| Author | Message | ||
| hendixclarke
Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 70 Registered: 6-2007 |
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 |
Paul TBO mentions using it, on one of the earlier "oil" threads. | ||
| bsee
Senior Member Username: bsee Post Number: 1829 Registered: 3-2004 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Worcestershire sauce, maybe? | ||
| crgaston
Senior Member Username: crgaston Post Number: 454 Registered: 11-2005 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
I use hash oil on all my basses to get that pyschadelic groove going. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 5663 Registered: 5-2002 |
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 |
They do in California! Bill, tgo | ||
| hendixclarke
Member Username: hendixclarke Post Number: 72 Registered: 6-2007 |
From Olive oil to hash oil? You guys have way too much time on your "hands"...  | ||
| kimberly
Intermediate Member Username: kimberly Post Number: 139 Registered: 1-2007 |
Great thread. | ||
| byoung
Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 822 Registered: 12-2004 |
I always oil with the tears of my vanquished enemies. muhahahahahaha. | ||
| mele_aloha
Advanced Member Username: mele_aloha Post Number: 295 Registered: 1-2007 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
