Gear Review: Guitar Strings Cleaning Made Easy

Are You Struggling Cleaning Your Guitar Strings


String Cleaning Solution Hello all guitar folks and welcome to the blog of Fret Beats School of Guitar. You might have observed that after a certain period of time your guitar strings start sounding dull. New strings produce a brighter and cleaner sound but gradually their sound degrades with time. The reason is very simple to understand, with continuously playing the guitar strings accumulates dust and precipitation which degrades the sound of the strings. If you are a regular guitar player then it is suggested that you must restring your guitar after every three months in order to retain crispness of your music. If you are an average player then it is a better idea to clean the string with a suitable string cleaner solution.

String Cleaning System

You can also find a complete string cleaner mechanism that comes along with string cleaner solution and a handy tool to clean your guitar strings. A good string cleaning system preserves that new string tone and feel by cleaning both sides of instrument strings at once with an easy to use applicator and cleaning solution. Regular use of the system will extend string tone and life. The system comes complete with two string cleaning tools, 12 replacement pads and a cleaning solution. Simply apply the cleaning solution to the cleaning pads and wipe the applicator up and down the strings. Renew is the ultimate string cleaning system. A quality string cleaning system offers you the following benefits:

1. Extends Life of Strings
2. Removes dirt, grease and other contaminants that cause tone loss
3. Can be used on all instrument strings
4. Comes complete with two string cleaning tools, 12 replacement pads and cleaning solution
5. Easy to use.

Play better and prolong the life of your strings with a variety of innovative and useful cleaners and lubricants.

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Gear Review: How Guitar Polish Can Make Your Guitar Shine

Protect Your Guitar Surface

Polish for guitar, wow! It sounds amazing that even guitars are required to polish. Of course why not. As you know that all wooden articles after  certain years are polished to retain their life. Polishing wood adds new life to wood, brings the original shine back and it also protect wood from being destroyed by pests. So there is no astounding to know that guitars even need polishing. Guitar, especially if you own some expensive ones then this shall be added as a regular maintenance activity. Your instrument would survive for years.

Apply these steps to make your guitar shine like a brand new instrument:

1. Clean the surface of your guitar with a soft cotton cloth to remove the dust.
2. Choose a good quality guitar polish and pour at different areas of the body of your guitar.
3. Take another soft cloth or if you have got special pack of polish and cloth then use that cloth.
4. Rub the polish over the entire surface of the guitar including front, back and sides of the body.
5. You can also apply the polish at the back of the neck.
6. Make sure and do not try to clean the fretboard and strings with this polish. For cleaning fretboard use Fretboard Lemon Oil and to clean string use String Cleaner solution. 

D'Addario PlanetWaves and JimDunlop offer good quality guitar accessories for your daily guitar needs including maintenance. PlanetWaves 3 step guitar polishing system requires 3 different guitar polishes to be applied on your guitar as follows

STEP 1: RESTORE - Restore deep cleaning polish is a formula designed to remove swirl marks and even light scratches from all clear coated instruments.

STEP 2: PROTECT - Protect is a natural protectant and sealer for all clear coated instruments, combining premium quality Brazilian Carnauba Wax and advanced chemistry to produce a distinct radiance with quick and easy application.

STEP 3: SHINE - Shine spray cleaner and maintainer is an easy to use daily cleaner for all clear coated instruments. Shine erases dust, fingerprints, and minor imperfections, while color enhancers bring out your instrument’s beauty. Step 3 of a 3 part system.

Can't Invest For 3 Step Cleaning System Then Try Express Pack

 
Planet Waves Express Packs are the Ultimate one-time use 3 step polishing system for guitar and basses. Each Express packet contains a one-time use quantity of each polish in the 3-step detailing system that includes Restore, Protect and Shine. Each packet contains a one-time use quantity of each polish in the Planet Waves 3-step detailing system.

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Gear Review: Fret Board Lemon Oil

GEAR REVIEW: Fretboard Lemon Oil
 
When you keep playing guitar for a very long time you would notice dust accumulation near frets and sometimes you would feel your fretboard turned dry and shabby. This all depends how much you have used your guitar. This can also affect your playability especially when applying articulation such as bends, vibrato etc. This could also lead to serious issues like drying, cracks and could create irreparable damage to your instruments.

To over come this problem you need to clean your fret board with good quality lemon oil made for guitar fretboard cleaning only. Don’t use any other lemon oil because they may contain other minerals such as silicon and wax, which do vary for different types of lemon oil. You might astonish to hear that the lemon oil for fretboard cleaning seems a costly affair but if you are using a quality instrument then such kind of maintenance would add life to your guitar. So don’t hesitate and compromise with the health of your beloved instrument.

To begin with cleaning your fretboard, please follow the following steps:

· Loosen the strings little bit and start taking off your strings with the help of a wire cutter at the twelfth fret.

· Using a plastic credit card along or toothpick scrape the dust from the frets where they meet the fretboard. These are the best tools, as they would not damage your fretboard wood.

· Be very slow and cautious doing so.

· To apply the lemon oil dip a fine cotton cloth with the lemon oil and rub the fretboard very gently.

· Restring your guitar to the desired quality strings. Remove the partially cut strings very carefully as they can harm the finish of your guitar.

· Tune your guitar using an electronic tuner and you are on your way again.

Educating yourself on caring for your instrument is just as vital as learning how the instrument plays. With just a few simple steps and procedures you will largely improve both your instruments sound and ensuring a long life for your guitar.

Place your order to buy Fretboard Lemon Oil from Fret Beats School of Guitar call us on +91-97848-05670.

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