Fingerboard care?

[lmacmil]

I have not done anything to my GA3 fingerboard since buying it new two years ago.  I do wipe down the strings evrry time I play and always play with clean hands.   Don't see anything on the Taylor website about care.  Do I need to do anything to it?

[CodeBlueEMT]

I found the video: http://www.taylorguitars.com/media/restringing-your-taylor-guitar

Give Rob time to remove the strings first.

[TaylorGirl]

Also, the latest Wood and Steel had a good article about changing strings, which addressed the fretboard.

[Edward]

The best fingerboard "care" you can offer is proper relative humidity.  Anything beyond that really is just to satisfy the owner and does nothing for the "well being" of fingerboards.  OTOH, there are a few folks whose hands sweat, and/or whose sweat is fairly acidic: these are the folks who likely would benefit from periodically removing gunk from their boards.  Barring that and proper humidification, the fingerboard requires no real care ; though some folks do like to make sure they stay pristine for aesthetic purposes, as well.

Edward

[jpmist]

I have not done anything to my GA3 fingerboard since buying it new two years ago.  I do wipe down the strings evrry time I play and always play with clean hands.   Don't see anything on the Taylor website about care.  Do I need to do anything to it?

Can't see it so I dunno. . .

But me, I hate seeing those little oval grunge marks on my fretboard (even with my fairly dry fingers) so I take some XXXX steel wool (the finest) and some baby oil/mineral oil/whatever and clean that stuff off as needed when I change my strings. Rub lightly parallel to the edge of fretboard (don't saw back and forth across in line with the frets) and you won't leave marks. The steel wool will polish your frets up nicely as well and the oil makes the fretboard look like new once you've buffed it off.

Good luck with it!

[Tarekith]

I found the video: http://www.taylorguitars.com/media/restringing-your-taylor-guitar

Give Rob time to remove the strings first.

They made a more recent video for Elixer that I feel offers a few improvements over the video on the Taylor site:

http://youtu.be/plU27QJBKn8

I usually only clean my fretboard with 0000 steel wool and boiled linseed oil every 2-3 string changes.  If nothing else, it just makes the fretboard LOOK a lot nicer IMO. 

[Wayne R]

Been using Fret Doctor on all my guitars with unsealed (unfinished) fretboards for 10+ years.  I apply it once a year.


Wayne