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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on May 28, 2019 at 9:19am

Been conditioning Rosewood fretboards on my guitar's while waiting on parts to arrive. I usually do that with Lemon Oil, but I couldn't find any. So I got some Butcher Block Conditioning Oil. This stuff works great.

Some woods get very brittle when they dry out, so keep that in mind. If you have covered the wood with paint, clear, poly, Tru-Oil or some other product, then you can't use this stuff unless you can access a uncovered area like the inside of the box. Don't want to do it too much cause it will change the tone of the instrument, too little and it will break apart from being too dry.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Walter on May 28, 2019 at 12:02pm

Paul, try stew macs fretboard oil. i use it on everything now, looks professional, and dries!, unlike many oils. can be buffed.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on May 28, 2019 at 8:09pm

They had the Lemon oil for a little over $17 plus shipping. The Butcher Block Oil was less than $9 local so I decided to try it. It soaked in well and what ever was still on the board after 12 hours(very little) was easily wiped away.

I still use Lemon juice to clean the fretboard. Cost a few bucks at the grocery store. Cleans great and the unused juice gets used for Lemon Ice Box Pie, so I can't really say no to that. Haha

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on May 28, 2019 at 8:13pm

Those fretboards can fool you. One guitar of mine looked fine, but soaked in 3 applications of that oil. 3 more guitars with Rosewood boards to go. All my CBG's have Red Oak fretboards with Tru-Oil on top, so I don't have to do those.

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Permalink Reply by François on June 2, 2019 at 7:39am

Yippy!

I was garage sale hunting and I found a used table saw for 25$

OK, it does need a lot of TLC but for the price I can't complain. Especially since the bearings are good and the motor isn't burned.

Spent all afternoon yesterday with a toothbrush cleaning out some caked-on wood flour.

I still need to make a new fence locking lever. Reinforce the base that has some missing plastic. Grease the gearbox. Align everything. Make a stand for it. Find some screw-on castors for the locking base I got from the same guy...

Lots of work.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on June 2, 2019 at 7:52am

Sounds like a good deal.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on June 2, 2019 at 8:58pm

Got my Tremolo system in the mail from Europe and installed it on the Bluesbird and strung it up. Played it for awhile, it works like a dream.

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Permalink Reply by Poorness Studios on June 2, 2019 at 11:41pm

Too many empty boxes. I guess I need to build something. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on June 3, 2019 at 7:52am

Looks like you have plenty of work to do.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Walter on June 3, 2019 at 9:40am

Paul, I sent a message but it seems to have disappeared. send it again?

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on June 4, 2019 at 7:18am

Accept my friend request, then your message will get through.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on June 3, 2019 at 11:28am

Hi Paul, that guitar is looking good, well done.

Taff

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