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keavin
Senior Member
Username: keavin

Post Number: 597
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 12:10 pm:   Edit Post

thanks joe!!!..


(Message edited by davehouck on December 21, 2005)
kungfusheriff
Senior Member
Username: kungfusheriff

Post Number: 439
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 10:07 pm:   Edit Post

Dude, oil that ashy thing!
Formby's Lemon Oil Furniture Treatment worked great for my fingerboards...
serialnumber12
Advanced Member
Username: serialnumber12

Post Number: 325
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 3:58 am:   Edit Post

Your right!
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 823
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 7:40 am:   Edit Post

Shawn:

Formby's??!!!! Is that stuff pure lemon oil? If not, I'd be wary of putting it on my fingerboard. There have been several discussions around here about the use of pure lemon oil. A search should pull them up.

Keavin:

I love old #12, but you really should have more knobs installed. LOL!

Bill, tgo
serialnumber12
Advanced Member
Username: serialnumber12

Post Number: 326
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 7:50 am:   Edit Post

yeah your rite, i dont oil my fingerboard either it kills strings,but i need to get this thing refinished,however i do oil the body with "fried chicken" grease! ...LOL......
bassfingers
Junior
Username: bassfingers

Post Number: 25
Registered: 11-2005
Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 8:08 am:   Edit Post

Keavin,

Fried chicken grease ...LMAO...


Long May you Funk!!,


Happy Christmas!,


Simon.
bracheen
Senior Member
Username: bracheen

Post Number: 929
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 8:27 am:   Edit Post

Keavin, you keep me all confused with the serialnumber12 & keavin handles especially with the different profile names and I don't even have a little wooden box.
It's great to see an old trouper like that still being used for it's intended purpose.

Sam
kungfusheriff
Senior Member
Username: kungfusheriff

Post Number: 441
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 9:45 am:   Edit Post

Bill,
My bottle of Formby's is sitting at home on my computer table so unfortunately I can't check the label right now, but I used it to maintain my ex-Spoilers many times without ill result. Also, and I'm really stretching back across years here, I believe Mica may have recommended it to me.
Don't take that as gospel, though...check with the Mothership first, apply oil second.
Keavin, do you mean your bass doesn't have an oil finish like I've always assumed? I couldn't play my bass if it always smelled like chicken...I'd get too hungry to play!
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 825
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 10:35 am:   Edit Post

Shawn:

Alembic recommends PURE lemon oil. Just squeeze the bejezus out of a pile of lemon rinds - nothing else. I have some I obtained from a gourmet type place that I keep in the fridge. It seems to work very well on fingerboards. If your Formby's isn't refrigerated, and doesn't need to be refridgerated, than it probably isn't pure lemon oil. As I recall, lemon oil "treaments" and other products that contain stuff other than pure lemon oil can create problems. You might want to check out the past discussions on this topic.

Bill, tgo
spose
Member
Username: spose

Post Number: 65
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 - 6:47 am:   Edit Post

nice!
but yes...clean that beast! :-)
blazer
Member
Username: blazer

Post Number: 94
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 12:50 pm:   Edit Post

Here's a tip: use linseed oil.
olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 634
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2006 - 1:35 pm:   Edit Post

Formby's is not pure lemon oil (or at least the bottle I have isn't). I have to get pure lemon oil a our local health food store.

And I agree with Blazer, linseed oil is great. I've used it on my Musicman Sabre (rosewood fretless) since 79. Ironic, the guy that turned me on to linseed oil, his name is Buddy Blaze. He refinished my 76 Jazz right before he went to work for Kramer and I believe he was involved with Vivian Campbell's White Swan guitar.
trekster
Intermediate Member
Username: trekster

Post Number: 124
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 - 4:55 am:   Edit Post

Ollie, is that White Swan or Nightswan? I have a body and neck at home that are old Kramer surplus, and was told it was VC Nightswan..(neat thing..only bolt on I've ever had that was 24-fret and Gibson scale length!).

--T
olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 635
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 - 6:03 am:   Edit Post

I know they made a Nightswan but I think Buddy did a special finish design in White hence the name Whiteswan. I don't know if Buddy had anything to do with the Nightswan or not.
Buddy made custom guitars while he lived in Dallas (Blaze Guitars) I've seen a few but never played one.

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