Cleaning Your Axe
Cosmin Lupu
Jul 11 2011, 05:27 PM
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Some time ago, a very talented guitarist and friend of mine, told me an interesting thing smile.gif it may seem strange though.

'Mate, don't clean the guitar's fretboard! That dirt is a part of your sound!'

I never tried not to, but it stayed on my mind since that time.. What if the way the residues add on the fretboard, influence the sound in such a way that in combination with the characteristics of our hand and fingers dynamics, it contributes to the uniqueness and individuality of our sound as a guitarist? Crazy thoughts? biggrin.gif

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moleman
Aug 4 2011, 01:17 AM
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Nah, olive oil is for newbies mate. You wanna go with chip fat. Used is best, so if you can't get some from your local, try to cook up some french fries in your house.

Little known fact: Jimi Hendrix used to polish his fretboards with chip fat, and started playing with his teeth after missing dinner before a gig one night.

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Cosmin Lupu
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QUOTE (moleman @ Aug 4 2011, 12:17 AM) *
Nah, olive oil is for newbies mate. You wanna go with chip fat. Used is best, so if you can't get some from your local, try to cook up some french fries in your house.

Little known fact: Jimi Hendrix used to polish his fretboards with chip fat, and started playing with his teeth after missing dinner before a gig one night.



Hahaha biggrin.gif where did you know this from? It smells like a rock n roll story tongue.gif

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- Cosmin Lupu   Cleaning Your Axe   Jul 11 2011, 05:27 PM
- - Gabriel Leopardi   I'm using this to clean my guitar: http://www...   Jul 11 2011, 05:42 PM
- - thefireball   I don't know...but I just don't want grime...   Jul 11 2011, 05:49 PM
- - Sinisa Cekic   QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jul 11 2011, 06:27 P...   Jul 11 2011, 06:14 PM
|- - MonkeyDAthos   QUOTE (Sinisa Cekic @ Jul 11 2011, 06:14 ...   Jul 11 2011, 07:37 PM
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- - Christopher Stortz   My first guitar has a maple fretboard and when I s...   Jul 11 2011, 07:11 PM
- - Cosmin Lupu   I have to admit I raised the ball and allowed Sin...   Jul 12 2011, 02:17 PM
- - Fran   QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jul 11 2011, 06:27 P...   Jul 12 2011, 03:13 PM
|- - Cosmin Lupu   QUOTE (Fran @ Jul 12 2011, 02:13 PM) Let ...   Jul 12 2011, 03:19 PM
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- - Fran   Yeah, they are like toweld with lemon oil. Good fo...   Jul 12 2011, 03:28 PM
- - Azzaboi   It's the glue that holds it together, isn...   Jul 12 2011, 05:01 PM
- - Todd Simpson   QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jul 11 2011, 11:27 A...   Jul 12 2011, 06:45 PM
- - WeePee   I clean my guitar frets every time I put new strin...   Jul 12 2011, 08:35 PM
- - Ben Higgins   There's not getting away from the fact that it...   Jul 12 2011, 09:31 PM
- - Bossie   Strange ..never have any filth on my guitars. Mayb...   Jul 12 2011, 09:59 PM
- - Daniel Realpe   My guitar gets dirty so quick...I guess it's b...   Jul 12 2011, 11:25 PM
- - The Uncreator   QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Jul 12 2011, 04:31 P...   Jul 13 2011, 12:45 AM
- - Bogdan Radovic   I don't do it very often. It's rare for me...   Jul 13 2011, 08:20 PM
- - Cosmin Lupu   I kinda dislike the 'greasy' feeling left ...   Jul 13 2011, 09:32 PM
|- - Bogdan Radovic   QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jul 13 2011, 10:32 P...   Jul 13 2011, 09:41 PM
|- - Cosmin Lupu   QUOTE (Bogdan Radovic @ Jul 13 2011, 08:4...   Jul 13 2011, 09:43 PM
|- - moleman   QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jul 13 2011, 08:43 P...   Jul 16 2011, 01:56 AM
|- - Cosmin Lupu   QUOTE (moleman @ Jul 16 2011, 12:56 AM) A...   Jul 16 2011, 02:24 PM
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- - Ivan Milenkovic   yes yes, I heard the grease does a little treble r...   Jul 16 2011, 07:02 PM
- - noztnac   ... while your at it don't wash your underwear...   Jul 18 2011, 07:18 AM
|- - Ivan Milenkovic   QUOTE (noztnac @ Jul 18 2011, 08:18 AM) ....   Jul 18 2011, 08:15 AM
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- - Cosmin Lupu   don't you know that lucky drawers are not to b...   Jul 18 2011, 08:38 AM
|- - Ben Higgins   QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jul 18 2011, 08:38 A...   Jul 18 2011, 09:48 AM
|- - Cosmin Lupu   QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Jul 18 2011, 08:48 A...   Jul 18 2011, 10:10 AM
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- - moleman   Do you guys do anything to clean the metal fret di...   Jul 20 2011, 04:56 AM
|- - Cosmin Lupu   QUOTE (moleman @ Jul 20 2011, 03:56 AM) D...   Jul 20 2011, 12:25 PM
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- - besip   I have Jacksonsl2h model Japan version with i beli...   Aug 4 2011, 01:03 AM
|- - besip   QUOTE (moleman @ Aug 4 2011, 01:17 AM) Na...   Aug 4 2011, 11:01 AM
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- - moleman   I saw it in a Jimi documentary. It also said that ...   Aug 4 2011, 08:44 AM
- - Cosmin Lupu   Oh mama a flushing jam! QUOTE (moleman ...   Aug 4 2011, 11:25 AM
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