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  • How to clean oiled maple neck?

    How do you clean an oiled maple neck and fretboard, such as is common in Charvels?

  • #2
    There was just a thread on this subject, very recently though I have to ask why do want to clean it?

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    • #3
      You don't! It's only going to get grungy again after a couple
      hours playing time...

      But, if you insist, here's the best advice out there:

      http://www.music-man.com/faq/music-m...-man-neck.html

      I would add though, if you're going to use a toothbrush, make sure it's really soft,
      and well broken-in [e.g. you've brushed your teeth with it a couple hundred times]
      so there aren't any burrs on it to scratch your neck/board...

      And the Birchwood Casey products are great. With all the cleaning/conditioning
      products, remember to use sparingly! A little goes a long way!

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      • #4
        Keep in mind you won't be able to get all the darkenss off of it.
        Really? well screw Mark Twain.

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        • #5
          Leave it dirty!!! In 25 years people will be like - look at that well played axe!
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          Blank yo!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Grandturk View Post
            Leave it dirty!!! In 25 years people will be like - look at that well played axe!
            Yep, I prefer the look of my EBMM Axis with the patina on it,
            but that's an exceptional birdseye that would look great clean too...

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            • #7
              Was going to start a thread but decided to do a search option which led me here:

              Apart from not cleaning the neck, is it necessary to maintain the oiled neck in any way by re-applying oil after a certain amount of years?
              Like how have you handled your Charvel neck from '86? Has it never been re-oiled? Thanks

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              • #8
                To clean it, just use lemon oil with an old toothbrush and a rag.

                If it's got gunstock oil or tung oil on it, you can always reapply the oil after a certain amount of years, but some people don't even bother.
                Lefty gave some good advice in the link he posted. http://www.music-man.com/faq/music-m...-man-neck.html

                It's been three months since the OP started this thread, but he seems to not care any more.
                I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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