Tim Reynolds Fretboard Wiping Cloth

[mattinbeloit]

Use a T-shirt to wipe down the strings after each use...some say it extends their life.


Use steel wool on your frets to remove that greenish tarnish. Go easy though, 0000 steel wool is still metal on metal.


Use steel wool on your fingerboard to remove any unwanted grime or buildup from playing sweat. A drop or two of lemon oil or boiled linseed oil will work to restore that "clean look". Only 2x a year though, please.

That should clear this thread up and take all the humor away.

Lemon oil is bad for the fret board dont use that stuff. Someone posted a link before from Martin's website that told the proper way to clean and care for your guitar and it said not to use lemon oil.

edit: here's the link to that discussion..
http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=29454

Yup, I second that. Don't use the stuff, it's bad news bears.

[T714]

Use a T-shirt to wipe down the strings after each use...some say it extends their life.


Use steel wool on your frets to remove that greenish tarnish. Go easy though, 0000 steel wool is still metal on metal.


Use steel wool on your fingerboard to remove any unwanted grime or buildup from playing sweat. A drop or two of lemon oil or boiled linseed oil will work to restore that "clean look". Only 2x a year though, please.

That should clear this thread up and take all the humor away.

Lemon oil is bad for the fret board dont use that stuff. Someone posted a link before from Martin's website that told the proper way to clean and care for your guitar and it said not to use lemon oil.

edit: here's the link to that discussion..
http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=29454

lemon oil is fine, and i don't care what the other thread said. Martin doesn't recommend using it because not all of their fingerboards are made out of the same materials! there is black ebony, striped ebony, macassar ebony, rosewood, morado, etc. etc. since Martin guitars aren't "one wood builds all", they advise not using lemon oil. for example, lemon oil on a movado fretboard will ruin it. lemon oil on a painted ebony fingerboard will ruin it.

Since Tim Reynolds generally plays a D-35, which uses striped ebony, using lemon oil is fine. Call Martin and ask them! And for what it's worth, I own a 1966 D-28, and have been using lemon oil for 20+ years with no ill-effects.

[Easy E]

are you like 40?

[T714]

are you like 40?

no, i'm actually 12...no wait, 12 and a half...yeah, almost 13...but definitely not pre-pubescent.

[DrumsFoDaSoul]

are you like 40?

no, i'm actually 12...no wait, 12 and a half...yeah, almost 13...but definitely not pre-pubescent.

Cool little fact to know about you.... Its nice that you throw that out there when giving your age.

[a1075dd63aa12]

Use a T-shirt to wipe down the strings after each use...some say it extends their life.


Use steel wool on your frets to remove that greenish tarnish. Go easy though, 0000 steel wool is still metal on metal.


Use steel wool on your fingerboard to remove any unwanted grime or buildup from playing sweat. A drop or two of lemon oil or boiled linseed oil will work to restore that "clean look". Only 2x a year though, please.

That should clear this thread up and take all the humor away.

Lemon oil is bad for the fret board dont use that stuff. Someone posted a link before from Martin's website that told the proper way to clean and care for your guitar and it said not to use lemon oil.

edit: here's the link to that discussion..
http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=29454

lemon oil is fine, and i don't care what the other thread said. Martin doesn't recommend using it because not all of their fingerboards are made out of the same materials! there is black ebony, striped ebony, macassar ebony, rosewood, morado, etc. etc. since Martin guitars aren't "one wood builds all", they advise not using lemon oil. for example, lemon oil on a movado fretboard will ruin it. lemon oil on a painted ebony fingerboard will ruin it.

Since Tim Reynolds generally plays a D-35, which uses striped ebony, using lemon oil is fine. Call Martin and ask them! And for what it's worth, I own a 1966 D-28, and have been using lemon oil for 20+ years with no ill-effects.

[Easy E]

but seriously, how old?

[mangold]

I use lem oil everytime i re-string (6months) and it makes my fretboard pretty and fun for awhile.

[sunglassesatnight]

Does anyone know where I can get this exact cloth because I will settle for NO LESS.

[mangold]

haha