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02-19-2012, 06:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Scarborough, Ontario | | | Wiping after playing?
Hey guys, I'm not sure if this is the right section, but what kind of cloth or fabric would I use to wipe the strings and body after playing?
The finish on my bass is just oil so I'm not sure what to use without damaging it.
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02-19-2012, 07:06 PM
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Owner: BassStringsOnline.com | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: LA California | | | Micro fiber or a polish cloth with no polish.... New preferred.
Or cut up a soft white undershirt. |
02-19-2012, 07:09 PM
| | | | wipe the strings with with a hemp cloth soaked in methylated spirits works like magic!
For the body use something else! |
02-19-2012, 07:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: AZ mountains | | | Old soft t-shirt.
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02-19-2012, 08:07 PM
| | | | Any soft good qaulity washcloth. dry and clean of course.
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02-19-2012, 09:03 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | Should I boil my bass to clean it?
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02-19-2012, 09:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | I also use an old soft cotton shirt or sock to wipe my bass and strings.
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02-19-2012, 09:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: South Carolina | | | The title of this thread is weird |
02-19-2012, 09:19 PM
|  | Unplugged from the Matrix | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Delawhere | | | Since I switched to nickels I rarely wipe the strings and it makes no difference. But a lot depends on your body chemistry. Some people's sweat just seems to rot strings, some has no effect at all. Diet, hygiene and genetics each play a role.
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02-20-2012, 06:25 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Barrie, Canada | | | i got a raft (12 pack) of micro-fiber clothes at home depot real cheap...if it can clean my glasses with out scratching...it will work on the bass.
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02-20-2012, 06:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Kingston, ON, Canada | | | I use whatever gets thrown onstage.
Silk panties work best..
Those cotton boxer/briefs work well too, but I try to use the leg only...
Bras don't work at all..
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02-20-2012, 06:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Johnson City, TN | | | BassNeo wins
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02-20-2012, 07:11 AM
|  | Fretless Player | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Champaign, IL | | | Do you guys wipe up or down? Crumple or fold?
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02-20-2012, 08:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | I try not to wipe, I mostly pat.
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02-20-2012, 09:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | Just don't use more than two squares. It's bad for the environment! 
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02-20-2012, 09:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Space City, TX | | | I never wipe. Ever. |
02-20-2012, 10:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: sheffield, england | | | I've used the duster + WD40 thing a few times...didn't really make much difference IMO but then again I like dead strings
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02-20-2012, 10:18 AM
| | Unplugged from the Matrix | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Delawhere | | I've been scared s***less on stage a few times, but never had to wipe as a result. 
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02-20-2012, 10:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Deep in the heart of Texas | | | I keep a white hankerchief in every case for wiping strings..Fits easily anywhere in the case and works well for the strings. I don't use it for the finish though...I wipe down the body at home with old t shirts that I've cut the printing off of, and use some Stew Mac guitar polish.
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02-20-2012, 10:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Scarborough, Ontario | | Wow! I got a variety of responses! ! I guess I'm going with a microfibre or an equivalent quality of cloth!
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