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Have you ever oiled your fretboard? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by phonics@lemmy.world to c/guitars@lemmy.world

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I've had guitars for I donno, 20 years now. Only this week did I first ever oil one of the fretboard. Learned you should be doing it +/- every 6 months haha. I don't know about that. But it does bring out the color kinda nice.

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah usually when I restring I'll wipe down the instrument with a cloth and oil the fretboard. I don't think it's necessary if you have decent humidity control and don't get fret sprouting. I don't have good control over the temp & humidity in an apartment so it can get dry especially in the winter and humid in the summer. For storage I'll usually just loosen the strings and put one of those humidifier packs in the case/bag and re-wet it every couple of months.