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Author Message adriaan Intermediate Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 151 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 - 11:40 pm:    My Spoiler is turning 16 today. The spec sheet says 3-24-88, so there you have it. It's her first birthday with me, and I wish myself many happy returns! keavin Member Username: keavin Post Number: 93 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 6:34 am:    hey! adriaan, so what does the spoiler get for its birthday? a set of new strings perhaps,or a new rig? adriaan Intermediate Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 152 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 7:10 am:    Hadn't really given any thought to presents - I just happened to see the spec sheet this morning. Guess it's about time she gets strung with those new SloWounds I bought her last month! hollis Member Username: hollis Post Number: 81 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 11:07 am:    Mayhaps a little lemon oil on the fretboard? adriaan Intermediate Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 153 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 11:51 am:    Good suggestion, the ebony certainly looks a little dry between the ovals (behind the ears too, so no worries). Now the big question: what do they call lemon oil in Dutch? There's some cleaning liquid on the market that they call citroenolie, but it isn't the pure stuff. Brother Paul TBO - are you still using the extra-vergine olive oil? bracheen Advanced Member Username: bracheen Post Number: 317 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 12:53 pm:    I've always wondered, how can something be "extra" virgin? It either is or isn't, right? Do olives have some special property that's missing from the rest of nature? Oh well, break's over, back to practicing. Sam mica Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 1511 Registered: 6-2000 Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 1:12 pm:    Not sure, adriaan, but here you can get pure lemon oil in heath food stores, maybe try one of those. And happy sweet sixteen to your little one. adriaan Intermediate Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 155 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 1:54 pm:    Thanks for all the kind thoughts. Sweet little 16 ... Mica, is that type of lemon oil intended for human consumption too? Or just for cleaning purposes? And Sam, you naughty creature, you're trying to reinvent human nature. Good luck! palembic Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1193 Registered: 9-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 11:09 pm:    Lang zal ze léééve - lang zal ze léééve - lang zal ze léve in de gloria , in de gloooo-riiiiiiiii-aaaaaaa, in de gloooooooooo-riiiiiiii- aaaaa! Hip - hip -hip ... Lemonoil = Limoenolie. Have a peep in the bodyshop (no ...not yours Sam) or "het Kruidvat". In the Netherlands are LOADS of that kind of stores. I keep with the extra light "touch" of olive oil 2 times a year. Normally when I change strings (I can't afford to change strings more often right now, things are going better now seen my new job so ther will be more money spend on strings). I do agree however that the "lemon" in the oil can have a more "cleaning" effect. Sam ...good question on that "extra virgin". Can you imagine the guy saying "No ...not you ...I will only marry an extra virging" (oh-oh ...ther I go again ...). In this case however I think that a combination is meant between the first pressing of the olives, the force of that press and the fact that the olives are not pre-heated. So "extra virgin" means first press, with light force on not heated olives. An Alembic only diserves "extra virgins". The place is loaded with extra-virgins to make our basses. You can only enter the temple as an extra virgin ...kinda "vestile" thing ... oh ...huh ...I got to stop myself. Paul the bad one mint_bass Member Username: mint_bass Post Number: 79 Registered: 1-2004 Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 1:26 am:    happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear 16 year old spoiler HAPPY BIRTHDAY to YYOOOUUU lol andrew adriaan Intermediate Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 157 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 3:40 am:    Brother Paul TBO, It's double Dutch time again! If you say 'limoen' in Flemish, do you mean the same as a 'lemon' in English? What the Dutch call 'limoen' is what the English call 'lime' - a small green version of the yellow lemon that we call 'citroen'. I assume that lemon oil is some sort of oil to which they've added a lemon extract, but that makes me wonder if they could be using different types of oil base? palembic Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 1194 Registered: 9-2002 Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 4:16 am:    Brother Adriaan, oooooops ...yessir ...my mistake. But to be honest, if I remember well from former posts of Mica, "Lemonoil" is oil pressed from the peel (????) of Lemons. It's "essential oil", it's why you find it in health-stores I guess. So not oil with a lemon extract in theory. PTBO BTW: "Lemonoil" is a famous (well ...oh ...huh ...locallly) Spanish brand name of suntan oil. In origin made of a mixture of lemonjuice and olive oil. mdrdvp Intermediate Member Username: mdrdvp Post Number: 105 Registered: 7-2002 Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 5:16 am:    Adriaan, Paul, I bought a small bottle of lemon oil at a local healthstore in my hometown Leiden. www.stringsdirect.co.uk also sells it, Jim Dunlop has it but I forgot who is the distributor for the netherlands. Manfred adriaan Intermediate Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 159 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 8:05 am:    Manfred, How much did you pay? I just checked a health store close to my workplace and they have regular essential lemon oil for 6 euro (small bottle) or premium quality for 25 euro (same size!) - I must say I could smell the difference, but even 6 euro seems like a lot of money.