EJWW Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 Hi all, I've recently taken possession of a second hand bass and I am about to give it a good clean before I replace the strings and set it up. I normally use guitar fretboard oil and kitchen towel to clean all the gunk off the fretboard but before I get stuck into this one does anyone have any top tips for bass gunk removal? Cheers in advance! Quote
Noisyjon Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 On 12/04/2021 at 08:57, EJWW said: Hi all, I've recently taken possession of a second hand bass and I am about to give it a good clean before I replace the strings and set it up. I normally use guitar fretboard oil and kitchen towel to clean all the gunk off the fretboard but before I get stuck into this one does anyone have any top tips for bass gunk removal? Cheers in advance! Expand Is it a rosewood or maple fingerboard? Any pics of the bass? Quote
hooky_lowdown Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 On 12/04/2021 at 09:32, Noisyjon said: Is it a rosewood or maple fingerboard? Any pics of the bass? Expand As the OP mentioned fretboard oil, won't be maple. I use baby wet wipes first, to clean as much as possible, dry with kitchen towel. Leave for an hour to fully dry off. Then use Dunlop lemon oil fretboard oil, leave for 5-10 mins and wipe off. Quote
EJWW Posted April 12, 2021 Author Posted April 12, 2021 On 12/04/2021 at 10:07, hooky_lowdown said: As the OP mentioned fretboard oil, won't be maple. I use baby wet wipes first, to clean as much as possible, dry with kitchen towel. Leave for an hour to fully dry off. Then use Dunlop lemon oil fretboard oil, leave for 5-10 mins and wipe off. Expand Yes it's rosewood. Do you use the oily baby wet wipes? Wouldn't have considered using those but we do have a baby and associated wipes so might finally have a bass-related use for them! Quote
hooky_lowdown Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 On 12/04/2021 at 13:26, EJWW said: Yes it's rosewood. Do you use the oily baby wet wipes? Wouldn't have considered using those but we do have a baby and associated wipes so might finally have a bass-related use for them! Expand No, the unscented kind. 1 Quote
Geek99 Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 I used a thin strip of metal to scrape along frets lengthways to get gunk out and fine wire wool on the wood itself, then baby wipes and finally lemon oil 1 Quote
TheGreek Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 Aldi's do an Orange Oil wipe which is excellent for just this type of thing. 1 1 Quote
clauster Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 A dull metal or plastic edge to gently scrape off the worst. Fine wire wool with a little naptha (lighter fluid). Then lemon oil. Don't soak, a little goes a long way! To keep it clean, stop playing and just sell and buy gear on Basschat! 2 Quote
Geek99 Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 I think i missed the naphtha thing but pretty much what I said Quote
clauster Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 On 12/04/2021 at 17:15, Geek99 said: I think i missed the naphtha thing but pretty much what I said Expand True, and the bit about not playing it again 😋 Quote
Geek99 Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 On 12/04/2021 at 17:58, clauster said: True, and the bit about not playing it again 😋 Expand Yes, true, but that would suggest the OP is a mucky pup and likely to make it dirty and not clean it afterwards. I would hope that we are a clean bunch in this parish 1 Quote
Owen Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 I used Lemon oil on a new neck once. Something REALLY nasty happened to the frets. Scratchy and horrible they were. I have no idea if I left it on too long or what. Quote
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