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08-05-2005, 05:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas | | | Recommended oil for gut strings?
I've been told that walnut oil, sesame oil, almond oil, etc. is great for gut string maintenance. Lots cheaper than the "special formula gut oils" I've seen, too. Any recommendations? Any one of those work better than another? Anything else to consider?
Thanks,
Bill
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08-05-2005, 06:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Detroit, MI | | | Any straight mineral oil is best, IMO. Affordable and easy enough to find, just grab a bottle of baby oil next time you're at the store. Other oils, such as plant- or animal-derived, run the risk of getting funky or, at the very least, smelling like something you'd rather not smell on your bass and hands every time you play. HTH... |
08-05-2005, 08:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | | I've used lemon oil which also has a pleasant smell. |
08-05-2005, 08:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas | | Thanks, Brent. I'm an absolute newbie when it comes to gut strings. I'm going gut, and I sure want to do proper maintenance. I've been doing research, but this is the first I've heard of baby oil. Makes sense to a gut string dummy like me. Cheap, too. I play tuba, and anything organic used as lubrication on valves, slides, etc. is an absolute no-no. Funky is the right word, not to mention lack of function. If my bass smells like the beer I spill on it, I can deal with that. If the organic oils have a strong smell, I'll pass. I can imagine craving a Whopper while playing on my sesame seed flavored strings. 
Bobby,
I use lemon pledge on my tubas. No residual smell. I'll have to smell lemon oil to see how strong it is.
Bill
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08-05-2005, 10:22 PM
|  | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | A very experienced (and famous, insofar as it's possible) baroque cellist I know told me that she's found almond oil to be the best thing for gut strings. I can't say, since I play Animas, but just passing it along. |
08-06-2005, 04:19 AM
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Vice President: Upton Bass String Instrument Co. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Warwick, RI & Stonington, CT | | | I know Jack uses poppy seed oil on his Clef Guts. We also sell a surprising ammount of the Clef Gut Oil. Barefoot Larry of Tradition Music also sells some 100% Neats Foot Oil. Lots of choices out there! |
08-06-2005, 10:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: nyc | | | don't you mean "olde" with an e? |
08-06-2005, 04:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | | Back in the olde days, we would rub a Brazil nut on our guts.
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08-10-2005, 06:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the end of the section | | | How about emu oil? That's supposed to be some amazing stuff, and it would probably be good for the fingers as well as the strings. |
08-10-2005, 09:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Paul Warburton Back in the olde days, we would rub a Brazil nut on our guts. | Would you then rub the same nut on your strings?
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08-10-2005, 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Warburton Back in the olde days, we would rub a Brazil nut on our guts. | What part of Brazil do you find these nuts? |
08-11-2005, 04:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Eric Jackson Would you then rub the same nut on your strings? | Barump, tada! Thanks!
I'm here through Saturday.....try the veal.
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08-11-2005, 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark Carlsen What part of Brazil do you find these nuts? | Also, Barump, tada! And thank you. I'm here through Saturday. Try the veal.
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08-11-2005, 06:34 AM
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08-11-2005, 08:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Detroit, MI | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by DZ I prefer 10W30... | But only Mobil 1 synthetic -- makes the strings go faster... |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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