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  • Rosewood fretboard marks?

    Hello,

    I hope I created this thread in the right section. I'm kindly looking for some insight regarding my rosewood fretboard - I was changing strings, scraping off dirt between frets and because I used some extra lighting to see better I noticed these marks that go parallel to the frets.

    I got spooked a little, I've never noticed them before. When changing strings I decided to take all of them off to clean the entire thing - I know there's a major discussion on whether that's healthy for the neck or not, but as this is a fixed bridge guitar and the whole procedure took 20 minutes top I thought the chances of there being a problem are small. Might these be marks left by the neck / fretboard moving after tension release?

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    I would much appreciate any information on this.

    Thanks for your time,
    Michael

  • #2
    Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

    Looks like someone polished the frets with steel wool or some other abrasive. Unless you are talking about a delicate instrument, you can take strings off with no problem.

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    • #3
      Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

      Your finger funk can't get right next to the fret..... Stop worrying and go play the thing.
      aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever

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      • #4
        Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

        Also, it is fine to take off all of the strings and clean. I do this with every string change, and the neck has always been fine. I also play a lot better on a clean guitar.
        Administrator of the SDUGF

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        • #5
          Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

          Hello,

          thank you for your replies, I did not expect such quick responses, and from senior members of this forum to add. I appreciate it greatly.

          I always take off all strings in my guitars to clean them as my hands leave a lot of unpleasant residue on the fretboard. I've had no trouble so far and always considered the '1 string at a time' method to be suited for floating trem guitars to maintain the setup. When I noticed the marks I was surprised and started thinking that maybe there is some truth to it, but it seems a lot of people take off their strings all at once without any problems so that's probably not it.

          I'm thinking the marks might just be wood grain that I haven't noticed before. For clarification, I was referring to these:

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          Thanks a lot for the replies!

          Michael

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          • #6
            Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

            Those Mark's are what I believe to be from the wound string biting into the wood
            When you press to hard
            May have gotten bumped

            But looks like wound string marks
            Not stretching fretboard

            Maybe fingernails
            EHD
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            • #7
              Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

              You know what it looks like to me? Nothing to worry about...go play!

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              • #8
                Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

                Once you get past the next 100,000 notes you won't be able to see those tiny marks. Play that guitar!
                "Live by the Groove, Die by the Groove."

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                • #9
                  Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

                  If the op didn’t post the pic with the circled areas I would have had no idea what he was talking about.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

                    Just looks like wood grain to me.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

                      I noticed
                      But I wasn't sure that's what he meant

                      Looks like string Mark's from wound strings to me
                      Same spacing
                      And area
                      EHD
                      Just here surfing Guitar Pron
                      RG2EX1 w/ SD hot-rodded pickups / RG4EXFM1 w/ Carvin S22j/b + FVN middle
                      SR500 / Martin 000CE-1/Epiphone Hummingbird
                      Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
                      Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
                      Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
                      Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
                      GNX3000 (yea I'm a modeler)

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                      • #12
                        Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

                        Grain pattern from quarter sawn wood.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

                          They both appear centered between the frets
                          None under the fret
                          It would be a coincidence that the grain fell that way
                          EHD
                          Just here surfing Guitar Pron
                          RG2EX1 w/ SD hot-rodded pickups / RG4EXFM1 w/ Carvin S22j/b + FVN middle
                          SR500 / Martin 000CE-1/Epiphone Hummingbird
                          Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
                          Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
                          Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
                          Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
                          GNX3000 (yea I'm a modeler)

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                          • #14
                            Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

                            Regardless of what caused it (strings, fingernails, sawing...) those spots are nothing to worry about.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Rosewood fretboard marks?

                              I can't see crap wrong with it. If there are lines parallel to the frets, then it probably needs to be lit from one side, not straight on.
                              Originally posted by LesStrat
                              Yogi Berra was correct.
                              Originally posted by JOLLY
                              I do a few chord things, some crappy lead stuff, and then some rhythm stuff.

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