Poll: Fast Fret or Finger Ease

[BaldyLee]

For anyone with experience using these, which do you prefer or what do you like about them.

I’m using to eliminate the “sticky“ string feeling. I know there are other options, home remedies (talc, powder, olive oil, mineral oil, machine oil, nose grease) but I’m considering these for convenience and portability purposes.

Thanks.

 

[michael_t]

I voted for Fast Fret. I like the idea of applying the stuff only on the strings instead of spraying all over the fretboard.

EDIT: This is hypothetical because I actually don't use any lubricant on my strings.

 

[Deleted member 394181]

Fast Fret, it also helps darken my PaoFerro fingerboard. It can get dirty so strings have to be sorta clean. It even smells good

 

[BaldyLee]

I voted for Fast Fret. I like the idea of applying the stuff only on the strings instead of spraying all over the fretboard.

EDIT: This is hypothetical because I actually don't use any lubricant on my strings.

This is my thought as well. Finger ease has been around forever though.

 

[michael_t]

This is my thought as well. Finger ease has been around forever though.

I used to use Finger Ease quite a bit when I was an acoustic guitar player in my younger days. We're talking 70s/80s.

 

[trothwell]

I have never used Finger Ease, but have used plenty of Fast Fret. I think it works great for making strings smoother, and it also seems to help keep (roundwound) strings sounding newer longer.

Also nice on Hammond organ keys to help with quick smears/glissandos!

 

[Reedt2000]

What, no carrot juice voting option!

 

[Nev375]

Carrot flavored Elixirs.

Invalid poll. Get it together already!

 

[MattZilla]

Nose grease.

 

[FatStringer52]

 

[JRA]

i used take finger ease with me for outside gigs (i still have a bottle/can of it somewhere i think). i didn't spray it on the ax: i sprayed directly on my hands/fingers. i thought it was useful some of the time.

 

[groovepump]

i used take finger ease with me for outside gigs (i still have a bottle/can of it somewhere i think). i didn't spray it on the ax: i sprayed directly on my hands/fingers. i thought it was useful some of the time.

Same here. Sprayed my fingers on both hands, not the neck/fingerboard.

 

[HardNHeavy]

never had to use it, but fast fret been around for yrs....lol@nose grease...i have used flour, or even baby powder at a rehearsal..once or twice...and most dont carry that around in their gig bags

 

[Rabidhamster]

Neither at all because I don’t want mineral oil all over my hands and gear, but fast fret doesn’t contain silicone so only fast fret.

 

[petch]

I've used both of those, but prefer Fast Fret. Recently I've been using this one with good results.

 

[jTrolt]

DeoxIt D5.
Recently started using it, and I'm 100% sold.
Ingredients: a proprietary deoxidization component, no odor mineral spirits.
What it does:
Re-vitalizes, to a reasonable degree, the bright qualities of a newer string.
Put a new set of strings on a 4 string JB. The E string sounded quite dead, while A was almost annoyingly bright. One treatment, and things are much more balanced now. E became slightly clearer while the brash A mellowed just enough for the set to remain on the instrument.
On my 5'er: debated string replacement a few days ahead of weekend gig. Deox'd them, and the day before the show, I decided a new set was being wasteful, as this stuff honestly gave it that one more gig amount of clarity.
Mentioned the mineral spirits, as this is quite likely the "lubricant" that put the "fast" in Fastfret, and this stuff seems to do that as well. It's the deoxidization component that has me reaching for it over the given choices, as it really seems to do great things for string cleaning/brightening.

Final evolution: In modding my JB, used it on the pickguard fasteners, bridge assembly, and even treated the frets. Dang thing glows like brand new.
Couldn't be happier.

A couple ways to use it: DeoxIt D5 Wipes, DeoxIt "AxeWipes", or simply damp a clean cloth and apply. Buff with microfiber and let the deoxidization begin. No ill effects perceived regarding interaction with different fretboards and instrument finishes.
Finally, for me, something that works. Do a Google search and you'll see several archived TB discussions about this stuff and some interesting forms of it that have come and gone.
I know, reads like an infomercial, but I'm not affiliated, just plain happy, 'cause I'm a bright string lover, and at closed to $50 a set, glad I can extend them just a pinch further.
To coin a phrase:
"I put that sh@@ on everything..."

 

[dbsfgyd1]

For anyone with experience using these, which do you prefer or what do you like about them.

I’m using to eliminate the “sticky“ string feeling. I know there are other options, home remedies (talc, powder, olive oil, mineral oil, machine oil, nose grease) but I’m considering these for convenience and portability purposes.

Thanks.

I use the sebum from my nose, and on my plucking fingers only. For the neck, a couple of swiped with a polish cloth.

 

[ectoflanger]

I've used both of those, but prefer Fast Fret. Recently I've been using this one with good results. View attachment 5229206

A guitar luthier friend of mine uses this and sold me a bottle. It's a legitimate cleaner, polisher, and anti-corrosion lube that's prescribed for the whole instrument and any instrument. I haven't used it much though-

Have never used Fast Fret or Finger Ease-

However I do use the Warwick Beeswax on my 'Wick fretless basses-

 

[bigthemat]

I've been using the Music Nomad one with good results. Really helps with those outdoor gigs where I tend to get a bit sweaty and sticky.

 

[smoothbrain]

I tried Finger Ease once around 1970 because I hated the way the new tape-wound strings felt on my jazz bass. I didn't like it. Tossed it. Tossed the strings, too. There is an alternative:

Be like Jaco. Eat more chicken.