Elementary question re JP6

[jbert]

I would like to treat my JP6 fretboard (rosewood, of course) with some lemon oil to clean and humidify it. I used to do this occasionally on my previous guitar, which was a hard tail - I would perform this task every second or third string change, with all the strings off, which was a piece of cake.

How do you go about doing this with a floating trem when you can't get all the strings off at once? Do you folks remove 2-3 strings and do the neck in sections, or just apply it with the old set of strings on and replace them all afterwards?

Sorry if this seems very elementary - just want to find out the best way of doing this.

Many thanks for your input.

Jbert

 

[tommyindelaware]

it's ALOT easier if you oil wl all the old strings on.............then change one string at a time .

also you don't need to oil rosewood that often......once a month.......tops...unless you just like the feel of oil on your strings regularly...

 

[jongitarz]

Why can't you take off all the strings at once?

 

[slukather]

Why can't you take off all the strings at once?

Yeah, l was thinking the same thing, l just take all the string off, the bridge on the JP isn't like a bridge on alot of other guitars, it won't come flying off or anything like that, of that's what you where thinking. And as someone else mentioned, don't oil the fret board of the guitar more than once a month, cause an oily fretboard sucks, a couple of times l've had an oily fret board at band practice and my hand has kinda flown off the fretboard, that why l make sure l never have an oily fretboard when playing live. hehe.

Scott.

 

[francric]

Before you remove all the strings, do you need to put something under the trem to keep it from digging into the body?

 

[jongitarz]

No..Not on a JP.

 

[jbert]

Thanks to you all for your help. I was worried about putting too much stress on the bridge posts (and ensuing disaster...) by removing all the strings at once. Glad to see it is much simpler than I thought!

Cheers!

Jbert

 

[tommyindelaware]

Why can't you take off all the strings at once?

you can........but if you do one string at a time........the bridge & trem springs stay pretty much where they belong......requiring alot less retuning compared to if all the strings are removed......and starting from zero pull on the trem springs.

 

[jongitarz]

Kinda hard to treat the fretboard that way

 

[tommyindelaware]

Kinda hard to treat the fretboard that way

yea...cleaning up the oil is more difficult.........but man i hate tune ...re-tune.......re-tune....re-tune........... it's my a.d.d.

 

[francric]

Was looking through your FAQ's and came across this:

Q: How should I change the strings on my guitar?
A: The best way to restring your guitar is one at a time to keep tension on the neck. It is not recommended to take all of the strings off at once. If you need to remove them for cleaning or to do some repair work, you will probably need to readjust and re-intonate the neck.

So can you remove all the strings easily and put them back without this hassle?

 

[Supreeth]

I have a JP6 and I always remove all the strings while restringing/cleaning. I've never had to readjust or reintonate.

While on the topic of cleaning and waxing, is it allright to use the gunstock wax on the body finish? Thanks,

 

[brentrocks]

Why can't you take off all the strings at once?

i know you all are talking about a JP6, but i just treated my EVH to a lemon oil wipe down on the neck and fretboard. i like the feel of it right after it is done. (smells good too)

i was able to take all my strings off at once also. i know sometimes with a floyd that can be a little dangerous, but i had no problems.

are you (offically) supposted to be able to take all the strings off on a floyd??

 

[blackspy]

I sometimes take all the strings off my Axis as well, with a Floyd. I'm pretty careful that the bridge doesn't pop off or anything while doing this, and haven't really had to adjust much when I'm done. Is this not supposed to be done?

I'm thinking of doing a oil treatment on the whole neck soon and was wondering what the recommendation is for that? Do I remove the neck from the guitar, or leave it in place and do it?