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btoth76 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Hejsan, Pinch! It's a lemon oil treated small piece of cloth. For 10 USD. However, for 44 SEK (5 USD) You can buy 1 deci-litres of Dunlop 65 lemon oil, and soak cotton diapers with it. For 60 SEK You can buy a lifetime supply of cotton diapers (Bomullsblöjor: http://www.pinkorblue.se/Vaard-Kost/Bloejor-Vaatservetter/ALVI-Bomullsbloejor-80-80-Ekonomipack-3-stycken-1.html). Personally, I soak diapers in soapy water to rub the fretboard with, followed by wiping it clean with a cloth slightly dampened with clean water. Then, I condition the fretboard with raw linseed oil. Of course, only non-lacquered fretboards. A litre of raw, cold-pressed linseed oil is 54 SEK - that's a lifetime supply for 100+ guitars. :D http://www.claessons.com/produkter_info.asp?nid=727 But to answer Your question, Gorgomyte is OK to use. Nothing extraordinary about it. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Hejsan, Pinch! It's a lemon oil treated small piece of cloth. For 10 USD. However, for 44 SEK (5 USD) You can buy 1 deci-litres of Dunlop 65 lemon oil, and soak cotton diapers with it. For 60 SEK You can buy a lifetime supply of cotton diapers (Bomullsblöjor: http://www.pinkorblue.se/Vaard-Kost/Bloejor-Vaatservetter/ALVI-Bomullsbloejor-80-80-Ekonomipack-3-stycken-1.html). Personally, I soak diapers in soapy water to rub the fretboard with, followed by wiping it clean with a cloth slightly dampened with clean water. Then, I condition the fretboard with raw linseed oil. Of course, only non-lacquered fretboards. A litre of raw, cold-pressed linseed oil is 54 SEK - that's a lifetime supply for 100+ guitars. :D http://www.claessons.com/produkter_info.asp?nid=727 But to answer Your question, Gorgomyte is OK to use. Nothing extraordinary about it. Cheers... Bence Tjena! Only reason I ask is I read some user review that said it took ages of buffing to get whatever in it's out. No dis to whoever posted that (somewhere) but I trust this board's members more. Apparently, it's supposed to REALLY clean as well as condition, which I can't say for the Dunlop lemon oil. Then again, I've never played a rosewood board as much as the one on my V in my lifetime... could be shedded skin ;) Have some on its way already. Will try it on a crappy old rosewood neck first, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I have readed the same about it at different forums. Many also mention, that it does not humidify the fretboard enough. But, You know, the proof of the pudding is... I am, - personally - pleased with the old-fashioned way I am cleaning my guitars. Please, keep us informed how does it work! Have a nice long weekend! Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Will do! If anyone else has any opinions/experience w/ Gorgomyte, please share. Yeah, I know it doesn't humidify the fretboard enough... or rather, I figured. But I'm looking for a good cleaning agent that's quick and easy... and if Gorgomyte does what it says it does, I'll keep on using it. Quite a few endorsed artists' techs on the Gorgomyte website... the product almost sounds too good to be true. And I recall some reviewer saying it was like wiping black ink off his fretboard for weeks. On the other hand, I THINK that guy used it on an Ibanez, and if there's one thing we're still allowed to discriminate against in this politically correct world, it's Ibanez guitars, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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