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Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
It was time for me to change strings today and this was also my chance to use Fret Doctor for the first time.
![]() Before applying Fret Doctor, I used a cotton cloth to wipe the dirt from the fingerboard. Alternatively, you could use a toothbrush. ![]() Before pictures: ![]() ![]() ![]() A few more for comparison: ![]() ![]() I'll then wipe the excess oil. By the way, I use Q-tips to apply Fret Doctor. Some like to use their finger or a cloth. ![]() ![]() And the end result... ![]() ![]() Here's another member with before and after pictures: Fret Dr! Fret Doctor website: Bore Oil for the Fife and Fret Doctor |
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
As for Fret Doctor, great stuff
Alex, great looking board. Here are some before and after shots I took ![]() ![]() ![]() I was quite surprised at how much it enriched the dark tones in the board ![]() ![]()
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
I love the stuff. All of my guitars get Fret Doctor.
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
Thanks, Thats Iced-tea.
Here are a few more shots of it, with replaced inlays and a couple more applicaitons of fret doctor.. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This was the fretboard right after a few heavy applications. Almost ebony like. both guitars have lightened up a bit since. ![]() ![]()
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
I wonder, is there something better than a cloth or toothbrush? The gunk on my fretboard won't come off with a toothbrush. I've used 0000 steel wool, but I'd rather use something else.
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
I usually use the steel wool, but Dr Fret recommends a cleaner on the website.
Formbys buildup remover BB
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
a pic of my Strat rosewood f/board. I just applied a coat of FD and took the pic while I was waiting a minute to wipe off the excess. Nice....
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
After reading about Fret Doctor, I had purchased some and I got to say, "Man this is the best". I've been using it on my guitars when it's time for string changes. I've also been lubing the nut. Thanks everyone for some great advise.
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Fret Doctor is great stuff, and the guy who sells it is great.
I sent him a personal check, and he even shipped without waiting for it to clear. You don't see that too often these days.
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
I haven't tried fret doctor but I use some stuff called "guitar honey" that does a great job of conditioning the fingerboard.
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
Dunlop fretboard conditioner, does the same i believe?
Thats what i use! Would love to use some fret doctor when this bottle is empty! |
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
you won't regret it..... although it's best after sanding the fretboard. Other oils create sometimes a film that won't let FD even touch the wood
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FD is a mixture of 50 or so exotic and expensive natural oils. A chemist in Atlanta devised the formula and it's a winner. It's so pure it's edible...
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
just picked up the 79 the paul last night. man was it dry. i gave it like 5 coats of fret dr. and here she is today.
i have ordered formbys as sugested on fret drs website. i will hit it up with that when it arrives and then reaplly fret dr and post more pics ![]()
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
I have been using Fret Doctor for awhile now. May I suggest that you apply and let it rest overnight. Unless you(or someone before you) have somehow clogged the pores, it will be absorbed and then do the light buff. I do not believe that there is anything that will soften or otherwise clog the wood. Then,buff it up-that nice glow and the feel will be there and last longer. Some oboes and clarinets and bassoons are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars as are quite a few violin family instruments and they benefit from this application.mt
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
Wow... I need to try some of that... I've been looking for something to darken my Epi LP Custom fretboard..
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
here is a 79 gibson unfinished ebony fretboard .
ok so i hit it up with frombys deepclean, and a toothbrush, then murfeys oil soap . the frombys and did this like 5-6 times . then when it was finally clean, i hit it up with two coats of fret dr. i will hit it up with one more in the morning . here is when i first got it after sitting in a box for 20 years . ![]() here is after cleaning it hardcore ![]() and how she sits right now
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Re: Fret Doctor - Before and After Pictures
That stuff is liquid gold. I could practically hear the dried wood on my fretboards go: "ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" when I applied the Fret Doctor. Here are some before and after shots and one of both my LPs that had extremely dry wood.
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