Dry fretboard problem

[ppanousos]

I used everything from lemon oil to linceed boiled oil but my rosewood fretboard after a few days keeps getting dry.What else should i use?Can i coat it with teak oil maybe?

[fenderhutz]

You must have low humidity in your house or wherever you keep that bass. Add a humidifier to that room.

[Vincent P]

Originally Posted by fenderhutz

You must have low humidity in your house or wherever you keep that bass. Add a humidifier to that room.

Also and this may sound a bit on the odd side, but. If you have a local cigar shop around you purchase a guage (usually small circular) type that are place into humidors, this can easily be stuck near your basses and are not all that expensive. Use this to monitor the room. TB members correct me if I'm wrong, but room termprature should be between 65 and 80 degrees with humidity 45 to no more than 55%.

[202dy]

Cigar guys usually shoot for 70 and 70.

Think in terms of a reasonable bell curve with the center points at sixty eight degrees and 50 per cent humidity. And be aware that if you live without air conditioning that high summer humidity is a sure bet in most of the northern USA. All this really means is that guitars need to be set up a couple times a year.

[Turnaround]

Originally Posted by ppanousos

I used everything from lemon oil to linceed boiled oil but my rosewood fretboard after a few days keeps getting dry.What else should i use?Can i coat it with teak oil maybe?

It's not possible for oils like linseed to dry out after a few days. What makes you think your fretboard is dry?

[JimmyM]

Yeah, you're going to overoil it and make it soft and unusable. You shouldn't have to oil it but every year or two at the most.