Graphite neck maintenance?

[95JettaCity]

So I just got my Flea 4 and am curious as to what I need to do to the graphite neck and composite fingerboard to keep them in perfect condition? Also what are suggestions as to what I should use on the Alder body? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Andy

 

[cheezewiz]

guess I heard wrong. Deleted

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

Modulus warns against using oils and solvents on their all-graphite necks. No offense to Cheezewiz, but WD-40 is a solvent/lubricant-I personally would'nt recommend using it. My owner's manual ( Modulus Quantum-4 w/ all-composite neck) recommends using a slightly damp cloth on the neck. If the neck becomes really dirty, they recommend using a damp cloth & a mild soap. If you wipe your neck down often, a damp rag is all you'll need. For polishing their bodies, they recommend using a good quality auto wax twice a year. For the rest of the time a slighlty damp cloth works fine.

Congrats on your new bass!
-A.P.

 

[Gard]

Typically I just use a cloth and wipe it off. Joe Zon says to use Windex if you need to do more than dust it off. A bit of water won't hurt it either. I definitely would not use WD-40, for the reasons that Arthur mentions.

 

[Zoot H Rollo]

i got the Windex recommendation from Joe Z. too.

works great.

i THINK Joe had said something about WD40 for the fretboard only.

i hesitate to go that far. Windex worked fine for both.

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[Ryan L.]

All I have ever used is a damp cloth on mine. Seems to work just fine for taking any build up off the fretboard that I get, which isn't much. I wipe down my neck and fretboard quite often, though.

 

[berklee46]

From the Status Graphite Website:

Q:
The phenolic fingerboard on my bass looks grey and has lost it's original black colour :

A:
The dry look on the fingerboard is where the laminated phenolic material is actually 'drying' out a little. It is often caused by being cleaned with a water or solvent based polish which can take the natural 'oils' out of the board.
You can fix this very easily by cleaning the fingerboard with a very small amount of oil. Something as simple as WD40 is fine.
Use a soft cotton cloth and wipe a VERY small amount of oil on the fingerboard and rub it in.... then clean it all off again leaving just a trace which has 'soaked' into the surface. This will bring back the dark colour of the board.