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candid_x
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Murphy's works great.
Hey, Jodi, got a chuckle from your signature. Here's another view:
When you walk alone there's no one to slap the back of your head or pat your back. When you're practically illiterate there's no shoulders to stand on. It is like a child laid down in the reeds along the river.
Hey, Jodi, got a chuckle from your signature. Here's another view:
When you walk alone there's no one to slap the back of your head or pat your back. When you're practically illiterate there's no shoulders to stand on. It is like a child laid down in the reeds along the river.
J_Alexander
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ok care for unfinished necks. there are 2 things you want to do. one every string change the other about every 4 months or 3 times a yr. we will cover the biggest one and thats the 3 times a yr.
first start with some number 0000 steel wool and go over the fretboard and the back of the neck. this will get off the grim that has stained the neck. its very fine so no worries plus your hitting it real light so its not gonna hurt your neck. plus you'll need to do this everytime you do the major overhaul to get of the old wax. i forgot to add you'll want the neck off for this so you dont get any steel wool on the pickups and such. next step is to hit the whole neck with murphys oil soap wipes. can be found at your local walmart or menards in the cleaning section. hit the front and back and wipe off and repeat once. neck step is to get some birchwood caseys tru-oil and wax. these items can be found at walmart or anywhere that sells guns. your gonna take a cloth and wet it with the tru-oil. hit the back of the neck wait about a minute and then buff off. wet the cloth again slightly and then hit the back of the neck again. wait and then buff off. no need to wait any longer as when i did the tour at ebmm they people dressing the necks only waited about 30 seconds if that. with whats left over hit the fretboard five frets at a time. do the first 5 and buff right away. then the next five and so on. you dont want to get much on the fretbaord not like the back of the neck. neck get the tru-wax and shake that bad boy really good. put some on a cloth and wipe it into the neck for about 15 seconds and buff right away. you dont wanna leave this on as its harder to buff off. repeat the same steps on the back of the neck. now take the leftover and once again hit the fretboard 5 frets at a time and buff. i do this twice with the wax as it helps prevent the neck getting dirty. one tip, use paper towels for the buffing and a rag for the wiping on. works great. put the neck back on and play the sweetest feeling neck you have ever felt. i put money on that.
now for string changes in between just take off all the strings but the g and wipe the whole neck and fretboard with the murphys wipes and then wipe off. repeat that a couple of times and that will be good enough. your gonna get alot less build up doing this andthe necks not gonna stay perfectly clean. it will stay nice and oiled and cared for and look great and hold its resell value. if anyone tells you a dirty neck looks cool they dont know how to care for a 1,000 dollar guitar. while there meant to be played i really dont dig my neck looking like crap. hope this helps.
first start with some number 0000 steel wool and go over the fretboard and the back of the neck. this will get off the grim that has stained the neck. its very fine so no worries plus your hitting it real light so its not gonna hurt your neck. plus you'll need to do this everytime you do the major overhaul to get of the old wax. i forgot to add you'll want the neck off for this so you dont get any steel wool on the pickups and such. next step is to hit the whole neck with murphys oil soap wipes. can be found at your local walmart or menards in the cleaning section. hit the front and back and wipe off and repeat once. neck step is to get some birchwood caseys tru-oil and wax. these items can be found at walmart or anywhere that sells guns. your gonna take a cloth and wet it with the tru-oil. hit the back of the neck wait about a minute and then buff off. wet the cloth again slightly and then hit the back of the neck again. wait and then buff off. no need to wait any longer as when i did the tour at ebmm they people dressing the necks only waited about 30 seconds if that. with whats left over hit the fretboard five frets at a time. do the first 5 and buff right away. then the next five and so on. you dont want to get much on the fretbaord not like the back of the neck. neck get the tru-wax and shake that bad boy really good. put some on a cloth and wipe it into the neck for about 15 seconds and buff right away. you dont wanna leave this on as its harder to buff off. repeat the same steps on the back of the neck. now take the leftover and once again hit the fretboard 5 frets at a time and buff. i do this twice with the wax as it helps prevent the neck getting dirty. one tip, use paper towels for the buffing and a rag for the wiping on. works great. put the neck back on and play the sweetest feeling neck you have ever felt. i put money on that.
now for string changes in between just take off all the strings but the g and wipe the whole neck and fretboard with the murphys wipes and then wipe off. repeat that a couple of times and that will be good enough. your gonna get alot less build up doing this andthe necks not gonna stay perfectly clean. it will stay nice and oiled and cared for and look great and hold its resell value. if anyone tells you a dirty neck looks cool they dont know how to care for a 1,000 dollar guitar. while there meant to be played i really dont dig my neck looking like crap. hope this helps.
Hey, Jodi, got a chuckle from your signature. Here's another view:
When you walk alone there's no one to slap the back of your head or pat your back. When you're practically illiterate there's no shoulders to stand on. It is like a child laid down in the reeds along the river.
That's great
I actually got my quote from watching an old episode of CSI!
Mark-NL
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Hey J_Alexander.
just gave my Axis SS this treatment.
WOOOHOOO.. thanks man! as smooth as a babies bottom!
Spudmurphy
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^ yeah that's just about how I do it now - except I don't take the neck off - just use some masking tape on the body around the neck pocket so you don't get residue (like I did!) on the finish - it's a 8ugger to remove!!
Also, put some masking tape on the pickups. I don't recommend taking off the neck too much - ya may wear out the holes where the neck screws go into and you'll have to put some toothpick in there!!
I know it takes a while to mask up but as they say
"Fail to prepare
- prepare to fail".
Also, put some masking tape on the pickups. I don't recommend taking off the neck too much - ya may wear out the holes where the neck screws go into and you'll have to put some toothpick in there!!
I know it takes a while to mask up but as they say
"Fail to prepare
- prepare to fail".
morsecode
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I've only used steel wool on a rosewood board. Taking the neck seems like way to much work and you could wind up with far more deeper than what you woud bargain for. I just cover that body with some cloth and use some masking tape over the body portion near the neck and over the pickups. For the masking tape I just rub it a bit on my jeans so that it isn't as tacky before I put it on the body or over the pickups.
If the board is unfinished I think steel wool would be good to get rid of the grime and polish the frets up as well. I also like to use a tootbrush as well and a little bit of elbow grease. Combine that with a little Murphy's soap or even lemon oil and I think that should get most of the grime off the surface.
For a thorough cleaning I would take of the strings. With my floating trems I block the with some scrap pieces of foam to maintain the tension. It might be a bit overkill but it gives me peace of mind. Generally speaking, I would remove the string but if its been a somewhat neglected board and needs a good cleaning I would suggest doing that. With regular maintenance and cleaning after you play, it shouldn't get of hand. A good wipe down with EB guitar polish wonder wipes and the occasional conditioning with the fretboard conditioner I believe would be sufficient. (I've not used that yet on a maple board though).
I got most of those tips from Rich Hill at Ibanez Rulez.
If the board is unfinished I think steel wool would be good to get rid of the grime and polish the frets up as well. I also like to use a tootbrush as well and a little bit of elbow grease. Combine that with a little Murphy's soap or even lemon oil and I think that should get most of the grime off the surface.
For a thorough cleaning I would take of the strings. With my floating trems I block the with some scrap pieces of foam to maintain the tension. It might be a bit overkill but it gives me peace of mind. Generally speaking, I would remove the string but if its been a somewhat neglected board and needs a good cleaning I would suggest doing that. With regular maintenance and cleaning after you play, it shouldn't get of hand. A good wipe down with EB guitar polish wonder wipes and the occasional conditioning with the fretboard conditioner I believe would be sufficient. (I've not used that yet on a maple board though).
I got most of those tips from Rich Hill at Ibanez Rulez.
0000 steel wool is good. Maybe you can use some mineral food grade oil (clear white ones) to clean away the grime. I prefer not to use lemon oil on unfinished maple neck. It will yellow the neck after long use. And I dont think there are real clear ones out in the market.
