How filthy are your guitars

[Seashore]

Haha, i was going to ask next if those who do not clean their guitars, also not wash their hands before and after handling their d*ck? and if not do they realize they are completing a dick to guitar to dick germ culture...... and is this the secret of their toanz?

Playing guitar is always my first stop after the bathroom, changing a diaper, taking out the trash, etc. I used to wash my hands, and it was a hard habit to break, but totally worth it for that feeling of gooey vintage warmth.

Not sure it has much effect on the sound though.

 

[NegativeEase]

Playing guitar is always my first stop after the bathroom, changing a diaper, taking out the trash, etc. I used to wash my hands, and it was a hard habit to break, but totally worth it for that feeling of gooey vintage warmth.

Not sure it has much effect on the sound though.

This is winning!

 

[zizyphus]

I'm about to write a NGD post wherein a got a player's grade LP BFG for a steal, in part because its condition looked way worse than it in actuality was. I cleaned a few layers of grime off of it, tweaked the truss rod and the bridge height, and now its 10000% better__PRESENT

 

[Securb]

i want talking about a guitar and we had steak, nothing finger foody

Nevertheless, next time around wash your hands.

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[jeremy]

in my defense, you handed the first one to me and knew i may not have washed my hands

 

[NegativeEase]

Nevertheless, next time around wash your hands.

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I played in a band in the 90s where throwing and spitting beer, and people snorting things off my guitar wasnt unnormal.

It's horrifying for a Seinfeldian germaphobe to think about now.... but I guess thats why my guitar, car and house stay immaculate these days.....

My old music friends come by and are astonished how organized and clean I am -versus the old me :32:

 

[Ascension]

Owned this 1995 Washburn USA MG 120 for well over 20 years and the finish is nitro any questions on how it has been cared for? Gets gigged regularly and is cleaned every time it comes out of the case before it gets put up.

 

[Ascension]

I use Doc Simons Miracle Guitar Polish which smells great and is miles better than the old Martin polish.

I use a high quality pure Carnuba car wax regularly on the guitars I play out often. Best product I have ever used is something called Beats Um All I found at the World of Wheels Car Show in Birmingham. This stuff. Best product I have ever found for a Black Show car finish and is fantastic on any guitar finish. https://beatsumall-com.3dcartstores.com/Carnauba-Car-Wax-Quart_p_13.html

 

[GuitarStv]

Try to wash my hands every time before playing.

I wipe down my strings every time I use them. I wipe down the guitar after any set I play out (it usually gets covered in sweat, and without wiping down before going back in the case it will start to stink. Also wipe the guitars down and clean the fretboards every time I change strings.

Instruments that look worn can be OK. Instruments that are just gross and dirty are not.

 

[PS412]

I give it a good clean when I change strings.
My biggest problem is I use Dunlop .88 nylon picks that dust off a fair amount with aggressive playing.

 

[Securb]

I give it a good clean when I change strings.
My biggest problem is I use Dunlop .88 nylon picks that dust off a fair amount with aggressive playing.

My Brossard horn picks create a cloud of dust when I use them. Now that Chris is out of business, I do not use them as much, but when I do, they cover the guitar in a layer of sediment.

 

[Demanic]

I don't ever recall seeing pick residue on my guitars. Occasionally, sweat in the summer. But that gets wiped down after playing.

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[Mincer]

What looks like dust under the strings is often pick residue, but it depends on the material the pick is made out of. Delrin tends to shave off in microscopic slivers, while nylon doesn't.

 

[LesStrat]

I wipe down after each use and clean and polish at string changes.

I change strings when they won’t stay on pitch.

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

Give them a wipe down/polish during string changes. Fretboard gunk is disgusting. I will wipe the back of the neck occasionally when I feel like there's some sort of residue on there.

It's amazing how many people have a clean house but their car looks like a garbage dump.

 

[Mincer]

There is a whole process that I do every year on the back of the Ernie Ball neck. Sanding with 600 & 1500 grit paper, using Murphy's Oil Soap and gunstock wax. That is the finish they use from the factory, and they have a tutorial on the website on how to do it.

 

[Securb]

Fretboard gunk is disgusting

I did a pickup install and setup for a friend that is a working musician. I have never seen worse dark grey/black fretboard gunk in my life. I had to take stiff nylon brushes and cleaner to the fretboard. I think it was sweat and dead skin mostly, freaking disgusting.

 

[NegativeEase]

I did a pickup install and setup for a friend that is a working musician. I have never seen worse dark grey/black fretboard gunk in my life. I had to take stiff nylon brushes and cleaner to the fretboard. I think it was sweat and dead skin mostly, freaking disgusting.

Fretboard gunk is a DNA record of a dirty guitarists life -imagine all the crimes that cold be solved if the FBI gets wise to this goldmine of nefarious data

 

[JMP/HBE]

Dirty filthy nasty ...

 

[NegativeEase]

Dirty filthy nasty ...

She makes me feel like I'm climbing the rope in gym class.