bass cleaning

[gard0300]

Originally Posted by mpdd

i use the gibson polish in the orange spray bottle on the glossy stuff and the ghs fret ease on the rosewood fretboard

+1

[Pilgrim]

Virtuoso.

http://www.virtuosopolish.com/

[Kopfjaeger]

Originally Posted by Bur

Dudes, what do you use to clean rosewood fretboard? And what laquer I may use to treat a sanded maple fretboard?

OK, believe it or not, Naptha AKA lighter fluid. Yes, lighter fluid will cut grease and grime but will not harm your finish. I'd steer far away from denatured alcohol and or lacquer thinner. Nothing good will come from using either one anywhere near your finish.

Sepp

[prbrianpr]

Originally Posted by Kopfjaeger

+2 on Zymol. That stuff works great and makes your bass smell like a pina colada, if you're into that sort of thing. I got mine from Auto Zone, and auto parts place with like million locations.

If the fretboard is not coated (bare wood) never wax it!! Ebony and or untreated wood needs to be oiled with the proper oil for the specific wood.

Sepp

I remeber using mirror glaze machine glaze (car oily polish) on my rosewod fretboard not recommends it, it dont make nothing wrong tothe fretboard but I only use one time and works but maybe using it a lot is bad.

[prbrianpr]

Virtuoso leaves resuide?

[deeptubes]

Originally Posted by prbrianpr

Virtuoso leaves resuide?

No. It removes residue.

[JoeWPgh]

I just wipe mine down with a microfiber towel. If that's not enough, a damp one followed by a dry one.

[Green1]

I like the products from music nomad.....they have a cleaner/polish that's the best I've ever tried

[Bur]

Originally Posted by Kopfjaeger

OK, believe it or not, Naptha AKA lighter fluid. Yes, lighter fluid will cut grease and grime but will not harm your finish. I'd steer far away from denatured alcohol and or lacquer thinner. Nothing good will come from using either one anywhere near your finish.

Sepp

Thanks a lot! And what about sanded maple fretboard? Should I cover it with laquer or wiping\oiling is enogh?

[JaminTravis]

I personally do not recommend anything along the lines of lighter fluid or oils for cleaning your bass. Oils can be beneficial when combined properly with other elements to create waxes or pastes, but a pure oil will introduce unwanted moisture to your instrument. Wood is porous. It's important to maintain the natural moisture of the wood and not allow it to dry out, but you want to prevent any moisture from getting in that doesn't belong there.

[DwaynieAD]

liquid car wax to shine up the body, lemon oil on the fretboard.

[SturmUndDrang]

When I played upright in college, my fingerboard got so caked up with grime from where I was plucking the strings that I could scrape it off with a butter knife.
I could have put the shavings on pasta and told someone to try some great black truffles.

[Grissle]

Martin guitar polish, best out there!

[SquierJazz72]

I often use mild furniture polish and a polishing rag on the body. Being that my fretboards are all rosewood, I generally do a cleaning with olive oil.

[Immigrant]

Dunlop 65 on poly/painted parts.
Howard's Feed and Wax on oil finishes. That stuff is the best. Cleans, nourishes, and protects.

The Zymol kit piques my interest though.

[Osztertag2112]

Originally Posted by JACink

You can clean a bass???

Lol yeah, i just let it get a dirty and dinged up as possible....Lol pretty sure jamerson said "the dirt keeps the funk"

[tbplayer59]

When cleaning a bass, be careful not to remove its mojo.

[chadhargis]

I thought it was Bootsy that said, "The funk is in the gunk".

[Flyingfrets]

I NEVER use car oriented products (polishes or wax) on vintage instruments or ANY nitro finish. That's a disaster you just decided a location for.

However, poly finishes are damned-near indestructable and I've used Maguire's or Mother's car care products (good stuff that I actually use on my cars) to great effect and with NO harmful side effects.

Absolutely NONE of that stuff should EVER go on a rosewood 'board...period. Besides the fact you'd be rubbing permanent white streaks into the 'board, those chemicals severely dry the oils in the wood (check your hands after you polish your car sometime).

Used lemon oil for years, but there IS a really good rosewood 'board cleaner/polish/oil that actually puts vital oils back into the wood (yes, it's specifically for guitars & basses), but I forget who makes it (one of our guitar players "borrowed" mine). Doesn't put a shiny gloss on the fingerboard, just a nice, healthy, natural luster. Got it at GC, so it should be readily available everywhere.

[Flyingfrets]

Originally Posted by Osztertag2112

Lol yeah, i just let it get a dirty and dinged up as possible....Lol pretty sure jamerson said "the dirt keeps the funk"

Yes, but as The Brothers Johnson said, "Get The Funk Out Ma Face."