TRJC24PRS
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I've done a lot of research on what is good and what isn't for my fretboards but I haven't figured out what kind of conditioner to use.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
What do they use in it? Any petroleum distillates?PRS makes their own, for RW boards...but do not use too much, and once a year is usually good, unless you keep the guitar in a overly dry, or humid environment...
I usually hit mine once a year, as I always try to change strings one at a time...to avoid any neck changes, with exception of the time I oil the board, than all strings come off...
What do they use in it? Any petroleum distillates?
I use Gorgomyte, too. Works great for me.The only thing mentioned on the label, under the warning, is "Contains Petroleum Distillates"
I use the PRS stuff, and also Gorgomyte.
http://www.gorgomyte.com/
+1I use Gorgomyte, too. Works great for me.
Since I’m not really applying anything, I don’t worry so much about over-conditioning.
This is what someone recommended for me.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BKQYGW
Seems to work fine.
Naptha is a great grime cleanerIs there any product to clean the grime from fretboards without actually moisturizing it? I hate seeing the dirt in the grain of the fretboard but I do not want to overcondition and damage the fretboard by using fretboard conditioner to clean the board.
FretDoctor is great, a little goes a long way. The Lizard Spit is good as well. I would never use naptha on my guitar. Use a good conditioner and clean your board by wiping it down when it is wet. Naptha strips the oils right out of wood.
But so you “naphtha” first?!hot tuna and salami grease.
Most people including techs and luthiers use naptha for cleaning. It has to remove some surface oil in order to remove all the greasy matter your fingers leave behind. After which you use a conditioner to replace any oils the wood need. Naptha evaporates extremely fast without residue and doesn't damage nitro or poly finishes and is generally used for cleaning before conditioning the fretboard with something else. Fretboards always lose oil naturally over time regardless. Which is why we treat them to some kind of light oiling periodically.
I see the point of cleaning a fretboard---I gig in sweaty and humid environments constantly. I see no need to ever remove any oils---mine own oils included.
I was pretty pissed once when a "tech" that was working on pickups for my old 335 (I brought new strings for after it was done) decided to "clean" my fretboard with naptha. It wasn't dirty in the first place. I never asked him to do it, and it didn't even look like the same piece of rosewood after he yanked all the oil out of it.