help-i have NEVER done this though.

[TNT]

Yeah, necks (back profile side), that are painted and/or finished tend to get "stickier" a little more easily than unfinished.

Wonder Wipes are good for guitar maintenance, as well as the BC gun stock oil, that I also use routinely.

[edrod]

Thanks slingy I appreciate it. I have another question. The back of my Jackson will keeps getting sticky. I always wash my hands before I play. I noticed that if I was my hands when the neck gets sticky, it will go away.

Does anybody have an explanation for this or solution?

Thanks