Hi , i have a little problem about care of my strings, can i ask you some advice about it.

Mainly i use clean soft cloth and just wipe out the strings so that they have a nice smooth touch.Can i use some alcohol(spirit) or something on cloth , just little bit, or enough to use just a soft clean cloth to wipe the strings?

I have a maple neck with maple fretboard ,just like this one below.
http://fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0119102700

P.S. Before i start to clean my strings,Whether i should detune my guitar so that i can freely pull up my strings? )

Thx for answers. And sorry , i know that my english not so good as my guitar playing. Anyway sorry )

I clean my strings and fretboards after each gig, rehearsal, or jam with WD40, sprayed onto a clean cotton-cloth diaper. It shouldn't have any deleterious effect on a nitro- or poly-finished maple fretboard, though it will darken a rosewood or ebony one after a time.

I don't de-tune for this, though the instrument will require re-tuning after a vigorous wipe-down.

HTH

Arjay

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I do not recommend using WD 40 anywhere near a guitar.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

i am thinking that way too )

So, can i hear your advice about this little issue?

WD 40 is a corrosive and is highly flammable. Is that something you want on your guitar?

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

No.) So how do you clean your strings after a gig ?

It depends on the guitar but for my maple fret board start, Donlop 65 guitar cleaner/polish and a microfiber cloth.

It's like kinda made to clean a guitar.

Ok , so you clean strings with dunlop 65?

What about this guy?
http://www.juststrings.com/ghs-a87.html

My 32 year-old "touring guitar" doesn't seem to be any worse for wear......





Arjay

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I clean the whole guitar with it.

That, or the Fender polish, whatever is on sale that week.

Nice LP.

But in all fairness here, it's not an apple to apple comparison. Your LP is a Nitro painted and has a unpainted fretboard.

His Strat is a painted fretboard.
The newer paints may react to the solvents in WD-40 (BTW, did you know that the WD stands for water displacement?).

I think I would let someone else be the ginny pig on this Idea and stick to products made to clean guitars.

It just amazes me, we spend hundreds and sometimes thousands on a guitar, and we just can't seem to justifies in our minds the need to spend 4 or 5 bucks a bottle for the correct cleaning product to maintain it.

I treat my one-owner maple-fretboard '99 MIM '50s Classic Re-issue Strat precisely the same.

I don't happen to have a close view of the neck but nothing is flaking off on it......either.

Arjay

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I always use microfibre to clean my strings.

I use that on my Standard Strat, mainly as a lubricant. After I play though I wipe down the strings and rub them with fast fret. The directions say to apply then wipe off the excess with the included cloth. I just leave it alone and wipe the strings when I play again. My theory is that the fast fret coating will protect the strings while I am not playing. I have no evidence of this though.

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Dunlop has a complete cleaning kit that works well. Just be careful, because it has a fretboard conditioner and cleaner, but its not for maple! But it does have a string cleaner. There is also a really cool invention, it won the NAMM product of the year a while ago...

http://elderly.com/accessories/items/CLEAN.htm

its awesome!

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