Cleaning a JP6 fretboard

[Shez]

Hi,

Just bought my first EBMM, a mystic dream jp6 and absolutely love it so i thought i'd sign up to a forum full of like-minded people!

I bought the guitar second hand and the fret board needs cleaning. I have got lemon oil to use on it however in my experience i have found that lemon doesnt mix well with strings, mine have always ended up greasey.

I was going to take all of the strings off and clean it this way however I have also been told that doing this to a floating bridge can damage it!? So i am really unsure of what to do!

HELP!

[GHWelles]

Well, you can block the floating bridge to keep it stable while you take the strings off. Then clean with lemon oil and wipe off the excess, re-string and unblock.

[pearlredburst]

or, you could do what i did....i played the guitar until the strings needed to be changed, and then switched out each string one by one and cleaned the neck as i went. that way, getting the lemon oil on the strings did no harm!

Good luck.

[jbert]

The great design of the floating JP bridge is such that there is no problem in removing all the strings at once - it will do no harm at all.

I do that every time I change strings and periodically (2-3 times a year) give it the lemon oil treatment as well - works great.

Cheers,

Jbert

[MusicManJP6]

Like jbert said, there is no harm in removing all the strings TEMPORARILY. Twice a year or so I like to remove my OLD WORN OUT strings, hit my frets and board with some #0000 steel wool briefly (to shine the frets and get rid of any real gunk on the board), use the wonder wipe fretboard conditioner wipes, let dry, wipe off excess, then restring with new strings. Good as new! Takes all of about 30 minutes.

[swamp2]

Twice a year or so I like to remove my OLD WORN OUT strings, hit my frets and board with some #0000 steel wool briefly (to shine the frets and get rid of any real gunk on the board), use the wonder wipe fretboard conditioner wipes, let dry, wipe off excess, then restring with new strings. Good as new! Takes all of about 30 minutes.

That's similar what I do - except I use the synthetic steel wool since it doesn't make little metal pieces for the pickups to find. And, I always use lemon oil while I'm doing the steel wooling. Rub it down with clean paper towel afterward. If the paper towel looks dirty as opposed to just oily, repeat. I always rub it pretty thoroughly with the pt to get it "dry" before restring. The strings don't get greasy feeling to me.

[Shez]

great thanks for all the replies guys! I've took all the strings off and give it a rub down with the lemon oil. It looks and feels a load better! cheers!

on my previous guitars i havent cared that much about the best way of cleaning it but i really love this guitar! i didnt realise how awesome EBMM guitars are and I'm taking extra good care of this one!

[GHWelles]

Great!