String Cleaners and Fiore Maple Fretboard

[Fiore4me]

Anybody use the Ernie Ball Wonder Wipe String Cleaners on their Fiore? Want to make sure I do not damage maple neck. I am a big fan of wiping down strings, and even do it on set breaks when hands have been sweaty. Besides tone I notice a big difference in tactile feel with clean strings. Now I have a Fiore which I love and want to be careful.

 

[JohnPRS]

wonder wipes are basically a version of lemon oil, not to be used on a maple neck or fretboard,

 

[Sybo]

I just wipe the strings/neck with a rag after I’m finished playing. Not a fan of string topicals.

 

[Tom Bradovich]

I use Connoisseur's Silver Jewelry Cloth. White side to clean, pink side to polish. I wipe the strings down every time I'm done playing and also do each individual string when brand new prior to string changes. Keeps them lasting a long time. Someone on this forum posted about this years ago (don't remember who) but I tried it and loved it.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

I use Connoisseur's Silver Jewelry Cloth. White side to clean, pink side to polish. I wipe the strings down every time I'm done playing and also do each individual string when brand new prior to string changes. Keeps them lasting a long time. Someone on this forum posted about this years ago (don't remember who) but I tried it and loved it.

I think it was @DreamTheaterRules

 

[JasonE]

I think it was @DreamTheaterRules

And you believed him?

 

[DreamTheaterRules]

I use Connoisseur's Silver Jewelry Cloth. White side to clean, pink side to polish. I wipe the strings down every time I'm done playing and also do each individual string when brand new prior to string changes. Keeps them lasting a long time. Someone on this forum posted about this years ago (don't remember who) but I tried it and loved it.

Glad to hear this. It was me, and it REALLY does work!

 

[DreamTheaterRules]

And you believed him?

Bodia talked to me while I was in the penalty box a couple weeks ago and told me to come back because "my knowledge" was good for the group.

Yes, we laughed for two days after that one!

 

[DISTORT6]

Not a fan of string topicals.

That hit my funny bone and made me laugh. I think I’m tired.

 

[Tom Bradovich]

Glad to hear this. It was me, and it REALLY does work!

Thought it was you, but I wasn't sure. And, thanks much for sharing the cloth's magic properties. As long as you wipe the new strings down before you string 'em up, then wipe them down after playing they last a long long time. Longer than the Elixers did when I used them.

Bodia talked to me while I was in the penalty box a couple weeks ago

What'd you do - say FU@K?

 

[DreamTheaterRules]

Thought it was you, but I wasn't sure. And, thanks much for sharing the cloth's magic properties. As long as you wipe the new strings down before you string 'em up, then wipe them down after playing they last a long long time. Longer than the Elixers did when I used them.

Yes, it's kind of shocking how long some of them last! People don't believe it until they try it.

 

[DreamTheaterRules]

What'd you do - say ...

Worse. I said Michigan cheated.

 

[DISTORT6]

Worse. I said Michigan cheated.

 

[JasonE]

I wonder how a silicone cloth used for wiping down firearms would work on the strings. I have a few of those around here. I don't have any issues with my strings not lasting though. I get quite a long life out of them.

 

[Tom Bradovich]

Worse. I said Michigan cheated.

That's all? I thought maybe it was something serious, like saying the MN Vikings are cheaters. We fans know that's not true - we just lose. And we do it the old-fashioned way: we suck!

 

[DreamTheaterRules]

That's all? I thought maybe it was something serious, like saying the MN Vikings are cheaters. We fans know that's not true - we just lose. And we do it the old-fashioned way: we suck!

Yep, that's all it takes to get smacked down around here. And I've always pulled for the Vikings since my boy Chris Carter went there years ago.

 

[Tom Bradovich]

I've always pulled for the Vikings since my boy Chris Carter went there years ago.

Ah yes, those were the days - Chris Carter, Randy Moss, Randall Cunningham back in '98. We didn't suck that year, almost made it to SB.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Worse. I said Michigan cheated.

Aren’t there football teams in Maryland?

 

[JasonE]

The only times I have watched the Vikings play is when they were playing the Packers or when Brett was playing for them.

 

[DISTORT6]

Aren’t there football teams in Maryland?

None that matter…











j/k