deaky Posted July 9, 2010 Posted July 9, 2010 Hi all Just wondered what you folks use to clean and polish your treasured bass! Does anyone recommend the Meguiars Fender cleaning kit?? Thanks in advance Deaks Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted July 9, 2010 Posted July 9, 2010 Haven't heard of that one. Some people use beeswax, and the list goes on. Me? I use pledge furniture wipes. Quote
steve-soar Posted July 9, 2010 Posted July 9, 2010 What is this cleaning of basses you talk of? Quote
Grand Wazoo Posted July 9, 2010 Posted July 9, 2010 Pledge spray and wipe off with microfibre cloth, endo! Quote
bubinga5 Posted July 10, 2010 Posted July 10, 2010 im Barry Scott with stain and Bass Cillit Bang Bass... Bang and your bass is gone... Quote
OliverBlackman Posted July 10, 2010 Posted July 10, 2010 Gibson guitar polish for the finished bodies, beeswax for the warwick body and lemon oil for the maple necks Quote
thisnameistaken Posted July 10, 2010 Posted July 10, 2010 I have a couple of dusters in my Warwick's case, one for putting wax on, the other for general cleaning. My Jazz I keep a towel in its case which I use for a quick clean after gigs, that's the only cleaning it gets, seems to cope OK. Quote
Bassulike66 Posted July 10, 2010 Posted July 10, 2010 Dunlop Formula No 65 to clean the bodies on my Spector, Fender and Stingray...( great product!) Dr Stringfellow Lem-oil on the rosewood fretboard of my Spector (apparently Lem-oil should only be used on rosewood). Then a smidge of Birchwood Casey gun oil for the maple boards on tuthers... Quote
ahpook Posted July 10, 2010 Posted July 10, 2010 [quote name='bubinga5' post='891014' date='Jul 10 2010, 02:09 AM']im Barry Scott with stain and Bass Cillit Bang Bass... Bang and your bass is gone...[/quote] see what it does to an ibby good as new ! Quote
KiOgon Posted July 10, 2010 Posted July 10, 2010 (edited) + 1 for the Dunlop products; FormulaNo. 65 Guitar polisher/cleaner & the Fretboard Ultimate Lemon oil - which BTW has a warning; "Note: Not for use on Maple fingerboards"! Far better for Rosewood + similar grained woods is to buy pure Lemon oil & thin it with a carrier such as Almond oil. Then apply with a toothbrush following the grain, polishing it off with cotton wool pads, applying more as required & polishing until the pads are clean. You will be amazed at the amount of Sh1T that comes off - even brand new fretboards, (not hand made custom jobs of course!) With second hand - I sometimes wonder what some people must have on their hands when they play!!!! A soft hair artist brush or even a camera lens brush is good for getting the dust out of all the crooks & nannies, best to keep a special duster for the polishing & those micro-fibre cloths for general cleaning all surfaces................................ A tip - if you have time - use a cloth between fingers & tuning heads to prevent early onset of rusty elephant ears! Cheers, John Edited July 10, 2010 by KiOgon Quote
OliverBlackman Posted July 10, 2010 Posted July 10, 2010 [quote name='Bassulike66' post='891045' date='Jul 10 2010, 08:21 AM']Dr Stringfellow Lem-oil on the rosewood fretboard of my Spector (apparently Lem-oil should only be used on rosewood).[/quote] woops cheers guys iv been using that for about a year on my stingray is gun oil the best thing for a maple neck? Quote
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