Members PrawnHeed Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I take care of my guitars, but wiping them after playing is not part of the care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor49 Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ thiswash hands before playing or spray fingers with alcohol....(industrial not social)wipe down with cotton cloth or fastfretproper clean with new strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcooper830 Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I wash my hands before I play EVERY TIME. I wipe my guitars down every time to try and keep 'em shiny. Call me OCD or whatever... I'm not into the relic'd look and I hate smudges and grease on otherwise nice shiny chrome parts. For example....... this just makes me wanna hurl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jds22 Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 Y'all crazy. I don't wipe. Nothing bad has ever happened. This. Every once in a while I'll use some cleaner on the body but that's about it. Oh and I oil my rosewood fretboards once a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 Better not tell Mike Campbell that. He hasn't cleaned his Broadcaster since he got it. And legend hath it that newly-recruited techs are instructed that cleaning that guitar would constitute grounds for instant dismissal. I'm not the most guitar-wipey guy in the world, but ... hell, I've eaten BBQ ribs with less grease on them than the fretboard of Mr Campbell's guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thecornman Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I am maybe a little OCD when it comes to washing my hands, but don't wipe my guitars down after each time I play them! I give them a good cleaning whenever I change the strings though, which is often, because like some have said a like the feel of new strings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 yeah I do clean them up pretty good for pictures or a movie-dinner date I saw a guy cleaning/wiping/polishing his guitar while sitting on the stage right before his band played. Now that, is pretty lame IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cephus Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I do not. My strat had never been wiped down in 10 years of heavy gigging and it was disgusting. i had cleaned the fingerboard semi regularly and changed strings every gig (2 or 3 times a week). It was really gross. I bought some gerlicks and it barely helped. the thing still looks like {censored}. But it's beat up too. Some call it "relic'd". One thing I definitely don't do is wash my hands before I play. I wash them regularly anyway, and I try to keep them clean (wear gloves to load in). But getting my hands wet softens up the skin. I play sort of aggressively and I need to have my armor on. Softening up the calluses cause me to wear down before the end of the night. It's also bad for my nails I think. Softens them up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I need to do something because I need a part time job to pay for all the strings I go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 One thing I definitely don't do is wash my hands before I play. I wash them regularly anyway, and I try to keep them clean (wear gloves to load in). But getting my hands wet softens up the skin. I play sort of aggressively and I need to have my armor on. Softening up the calluses cause me to wear down before the end of the night. It's also bad for my nails I think. Softens them up too. Same here ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fiveway Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I use Elixirs and I give my guitars a good cleaning at least every ten years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bdubbs Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I definitely don't wipe down every time i play, which averages 3 times a week. I change my strings every 2 to 3 weeks and wipe down with damp rag and polish it up. I'm wearing through the nitro at the top, I can see the brown starting to poke through. If you change strings often I don't see a reason to really wipe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I never intentionally wash my hands before I play (unless I happen to have washed them for some other reason) and rarely wipe my guitar down after (unless something spills on it I guess). Man, some of you take this {censored} too seroiusly - it's just a guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I don't wipe my guitars down after playing them I also never change strings for years unless they start breaking... I also do not own any guitars worth 1k... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danswon Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 i never wipe my guitars down. maybe i should. but then all my guitars are cheapos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I play teles. You don't need to wipe down or polish a tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kellanium Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I neither wipe down nor own any guitars over 1k. If i did, i wouldn't wipe them down. It just seems rather silly to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mel Cooley Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 ...not wiping down your guitar with an old t-shirt after use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members craigny Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 OCD is a bitch. ..Yes it is...and that is why i wipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BigTimeFun Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 Why would you not wipe the crud that builds on your strings and neck? This just makes no sense to me. Is there some kind of reverse snobbery about gunky strings and gummy necks that I'm not aware of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members photon9 Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I do not. My strat had never been wiped down in 10 years of heavy gigging and it was disgusting. i had cleaned the fingerboard semi regularly and changed strings every gig (2 or 3 times a week). It was really gross. I bought some gerlicks and it barely helped. the thing still looks like {censored}. But it's beat up too. Some call it "relic'd".One thing I definitely don't do is wash my hands before I play. I wash them regularly anyway, and I try to keep them clean (wear gloves to load in). But getting my hands wet softens up the skin. I play sort of aggressively and I need to have my armor on. Softening up the calluses cause me to wear down before the end of the night. It's also bad for my nails I think. Softens them up too. Me too. Unless I just ate some Cheese Doodles or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cephus Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 Why would you not wipe the crud that builds on your strings and neck? This just makes no sense to me. Is there some kind of reverse snobbery about gunky strings and gummy necks that I'm not aware of? I don't play on cruddy strings and don't seem to have a problem with gummy necks either. i think the crud stays with the strings when i take them off and put new ones on. I only have 1 maple neck guitar, so maybe I just can't see this crud you're talking about. Every once in a while I scrape crud off the FB and oil it up a little. It's a tool. I don't treat them like a piece of furniture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman3001 Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I don't wipe my guitars down after playing them I also never change strings for years unless they start breaking... I also do not own any guitars worth 1k... I hardly ever change my strings either. I have about 7 guitars that I play gigs with and changing the strings as often as some people here do would put me in the poorhouse right quick. I change strings when they get nice and rusty and start to lose intonation. A set will usually last me between 3 and 6 months depending on how often I've played that particular guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 Man, some of you take this {censored} too seroiusly - it's just a guitar. post of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Strung_Out Posted December 13, 2011 Members Share Posted December 13, 2011 I never intentionally wash my hands before I play (unless I happen to have washed them for some other reason) and rarely wipe my guitar down after (unless something spills on it I guess). Man, some of you take this {censored} too seroiusly - it's just a guitar. This. I clean my guitars when I change the strings, oil the fretboard, etc, but that's about the extent that I'm willing to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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