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hendixclarke
Member Username: hendixclarke
Post Number: 70 Registered: 6-2007
| Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 8:16 am: | |
Daaaammm, it looks great! Wood and olive oil works great. I clean my Series I from head to base, with a dry cloth (Lams wool) and then added a dab of olive oil, and rubbed lightly, and it looks great. The shine on the fret ebony wood shines too. I never thought of using olive oil would work so well, but it does a great job. If someone posted this discovery or other methods, please share. |
adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan
Post Number: 1680 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 8:24 am: | |
Paul TBO mentions using it, on one of the earlier "oil" threads. |
bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee
Post Number: 1829 Registered: 3-2004
| Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 9:07 am: | |
Is there any issue with odor down the road from use of olive oil? Maybe the use of such a small amount makes it okay. |
hendixclarke
Member Username: hendixclarke
Post Number: 71 Registered: 6-2007
| Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 9:29 am: | |
You mean "the ah-roma" (I wish it did... I love the smell of Olive Oil), I can't detect any smells. However, if you consider olive oil an "odor" then I would simply fray this idea. But interms of shine, and care...BAM! I win doubles. |
bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee
Post Number: 1830 Registered: 3-2004
| Posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 3:13 pm: | |
Fresh olive oil smells fine. Olive oil that's been sitting out exposed to light and air for a few months is a lot less appealing, though. I would still be afraid to do this to one of my instruments until I heard a positive response from Alembic, or at least a long-term report. |
lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq
Post Number: 2705 Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 11:34 am: | |
I've heard if you add some anchovy paste and raw egg it can be used to shine up the brass. I think they used this formula on the May, 2004, COTM, the "Roman Conqueror" Bill, tgo |
bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee
Post Number: 1832 Registered: 3-2004
| Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 5:56 pm: | |
Worcestershire sauce, maybe? |
crgaston
Senior Member Username: crgaston
Post Number: 454 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 6:28 pm: | |
I used to use canola oil on my first bass, an Ibanez with a rosewood fingerboard. I don't recall it smelling, and it seemed to actually mellow the tone a bit. |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 5657 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 2:59 pm: | |
Putting pure essential peach oil on the fretboard will give you more of that Allman Brothers sound. I've even heard that the really grungy sound of the MC5 can be attained by adding just a little pure essential motor oil. |
lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq
Post Number: 2711 Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 3:04 pm: | |
I understand Barry White's bass player used KY jelly. And if you play for Barry Manilow, you're required to use pure pepsi syrup. Bill tgo |
glocke
Advanced Member Username: glocke
Post Number: 271 Registered: 9-2002
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 4:25 am: | |
I use hash oil on all my basses to get that pyschadelic groove going. |
davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck
Post Number: 5663 Registered: 5-2002
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 7:14 am: | |
Hash oil! What a great idea! Hmmm ... do they carry that at the health food store?? |
lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq
Post Number: 2712 Registered: 7-2004
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 9:53 am: | |
They do in California! Bill, tgo |
hendixclarke
Member Username: hendixclarke
Post Number: 72 Registered: 6-2007
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 10:00 am: | |
From Olive oil to hash oil? You guys have way too much time on your "hands"...
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kimberly
Intermediate Member Username: kimberly
Post Number: 139 Registered: 1-2007
| Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 10:49 am: | |
Great thread. |
byoung
Senior Member Username: byoung
Post Number: 822 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 12:00 pm: | |
I always oil with the tears of my vanquished enemies. muhahahahahaha. |
mele_aloha
Advanced Member Username: mele_aloha
Post Number: 295 Registered: 1-2007
| Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 8:36 pm: | |
I've found through the years that if I use to much or to heavy of any oil especially on my fingerboard it can clog my strings and takes the brightness out of them. Has anybody experienced that? Paul |
adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan
Post Number: 1689 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 - 1:01 am: | |
You should apply oil in small quantities, never soak the fingerboard - that can actually harm the fingerboard. |
jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko
Post Number: 1469 Registered: 10-2002
| Posted on Friday, November 16, 2007 - 2:21 am: | |
paul. The general consensus on this forum has been to put the old strings back on after oiling the fingerboard and play with them for a week or so to pick up the loose residues. Then change the strings. Graeme |
mele_aloha
Advanced Member Username: mele_aloha
Post Number: 299 Registered: 1-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 10:59 pm: | |
Excellent Jacko, Thanks for the secret. Have you heard about boiling the strings where it not only cleans them but brings them back to life? Actually I'm watching "Emerill Live" right now so maybe I'm watching to much "cooking channel", haha!!! P |
white_cloud
Junior Username: white_cloud
Post Number: 43 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 12:01 am: | |
Hey Paul, I have been boiling my strings for 20 years. It really gives them that brand new crisp lively sound, but only for a relatively short time! They also taste great with spaghetti sauce John. |
adriaan
Senior Member Username: adriaan
Post Number: 1692 Registered: 6-2002
| Posted on Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 1:25 am: | |
Boiled strings also lose the ability to produce a steady pitch - they kind of go out of focus. Then again, I never really noticed that before I got my first Alembic! |
cozmik_cowboy
Advanced Member Username: cozmik_cowboy
Post Number: 229 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 7:15 am: | |
I once read an interview with Harvey Brooks in which he said that he hated the sound of new strings, so he'd play them until they broke - then he'd rub the new ones with barbeque sauce. Yummy! Peter |