I have often looked for some product to polish my frets up when they get tarnished. I currently use Brasso but it leaves a film on Rosewood boards and can scratch up the wood a little. Anyone else know of a product that works?

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Current Stable:
Fender Stratocaster MIM 07
Squire II Stratocaster MIK 89?
ESP LTD MH-100QM
Jackson KE3 Kelly MIJ

http://www.gorgomyte.com/

gorgomyte, hand's down! Makes my frets shiny and smooth and it cleans the dirtiest of rosewood boards leaving the perfect sheen afterwards w/ no residue buildup if you rub the gunk off (use a white cotton sock or cotton flannel cloth to clean up after rubbing it down w/ gorgomyte, keep rubbing till the sock don't pick up no more gunk, then use a micro fiber cloth for the final polish).

I get gorgomyte from stewmac!

Howdy!

Once a year I give mine a light rub down with some 0000 grade wire wool. Once I'm done with the wool I give 'um a quick buff with a polishing cloth. Always does the trick for me.



Just make sure you protect the fretboard by either taping the board off or making a little cardboard fret guard (as shown above).

Its also very important to tape off the pickups when using wire wool as filings will be drawn straight to the pole pieces.

Hope this helps.

Andy

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What Andy said and showed. Works for me. I use a magnet just under the area of the neck to catch the bits.

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Thanks folks. I'll look into both those tips. Course I guess the sure way to keep them clean is play so much they just wear down!

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TOO MANY GUITARS, TOO LITTLE TIME!

Current Stable:
Fender Stratocaster MIM 07
Squire II Stratocaster MIK 89?
ESP LTD MH-100QM
Jackson KE3 Kelly MIJ

Thanks for the link!...I just ordered it to try out for myself.

Ok, I was guilty of not checking out the Gorgomyte site when it first got posted. WOW!! I watched a demonstration on youtube. That stuff is cool. The fact that it treats the wood as well is awesome! I was anxious about trying a walnut or walnut oil to be exact to help "oil" the rosewood. I noticed on the site they are distributed by GHS strings so I think I'll check around some of the stores and see if they have it in stock and how much is costs. Might save a few bucks on shipping. But, I gotta try this stuff! Thank you RCB! For the other posters, the tech on the video used to use your method but uses this now because it takes so little time. Check it out!

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TOO MANY GUITARS, TOO LITTLE TIME!

Current Stable:
Fender Stratocaster MIM 07
Squire II Stratocaster MIK 89?
ESP LTD MH-100QM
Jackson KE3 Kelly MIJ

+2, yw -- the schtuff works!

Is it cool to remove all the strings for cleaning? I usually change strings one at a time which makes cleaning a pain. I think I read somewhere a long time ago that it is best to do that to keep tension on the neck but i'm not sure if it is really necessary.

Lots of knowledgable people on this forum, thanks for any tips on this!

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The repair manual I read states that when you remove strings to clean the neck, to minimize flex, you should remove the strings one at a time; outer strings to middle strings, low E first then high e, A and B next, D and G last.

When I restring this way with the same gauge strings from the same batch of strings, there's usually no adjustment necessary, even on floating trems!

The next question will probably be..."what's the best way to restring a guitar?" Here's how I do it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wRpcT11-tE

The next question will be...the floating trem adjustment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVQCaQxdSH0&feature=related

The lubricant question: NUT SAUCE!!!

...strings gauge? It depends. 9-42's at concert pitch for fixed bridge guitars w/ 25 1/2" scale, 10's for 24 3/4" scale, 9-46 or 10-46 or 10's for floating trems at concert pitch (it depends upon the particular guitar and how it responds to different gauges), and for drop D tuning and de-tuned gutiars I use at least 10's and currently Eric Johnson GHS Nickel Rockers 11-50's when tuning a whole step down!

On drop tunings, I usually increase the neck bow a hint and increase the string height of the E string to compensate for the disparity in tension to minimize E string rattle and fret buzz!

...lemme see...coffee, pizza, ... licorice, infowars.com for some background info and you should be good to go!

Oh, ...just distilled water and clean, contaminate free socks (no bleach in socks) for cleaning poly paint, ernie ball rags and planet wave micro fiber cloths for the final cleanup and polish on poly, I used just clean dry erine ball rags and planet waves micro fibers to clean nitro, a moist dabber to clean up ick that won't wipe off!

Remove the strings one at a time???


I remove the neck from the body !!

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