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Ernie Ball Wonder Wipes ???

edrod said:
Do you know if local stores carry Murphy's soap oil?

I got some questions

Which would be a good one to purchase. The towels, spray, liquid etc?

How often should this be use? Murphy's SO

Thanks in advace
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I apologize for reviving this thread. I want to know what should I use to clean the back of my fretboard?

Unfortunately I still don't have a MM (waiting for LH JP), I use a Jackson dinky and a Epiphone.
 
The only one that should be a bit wet is the Fretboard Conditioner. Both the String Cleaner and the Instrument Polish should be slightly damp but not wet enough to make a mess on the instrument.

One of our teachers at our Beller's Music location had seen us conditioning fretboards with the wipes. One day he asked Nick for a wipe so he could do his guitar. 2 minutes later he comes flying out the door of his room "My guitar is all oily now - what are you trying to do to me?" - yeah, you guessed it. He tried using the fretboard conditioner to polish the guitar! :eek:
 
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Ok guys, i just bought Fender American Stratocaster with this neck: Maple (p/n 011-0402), 9.5” Radius (241mm). After wearing the 1st set of strings i'm planning to take them off and to clean the fretboard. Can i safely use Ernie Ball Wonder Wipes for fretboard cleaning to do this?
 
rofles said:
Ok guys, i just bought Fender American Stratocaster with this neck: Maple (p/n 011-0402), 9.5” Radius (241mm). After wearing the 1st set of strings i'm planning to take them off and to clean the fretboard. Can i safely use Ernie Ball Wonder Wipes for fretboard cleaning to do this?
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Yes, Ernie Ball Wonder Wipes Fretboard Conditioner. No dramas at all :)
Happy cleaning.
 
rofles said:
Ok guys, i just bought Fender American Stratocaster with this neck: Maple (p/n 011-0402), 9.5” Radius (241mm). After wearing the 1st set of strings i'm planning to take them off and to clean the fretboard. Can i safely use Ernie Ball Wonder Wipes for fretboard cleaning to do this?
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On a finished maple board, no. Fretboard wipes are only for use on rosewood fingerboards and oil finished maple necks (boards and backs). If your Fender has a painted neck and board, fretboards wipes will only lay an oily slink on them.

And there's nothing wrong with using pure lemon oil on rosewood boards. Where problems arise is that most products have actually very little lemon oil, usually nothing more than lemon scent, and are made from petroleum distillates. Real lemon oil works fine on rosewood boards, though I personally prefer to use the Wipes product, and very sparingly only. On oil finished maple (front and back), I'll only use a WW every third string change or so. I prefer the "softer" feel of the wood without conditioning the wood more often than that. Each string change I use a warm, damp washcloth with a little Dawn dish detergent to clean the maple neck, buff it dry, and it feels great, even though it doesn't have that deep luster, as when done with WW. About every third time keeps 'em just how I like 'em.
 
Use them on any rosewood board, but not on anything painted (clear coat is paint ;)).
 
My jackson has rosewood so I think I'm fine there. My les paul is painted to the backboard, does this mean I shouldn't use them on it?

Another dumb question, how do I know if my guitar is clear coated?

Sorry, don't know much about the subject
 
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