Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner! :)

[Robert Delahunt]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

dude im telling you this stuff works really well, ive been doing it for a while now, ive heard about it all over the net too, found it in a few guitar manuals, bunch of forums, cyberfret forums are all for it. it wont harm youre guitar in any ways, it but of cource it wont work AS WELL as pro stuff, but its thigns you find in almost every home.

Are you referring to windex and vaseline? I just can't believe that it would do a good job, what with ammonia and such. The most "proper" thing would be a non-petroleum-distillate lemon oil (which I've used before with great success, and so did my two friends as well), or it's own natural oils (i.e. rosewood oil for rosewood, etc), or the product above (Fret Doctor etc). But then again, just because 50,000 people on a forum think it works great doesn't mean it works in the long run. Beyond that, if some old guitar manual says to use it, ok, but there are better products to use now.

I just don't think it's smart to use an ammonia-containing product and then a petroleum jelly (what vaseline is).

I'm NOT trying to prolong the thread, just trying to make sure no one ends up using an ammonia-containing product or petroleum-based product on a natural wooden fretboard.

 

[metallicaxlxl]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

by pro stuff i meant guitar honey.

and yeah of cource that stuff will do a better job than windex and vaseline. yeah maybe in the long run, but i really wouldnt know. i might switch to the good stuff one day, but for now, i have some ****ty epiphone, and i dont really care about the long run because it wont last that long..

 

[Robert Delahunt]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

by pro stuff i meant guitar honey. and yeah of cource that stuff will do a better job than windex and vaseline. yeah maybe in the long run, but i really wouldnt know. i might switch to the good stuff one day, but for now, i have some ****ty epiphone, and i dont really care about the long run because it wont last that long..

Oh. Well man, I understand, but still, at least try to take care of the thing. I mean, it's all you've got, at least for now. I feel your pain, I'm still beating my ESP LTD EC series because it's all I got.

 

[LesStrat]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

KY is better than Vaseline.



:doh:


Nevermind.

 

[firebirdVII]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

I've never once conditioned my fret board, but if I did, I would try something like guitar honey or the fret doc. Why? Because it's my freaking guitar. I don't do stuff like that often and might as well get the one that's made out of the same oils as are in the wood.

 

[metallicaxlxl]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

yeah actually i take back what i said before, this guitar might just be a crappy epiphone, but its MY crappy epiphone. i guess i just didnt like the idea that i was hurting it, so i tried to deny it, but i know that denying it wont do any good now, so ill stop. im gonna buy some guitar honey one of these days, that way i can truely make this guitar the best it can be.

and anyways, this guitar isnt bad, it sure as hell doesnt feel anything near of what a gibson feels like, but its still not bad, and ever since ive been customizing it, i can get the tone better, maybe not the feel but the tone.

i have sort of a question though, sorry for making this thread longer than it should, but its been going through my mind ever since i was at guitar center on tuesday.
it might just be me, but when i feel something like a gibson in my hands, it feels warm and it feels like it was meant to be there, meant to be held, but when i hold most epiphones its cold and sort of feels like it rejects me. im probably just going crazy haha, but i thought id share that.

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

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Don´t we already have about 1000 threads on Fretboard conditioning truths, Myths, and Marketing BS? Do we REALLY need to rehash this once a week? :smack:

 

[Guest]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

Really good stuff. I ordered 2 bottle some time ago. Boyle even sent them out to me before he had recieved the money, he's a very nice guy. I truly recommend his Fret Doctor!

 

[BigAlTheBird]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

Yeah it's pretty fantastic stuff.

And Zerberus, I didn't mean to stir anything up, I was just plugging this fantastic fret cleaner.

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

Al, that wasn´t necessarily directed at you, but more at about 50% of the responses ... I´m almost always glad to read that someone found something that works for them.

Though I won´t even start on the problems I see from the Windex / Vaseline solution :chairfall

 

[BigAlTheBird]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

Though I won´t even start on the problems I see from the Windex / Vaseline solution :chairfall

That's pretty much my immedaite reaction every time I read some goofy new solution to fretboard care. Windex isn't so bad. Earwax? Vaseline? Candle wax? Just fantastically gross!

 

[RnFR]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

I use Dr. Stringfellow, a $5.00 lemon oil liquid that i buy from my local Guitar Center and it works great.

 

[BigAlTheBird]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

It sounds like that's good for strings - is it made for fretboards too?

 

[Monty-Jay]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

I *just* got done with my first application

How much do you guys put on and how often do you leave it on?

mJ

 

[Monty-Jay]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

Here's an older pic of what it looked like before and as you can see it's not too bad:

But after using the fretdoctor mojo juice it looks and feels even nicer

mJ

 

[Mr. B]

Be careful

Be careful

Any of the above (especially the thinner oils) can pool in the fret slots weakening the fretwire's hold on the neck. Saturating the board can even effect the fretboard's bond to the neck itself. Whatever you use, use it very sparingly. I only use it when someone brings me a guitar on which the rosewood fretboard "Feels dry". I use it very lightly on some of mine once a year or so.

 

[BigAlTheBird]

Re: Fret Doctor fretboard oil/cleaner/conditioner!

How much do you guys put on and how often do you leave it on?

Short answer, it depends. I e-mailed the founder of Fret Dr., and asked him the same thing. He basically told me that the first time you put it on, put it on until it soaks in completely. Basically saturate it. Then, after the initial coating, you shouldn't need to put more on for a very long time. Basically, it lubricates the board for up to a year (depending on any number of factors obviously).

But I put on about 10-20 drops my first time and MAN it plays nice now! It looks exactly like yours and just plays incredible.