How To Clean Rosewood Fretboards - Guitar Maintenance
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- Опубліковано 4 бер 2020
- How To Clean & Oil Rosewood Fretboards [Guitar Maintenance]
So why clean your fretboard? Simply put, the cleaner your fretboard, the better the guitar will feel to play and the longer your strings will last. You may have never even thought about cleaning the fretboard of your guitar but, once you do, you will immediately feel the difference and never look back! Dirt builds up quite quickly, I recommend trying to cleaning the fretboard every time you change your strings.
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Dude. My life has been changed. My guitar hasn’t felt this good since I bought it brand new. Thank you for the excellent lesson!
Awesome 😀
Excellent, no bullshit video. Thanks very much. We need more people like you to do videos.
Certainly no BS on this channel 😎🤘
Been watching your older videos too👍 very good being so sincere and keeping it real.
Thanks bro glad you dig the channel, no BS on this channel just straight up honest opinions
Very helpful tutorial. I’d been using pre-injection alcohol wipes before the lemon oil and didn’t know anything about the fine sand sponge for cleaning the frets. Love the no nonsense style man. 👍
Thank you so much for this video. Love your channel!
Hope it helps, glad you love the channel 🎸😎
Liking the roller sleeve for a rest (much cheaper then a specifically made one)and good informative video thanks for posting
Hey I like saving money 😁 works a treat 👌🎸
Great video, baby wipes is a new one on me 👍. For fret-wire SRV’s Guitar tech told me he used Silvo, on Stevie’s guitars, that’s all I ever use now, it gives the frets a fantastic shine!
Excellent. Thank you.
Great video thanx Rob! Just grabbed some lemon oil and need to clean a few of my guitars - so I have come in late to this video! Especially good tips using the baby wipes and the sanding block!
Cheers
Rob from OZ
Hey Rob glad you found the video useful all the best 🇬🇧🇦🇺
Another great video I'M really digging the U2 also like the 59 Short Horn's but I have to say I like my Squiers best so stay Healthy and Rock on Rob ☮️🎸🤘
Yeah I do like a dano but Squiers for me too 🎸🤘
Excellent video. I also use the non-perfume baby wipes for cleaning. I like the tip about using the sanding sponge - I'll use that the next time I clean my (non-maple/non-gloss) fingerboards. Thanks for sharing this!
Glad the video helped 🎸💯
🎼 My my my Corona . Wow that was a mess . Baby wipes good tip . Cheers
Very Apt 😂 yeah it was disgusting 😷 👌
Thanks! Gotta clean mine the next time I do a string change!
Definitely worth doing 👌
Good you did this video. Been going through the same thing with a Vester I got used a month ago. It was heavily abused n not much older than that danelectro. Strings had NEVER been changed nor the fretboard ever cleaned. Previous owner played like a lunatic n heavily munched the 1st 4 frets, even the fretboard had heavy pits dug in.
Ooh now that sounds nasty..this is a trick to pull pitted would back out, using water in a spray bottle, a wet towel and a steam iron. I used it before on fingerboards
@@theguitarmanifesto I've seen that done on body dents but not fretboards. I may give that a try over the weekend as I'm nearly done fixing it up n really wanting to play that guitar.
I've done it on fingerboards a lot in the past, I had a really nice Japanese Squier a few years back.
The fingerboard was really pitted around the D chord shape area that trick made it virtually disappear altogether 🎸👌
Great video bro! Also you are hilarious 🤣!!!! Great tips!
Thank you 😂🎸👌😎
Immediately subbed because of that intro
Awesome welcome to the channel 🎸🤘😎😁
This is so helpful, everything else I've seen says to use steel wool and I don't want to do that because I've heard about pickups breaking and I don't have steel wool
yeah I wouldnt risk using steel wool. Not worth a pickup.
Lmao I have definitely used a couple “that’s what she said” clips on my videos. Good stuff.
That's what she said 🤣🤣
Thank you for this!!!!! Everybody's saying people should use these excpensive producs. I can't afford 15$ for steel wool, and lemon oil.
Yeah don't believe the hype, most people have been brainwashed and forgot about common sense 🤘🎸
I always wash my hands before and after playing my guitar. ;-) LOL
I THINK I DID THIS YEARS AGO WITH DENATURED ALCOHOL AND VERY FINE STEEL WOOL. THE FINGERBOARD CAME OUT LIKE NEW. AND I CONDITIONED IT WITH LINSEED OIL.
Good job & good video. Somehow your own grime & dirt is okay but someone else's yuk! I'd never let it build up like that though.
It's not nice at all other people's DNA
Never would’ve thought to use baby wipes on a nasty fingerboard. Simple and brilliant! Cheers!
The simple things work best 😀
i always use an electric tooth-brush with slightly flat batteries to get in to the frets ...works for me :)
Not the one i use to brush me teeth with though :)
Interesting idea 😃👌
I came across your video and went out and bought the baby wipes that you suggested to use and I my god what a difference it's made to my fingerboard, this was the 1st time I have really given my guitar a clean like this thank you for sharing this video. What grade of sandpaper do you use for shining the frets and where can I purchase the sanding block? Cheers for sharing your tip😊
Something like 800 or 1000 grit will do the job 👌
Im glad wipes are ok for fingerboard as Ive used them on a Peavey guitar I bought as a project, now that I know its ok Il use it on my Pacifica. For corona, drink water to keep mouth moist and wash hands frequently and keep away from mouth.
Yeah they're fine clean that Pacifica 👌 good advice 🎸🤘😷 stay healthy dude
@@theguitarmanifesto thank you, stay safe and healthy also and keep the videos coming!
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a little old peoples tip for you, double the wipe over and wrap it around a soft tooth brush(Soft only), Cheers Pete.
I like to physically feel the DNA 😂😂
Another great video man. I'm a Squire guy, love the classic vibes they are putting out. I don't have one yet, but love that shell pink color. I do have a Vintage Modified Jag that is sweet!! I love Danos too! I just got my first Danelectro, a black 59, looks like the one Jimmy Page used. Love it. So now I'm a Squire and Dano guy. Hahahaa. That Dano you have looks sweet!
Danelectros and Squier certainly do put out some awesome guitars for a nice price. The VM Jag is awesome live the Dano 59 👌 glad you liked the vid bro 😷🎸 stay healthy
Anyone who incorporates The Office quotes into their videos, has my attention 😎👍🏼
That's what she said 😅
Hi awesome video! Super helpful. Just a quick question: what level grit is your sponge to clean the frets?
About 800
First thing I do is clean all the crap and body parts off it , love your comment the coronavirus nice one Rob ! Haha that's got me laughing all day , a sound video again !👍🎸😂😂😂 , I've just got back from an ENT appointment , up to now no virus in St. Helens , can't beat good old carbolic soap !
Yeah has to be done I don't like a dirty guitar 👌 glad you liked that one 😂😂😷😷
...........the best news from this video? It causes you the calm the F**CK down about the "Rona"...actually...very helpful~!
Phuq ! Now there’s going to be panic buying on baby wipes 🤪
Oh shit 😮😂
This video cracks me up so bad, it's like Ricky Gervais teaching you how to clean your fretboard. Loved the shiny lovely nuts (That's what she said).
All good fun 😁
That Danelectro looks pretty shweet. Any tips for darkening a Pau Ferro board?
Maybe try some wood stain ?
9:00 “hopefully we don’t have to hear about it for too long”.
4 fucking months later 😂😂
My friend had a no-name Spanish guitar (the G had broken and was replaced several decades previously with an electric guitar G string...) and the fretboard was 100 times worse than this - deep valleys and peaks of solid grime, DNA and bacteria millimetres thick. The guy was sick on the reg every three weeks or so, runny nose, diarrhea, coughs and sneezing, upset stomach (he had one plate, one cup, one fork and one teaspoon. The teaspoon had furry growths of mold on it)! He recently "gave" the guitar to a charity/thrift shop...
Eew now that's gross 😂😂
@@theguitarmanifesto If you've ever seen Kim and Aggie's How Clean Is Your House TV show, well, there you go!
Once I bought this guy some cheap but good quality crockery (that's plates, bowls and side dishes) as a house warming present. His response? “You didn't buy me plates, did you???“ :-( A waste of four feckin' quid too!
Hey Rob. Corona is crazy over the pond here in the States. People are in a panic! The tele news is full of what to stock up on, what to do, etc... Just seem this morning another American died that was on a cruise ship docked in California. Now that cruise ship is still docked and quarantined. Also the state of California is under a state of emergency. Big companies like Amazon and Microsoft are telling their employees to stay at home! Work from home. It's just crazzzzy. People are in a panic here too mate.
Ah dang sounds pretty series out there too 😮 the numbers seem to be escalating by the day.
They're pretty much starting to say the same over here work from home, this will soon have a BIG impact on the worlds infrastructure. I still have a feeling the powers that be are not telling us something about this virus
Deacon Marlin I have faith that the U.S will be the first to find an answer to this as you have some of the finest scientists this world . Peace
It don't surprise me at all, there's a massive spike of cases in Iran they're saying the US carried out biological attack
You use baby wipes? Haha, that's what I've been using to get the muck off too
Simple but does the trick 🤘🎸
Good video! Whats the grit level for the sponge? Also do you have videos covering on how to clean the body?
I just use furniture polish spray and a micro fibre cloth
@@theguitarmanifesto Does car wax works as well? I wanna remove fine scratches from the body
Yes definitely I use it for scratches, hmm maybe I should make a video on the subject 😂
Listening to covid 19 talk in 2024 😂
Glad I never had the jabs 💉⛔
Any alternatives to the lemon oil at all?
"Hopefully we don't have to hear about it for too long" :(
if I knew then what I know now
@@theguitarmanifesto that big pharma and corps own gov?? 🤣
🤣🤣💉⛔
I live in Canada and I work in a hospital, I have taken more bodies into the morgue than I ever have. I beg and hope that everyone stays safe!
probably not our total death numbers haven't rised.
At my local hospital, where my mom used to work up until recently, has its morgue overfilling to the point that they use a large freezer that is used normally for food shipment as a makeshift morgue.
Hey Rob. More class content. Was wondering did you ever try a Marshall Valvestate amp? Am swapping two old beater acoustics for one on Monday. It’s a Marshall VS 100 combo. Probably gonna upgrade the speaker in it and the guy just serviced it and popped in a new pre amp tube. Any experience with these? Cheers. Pete
I've had one before from memory they pretty decent big sound 👌🎸 and Marshall are from my home town 😮🇬🇧
The Guitar Manifesto well that’s good news then. Time to upgrade from the micro spider and annoy the neighbors slightly more.
@@Peter-fi5mv play your neighbours some sweet Rock riffs 😂
The Guitar Manifesto they have had 12 months of the RL Burnside Rhythm, might be time to change it up ua-cam.com/video/K_DOnKJ232M/v-deo.html
I'm 100% going to give this a whirl, just need to get myself some Lemon Oil
Nice one it's definitely worth doing 🤘🎸👌💯
You can use baby oil as well.
i have a js2450 whit floyd rose can i do it whitout having to take the strings of?
You might get away with loosening the strings off, but it will be tricky
Hi, can I use 0000 steel wool instead of that sanding sponge for the fretboard and the frets?
Yeah it'll be fine 👌🎸
make sure to completely cover the pickups with low-tack tape and clean up the aftermath. steel wool can be quite nasty, but it does the job, and it is the most affordable option. If you are looking for alternatives, I highly recommend a combo of fretguards, autosol and a cloth. I do clean up instruments with frets a lot so instead of a cloth, I got myself a rotary tool with a flex shaft, like the one jewelers use to polish stuff. it's much faster and less labor-intensive.
Can u use lightrr fluid on both fretboard and body? If yes any restriction like.. not to use in certain finish
@@tueseptlikha7274 I've known people use lighter fluid in the past, not sure if it legit does any damage.
@@theguitarmanifesto can u please tell is it safe to use soapy water and toothbrush to prep the fretboard and later on use lemon oil to condition
Hi fella i have a Ibanez SIX6FDFM Blue Space Burst
. This has a ebony fretboard. I used some ultra fine 00 grade steel wool to take the muck off. Would you suggest this? left no scratches :)
Of course fine grade steel wool does the job 👌
@@theguitarmanifesto sweet as pal. then was gonna wipe over and then lemon oil it up, then re string :)
That'll do the job for sure 🤘
Years of grime dna and Corona virus! Hahahahaha! Your killing me!! Lmao! Your skits are killing me so hilarious!! Yes that wipe looks like something we just used on our granddaughters behind " lol" and there not stocking Lysol since this all began why? Cause it kills viruses! Beautiful job Manifesto!
And this was before covid kicked off in this country 😷😜
@@theguitarmanifesto man I was on the ground laughing my but off!! I already seen that one when you made it I just started in that time I'm working my way up then I got your other channel I got a lot of work to do o ya......lol I'm on your videos soon as my daughter gets home I'm watching my grandkids....lol it's very ruff! Hahaha!!!!
😂😂 the youtuber on lockdown video is probably the best video I've ever made! keep an eye out for the one 😁😷🎸🤣
@@theguitarmanifesto yes I see it can't wait I'm stuck with grandkids!! Lol
You got me at corona virus. 😂
😂😂 struggles are real
If you saw how much dead skin and DNA was left on my 1970's Hokada acoustic's fretboard, your hairs would stand on end...that thing was so rank when I got it that I could literally smell it as soon as I tried to scrape it off with cotton buds. (I know, bad choice. This was my novice days! Probably been there since it was new, by the look of it.)
Ooh lovely 😂😂
I so enjoyed this...
(that's what she said.)
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can I use the dunlop 65 cleaner with a rag instead of baby wipes ? just for cleaning? on rosewood, I mean.
@@dogsmith you can do depends how bad it is
@theguitarmanifesto not bad at all. Bought a acoustic with rosewood three mo ths ago. Bought an electric with rosewood last week.
I cannot get rid of the garlic (BAD) smell on my rosewood fretboard. I went a year without changing strings although I did wipe the guitar down after I played. Tried vinegar twice and dawn. Stayed the same or possibly even got worse. Any solution you know of?
Yikes no idea if I'm honest what about rubbing alcohol?
As weird as it sounds, air it out, and use naptha. Look it up
Can i use disinfect wipes? Will it damage my fretboard?
Should be be just make sure there's no bleach in them
I have question ...maybe its a stupid one but it makes me anxious 😅😅😅... Is it normal for a new guitar to have some kind of tear like-scratch on fretwires? I noticed that 2 days afterwards i took my guitar for typical service as frets were also a little corroded straight out of the box...thank you a lot
Most lower priced guitars have less prep on the frets unfortunately
@@theguitarmanifesto so should i be concerned cause im afraid of having a sooner wear on frets ?...thank you
@@motheroftsiler7176 no it'll be fine, they will smooth out with more playing
If that guitar has coronavirus it must be quarantined for 14 days! PUT THE TOWEL DOWN AND WALK AWAY! Lol 😆 it looks good, good job!
😂😂 true story, thanks it did turn out much better
Do I need the lemon oil if I want to use wet wipes?
Ideally yes as it nourishes the wood
I've heard that you can use a bit of mineral oil as well
What grit is the sanding sponge?
I guess about 600 grit
Dose anybody use just soap water water with toothbrush to prep and pre clean the fretboard. Is it safe?
I've heard a lot of negative things about lemon oil. Heard it dries up pretty fast. Heard good things about Linseed oil. You might wanna do some research unless you're set in your ways, and that's cool too. Lemon oil is way better than not caring for your guitar for sure.
Been using it for 25 plus years NEVER seen it dry out a fingerboard. I generally go by my own experiences tried and tested. Don't believe everything on the interweb most of its just plain crap 😂
Forgot to say I've used linseed oil before many times I don't mind either just like to use lemon oil
@@theguitarmanifesto Same here, infact for quite a bit longer. Never had a problem - 2-3 times a year on my guitars since the mid 80's. Weather & atmosphere can have an impact I guess if you live somewhere arid and dry? I've not tried linseed myself though.
@@derosabike this is true obviously living in England we have quite a humid climate
"Government's advice." That's what I call it when I'm giving some sarcastically dumb instructions.
How bout...BOILED LINSEED OIL...to clean Fingerboard on Gibson J55?
At least you know, being a right handed guitar, the previous owner never touched the fingerboard with his tossing hand 👌😲🎸😂
Although I know a lot of lefties that play right handed guitars 😷🤮
The Guitar Manifesto I promise I washed my hands
@@nathanbeckerley7831 😂😂👌🤣
I use the common sunflower oil or olive oil instead of the posh lemon oil...
Sunflower oil became to olifa during 2-5 months. And you never get out it from the wood.
you got jokes
😂😂👌
aah that corona virus infos got me
In hindsight 3 years on was a crock of crap
It was definitely just a big load of crock of crap 🤣🤗@@theguitarmanifesto
@mertadamm 💯 when the vaccine is more important than the virus you know it's BS 🤣
Ahahaha, absolutely true, I vaccined two doses of BioNTech, hopefully I won't have a heart attack😌😂.@@theguitarmanifesto
the neck does not bend when removing all the strings?
Nope
@@theguitarmanifesto Great, I want to do the same with my fender Jazzmaster Classic Player, but I had that doubt.
No it's fine 👌 anyone that says otherwise is totally wrong or a hipster 😂
@@theguitarmanifesto 😂 thanks !
Years of grime and corona virus lololol
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GREAT VIDEO my man!
Here we are 3 years later and they are still trying to make us afraid of the coronavirus…. Such ridiculous things here in the US
Thank you for the video and I’m waiting for lemon oil to come in the mail.
I have a solid rosewood American Pro Tele I’m going to use your cleaning method on.
How do y’all say it over there?
Cheerio?
Good day
Glad you like the video, 'they' still really want to sell them jabs 🤣🤣
Peace works for me ✌️
@@theguitarmanifesto Haha - yep I am still a pure blood.
I'm staying pure 🤣🤣
I did the math the other day. In the US there have been .00037% death rate of this thing. As opposed to the death rate this past winter for the flu in the US, which is estimated at about 50,000, which makes it a rate of .0015%. More people died of the common flu than this thing. I’m not saying don’t take common precautions. But the fear mongering and buying metric tons of toilet paper and eggs is a little bit overboard.
It's the mass pneumonia it's causes that's the hospital's can't cope with
Hmmmmmm
Eric John Schwab Not anymore lol
Lemon oil? Why not keep with the theme and use baby oil? Cheaper, surely?
Either or 🤣
what about alcohol... rubbing alcohol...
please reply...
I've never personally used it maybe try a small section
@@theguitarmanifesto ok now that's funny 😂
patch test....
Google is your friend 👌
Does anybody here use Murphy's soap? Is it safe?
Why do you look so sad everytime
😂😂
I live in the states. I don't think I need to tell anyone how this country is responding to corona lol
It's like Hatfield and McCoy being lead by Trump. Total shit show.
I've heard on the news, to be fair the British ain't done much better so far
@@theguitarmanifesto on a side note: I saw a video in which the guy suggested to use natural almond oil to condition the fret board. Thoughts on that?
If it's oil basically it's going to lubricate the wood I guess
@@theguitarmanifesto ok that's what I figured. So much info out there.
I've tried many things for the fingerboard over the last 25 plus years, lemon oil always does the trick for me