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07-16-2007, 08:27 AM
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I have a Stingray 5 that hasn't been played for a while and now the fingerboard is starting to get quite dry. I used lemon oil on it a couple of months ago and I don't know if this is the cause of the drying. I've been using lemon oil on my basses for years and this never happened before. The weather right now is humid 
What products do you guys use on you rosewood fingerboards?
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07-16-2007, 08:42 AM
| | | I used this stuff: http://www.ducksdeluxe.com/ddaxwax.html
on my L2500 Tribute. The rosewood looked pretty dry and after application, it looked pretty good. Just don't use too much, |
07-16-2007, 09:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Florida | | | Yamaha Bore Oil, (marketed for trumpets, trombones, ect.) a little goes a long way. |
07-16-2007, 09:17 AM
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07-16-2007, 09:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lakeland, Fl. | | | oh yeh...
click on the fret doctor link on the left of the page |
07-16-2007, 09:32 AM
| | | | i use woodwind bore oil |
07-16-2007, 09:52 AM
|  | I can only dance to the music in my head | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Birmingham, UK | | | boiled linseed oil from your local DIY store, very cheap and you get a big bottle. Wipe on a nice think layer with a cotton cloth (something like an old T-shirt), leave it to dry for about 2 minutes, then wipe off the excess with a dry cloth. Brings out the woodgrain beautifully.
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07-16-2007, 10:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Anaheim, Ca. | | Good morning bocastfx... Carvin sells a nice 4oz. bottle of lemon oil called "Pro Lemon". I've been using the same bottle for 2 years. Its been applied to ebony, rosewood, and maple necks alike with safisfying results.. no complaints. I just picked a bottle up from one of their stores. . When I apply the oil, I rub it in deeply with my bare hand and let it sit for a minimium 2 minutes before wiping away the excess.
Its not at all expensive. I hope you can get your fretboard back in shape quickly
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07-16-2007, 11:14 AM
|  | Hip No Ties | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York, NY | | I haven't owned a bass with a rosewood board for a long time - all my basses have ebony boards. But I've used Gibson Fretboard Conditioner, which has kept them all in beautiful condition.
Have recently picked up some lemon oil as well, and that seems to work fine. No way should it dry your board though. That's strange... 
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07-16-2007, 11:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Waterloo, Ontario. | | | Thank you all for replying. That Gibson fretboard conditioner sounds good. I might try that one. One more question though... how often do you 'condition' your fretboard?
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07-16-2007, 12:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Orlando, FL | | | Ernie Ball Wonder Wipes Fretboard Conditioner.
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07-16-2007, 12:28 PM
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07-16-2007, 03:25 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Phila,Pa. | | | Planet Waves Hydrate, DR. Ducks Axe Wax, and Hoppe's No9 oil are all good for rose, ebony, wenge, or Pao Ferro Boards. |
07-16-2007, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bocasfx how often do you 'condition' your fretboard? | usually every 6 or 8 months should do the job.
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07-16-2007, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Jimbob Jones boiled linseed oil from your local DIY store, very cheap and you get a big bottle. Wipe on a nice think layer with a cotton cloth (something like an old T-shirt), leave it to dry for about 2 minutes, then wipe off the excess with a dry cloth. Brings out the woodgrain beautifully. | This topic has been gone over and over with always the same recommendations. But boiled linseed oil, I find is the best. It seals the wood, preventing, or at least slowing down, the absorbtion of water and fills in the dried out cavities in the rosewood. I use it on my rosewood and ebony boards and it does the trick-and at a small fraction of the cost of the fancy fingerboard products sold in music stores. Those products are mostly mineral oi, perfume and sometimes wax. Some of them also contain silicone.
Make sure you get boiled linseed oil, not raw linseed oil. The raw stuff won't cure properly. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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