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Merle
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Joined: Jul. 6 2003
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Guitar care...
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Ok, all you knucklehead guitar players, if you have not changed strings in the past 4 weeks, GET OFF THE FORUM NOW, and go change your strings!! Also, prior to taking off your old strings, get a damp COTTON cloth wet with WATER and wash your guitar HEAD TO TOE. Wash the back, front, sides, fretboard, peghead, everywhere! Then get a DRY soft cotton cloth and polish it real good, then start changing your old strings. DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT, EVER USE A GUITAR POLISH OF ANY KIND! Just use a soft cloth and water! And, DON'T put any of that 'FingerEase' or "FastFret' stuff on your fretboard. All that crap does is dulls the new strings!! After you change your strings and bring it up to tune, leave it out of the case for 1 hour, then retune it and put it in you guitar case and leave it alone till the next day. Now then, about your case! If you don't have a humidefier in your guitar case, then just throw the guitar away, because that means that you don't care about the guitar!! After the guitar is in the case, and the humidifier registers a close 40% humidity, make sure that you have a NEW polishing rag that you fold and lay across the fretboard! This keeps the guitar fretboard happy and maintains some of the moisture inside the guitar case in the fretboard. Also, when you leave home with the guitar, you always have the polishing cloth with you. Also, when the guitar is out of your guitar case, ALWAYS SHUT the guitar case so that it maintains the correct humidity! Now then, again, if you have not changed your strings in the last month, GET OFF THIS FORUM and take care of that beautiful lady of yours! NOW GIT!!! ;>) Merle
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Date Aug. 21 2003 1:24:26
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Merle
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Joined: Jul. 6 2003
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RE: Guitar care... (in reply to Thomas Whiteley)
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Tom, about putting something like Gibson GG-910 or some other smelly, greasy, yucky stuff on your guitar, I'm just following Juan Martins advice that he nevers uses that stuff. Your guitar ends up smelling just like the stuff you put on it. Also, it leaves a film that really attracts the fingerprints and dust!! I used to put that stuff on my classical guitar, and to this day, it smells just like that guitar polish, not like the wood smell. I never did it to my Navarro or my Carpio and they look and smell just like when I recieved them. To each his own, but, count me out of the guitar polish gig! I'll just stick to water and a dry cotton cloth. Merle
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Date Aug. 21 2003 13:00:57
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Paul Bruhns
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Joined: Jul. 14 2003
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RE: Guitar care... (in reply to Merle)
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Guys: I change my strings SIX at a time. I actually take them all off and inspect the inside of the guitar with my hand and a mirror.. I tap the top and make sure all is sound (no pun intended). Then I clean the fret board, paying particular attention to the fret wire,including where the fret meets the board. Frets tarnish and dirt/ oxidation (from the strings) builds up around them. If the dirt is on there long enough, small micro creatures can form (molds) along the wood/fretwire interface. That's what causes wear... not your fingers... its the dirt that breaks down the wood (I'm assuming you keep your left hand nails short). Some luthiers, Like Conde (Felipe V shop) even use coated fret wire to inhibit this as much as possible. I then clean the giutar body, and sometimes I use the same Gibson polish that Tom Whitely mentioned. I've never had a problem using the GIbson polish on any finish (Laquer or French Polish), but you should make sure you rub it out pretty well, so you don't get the build up that Merle mentioned. Well, that's what I do... I'm not saying anyone else's way is not correct, or that you should do what I do, But I'm pretty confident that the fret board cleaning will go a long way in preserving your axe. Regards, Paul
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Date Aug. 22 2003 2:33:37
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