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Post subject: Guitar maintenance
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:31 am
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Hello,
I have squier affinity tele with maple fretboard, and i'm planing to buy more expensive tele. However, my question is which fender prodcuct do I use to not harm those maple fretboards? Fender costum polish, becouse I consider fretboards to be finished(lacquered?[are they?]), but I'm no sure? Or Fender costum fingerboard remedy? But I'm a worried about it damageing finish and/or maple wood.

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ps. I'm a bit of fender fanboy and woudl really prefer to use some of thier products


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Post subject: Re: Guitar maintenance
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:14 pm
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Maple are very tough, nothing is needed to protect the finger board or nothing you can put on it if you want to keep the beautiful sound.

Use the guitar ( finger board ) as is.


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Post subject: Re: Guitar maintenance
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:19 pm
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stratele52 wrote:
Maple are very tough, nothing is needed to protect the finger board or nothing you can put on it if you want to keep the beautiful sound.

Use the guitar ( finger board ) as is.

But want to have clean glossy fretboard


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Post subject: Re: Guitar maintenance
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 12:45 pm
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drumbl wrote:
stratele52 wrote:
Maple are very tough, nothing is needed to protect the finger board or nothing you can put on it if you want to keep the beautiful sound.

Use the guitar ( finger board ) as is.

But want to have clean glossy fretboard



Google Dunlop Guitar product. Any product will protect your fretboard, it will just look better.


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Post subject: Re: Guitar maintenance
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:20 pm
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I just remove the strings and go after it with warm sudsy water and a toothbrush.
The finish on maple fretboards is pretty tough.
As long as you don't use something that might strip the finish you should be ok.
A few drops of dishwashing liquid in a half gallon of warm-to-hot water is what I use.
Dry it off with a rag or towel and it's good to go.
If you want it to really glisten you can use some polish on it after cleaning.
Many people swear by automotive waxes and polishes for their guitars.
I just use regular guitar polish.

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Post subject: Re: Guitar maintenance
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:03 pm
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I use Maguires cleaner wax. Dan Erlewine recommended it is a couple of his books in the 90’s. Availble at any AutoZone, Advance Auto Parts or O’Reilly’s.

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Post subject: Re: Guitar maintenance
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 7:15 pm
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Yep... it's a nitro or polyurethane clearcoat.... likely far more durable than the finish on your car, which is probably a water-based acrylic lacquer.
Just avoid furniture polish or silicone-based waxes.

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Post subject: Re: Guitar maintenance
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:22 am
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What, nobody voted for the old school way..? :shock:
(Cotton rag, tooth brush, aided by some Zippo fluid if there's gunk that doesn't come off with just the dry rubbing.)


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Post subject: Re: Guitar maintenance
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:30 am
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Fenders own care kit is made by Meguiars.

I have used this it is meant to be safe for nitro etc. :)


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Post subject: Re: Guitar maintenance
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 6:25 pm
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jmattis wrote:
What, nobody voted for the old school way..? :shock:
(Cotton rag, tooth brush, aided by some Zippo fluid if there's gunk that doesn't come off with just the dry rubbing.)
We've got a guy who is worried about hurting a maple neck... you're going to give him a coronary suggesting a tooth brush and Zippo fluid.

He'll learn to use that stuff eventually ;)

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Post subject: Re: Guitar maintenance
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:47 pm
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Unless the fretboard is extremely grungy and gross, just wipe with a dry rag after use and use guitar polish for a nice shine. Don't use oils, silicone furniture polish or extreme cleaning. Less is better.


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Post subject: Re: Guitar maintenance
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:05 am
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A relatively new maple fret board is likely to be as slippery as a very slippery thing and the only crud is going to be dried sweat and the other detritus we have on or fingers. A damp cloth, followed by a dry cloth to remove any moisture should be all it needs.

The modern lacquers are tough and impervious so it would be difficult to damage the fret board but there are some areas where a level of care might be prudent. The lacquer doesn't stick well to the edge of the frets and it is possible to chip this off. This being the case you could end up with some water or fluid ingress right in the edges of the fret - the very place where crud builds up.

So damp cloth rather than wet cloth is favourite. Lighter fluid, alcohol etc is very good because it evaporates before there is any chance of it penetrating any exposed timber and thus actually better than water.

I'm not a great lover of wax on a fret board because it changes the feel of the board. If you then find it too slippery it can be a swine to get off. Also, any additional coating is a layer which can hold dirt so may encourage the board to become dirty again sooner than if you hadn't coated it.

A wax free polish (Farecla, T Cut etc) can work well as it abrades any embedded dirt and smooths the surface without adding any waxy material. This will take a small amount of lacquer off the surface every time you do it but, assuming you don't go mad, it is unlikely you will actually rub through the lacquer for a good many years of cleaning.

A lot of car polishes are a combination of fine abrasive and a wax. I wouldn't favour this because of the problems noted above in leaving a coating to harbour dirt. Some waxes can be very hard (and some very soft) either way they aren't as hard as the lacquer so will be pushed around on the surface congregating in the areas you don't touch along side the frets. This being the case you get a build up of second hand wax with embedded dirt living by the frets making the neck look grubby sooner.

Fender and others will sell you waxes etc. because they make everything look nice at the time. Which they do. They might also encourage your guitar to look grubby sooner requiring you to use more wax, which is something of a result if you sell wax.

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