Do you wipe your guitar down after you play?

[Goodallboy]

Even though I wipe my guitar every time I play it, when the microfiber cloth passes over where my arm rests, or the neck, I can feel the drag on the cloth.

This is on a guitar that's cleaned after every use.

[Methos1979]

I don't because if you do you're wiping off all the mojo you've created with your playing and your guitar will never break-in and have any mojo!

[learner]

"Yep. I have a habit of lightly wiping down the entire guitar (including strings) with a cotton cloth every time it goes back in the case."

Double yep. My F-i-L, who is a 50-year player and luthier, gave me that advice when I picked up my first acoustic in 2009.

[Wellington]

Good grief, never! If I'm being that particular with my guitars then it's no longer enjoyable for me, but for others wiping it down daily is part of the enjoyment. To each their own.

[boneuphtoner]

Yes every time I play - a fairly quick pass on the neck, body, and tuners takes less than a minute and one additional minute to wipe each of the strings

[Dirk Hofman]

Originally Posted by Picker1

I probably should wipe off the body where my arm rests and the strings and fretboard but I generally don't. Now that I have a new guitar, I think I want to take better care of it. What do you use?

I just wear a bib so I don’t drool on my guitar.

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by Dirk Hofman

I just wear a bib so I don’t drool on my guitar.

So I guess that means you can't cover "Drooling Banjoes "

[Dirk Hofman]

Originally Posted by KevWind

So I guess that means you can't cover "Drooling Banjoes "

Just the drooling part. I can't keep up with that kid. But it doesn't get on my guitar.

[EZYPIKINS]

Clean when changing strings. If it starts looking bad it gets strings too.

[rokdog49]

I have my roadies do it.

[Kittoon]

Originally Posted by Dirk Hofman

I just wear a bib so I don’t drool on my guitar.

Unless you’re from certain areas of some of our lovely southern states, nice people simple don’t “drool”.

[negriljerry]

Originally Posted by Picker1

I probably should wipe off the body where my arm rests and the strings and fretboard but I generally don't. Now that I have a new guitar, I think I want to take better care of it. What do you use?

...as in, just how corrosive is YOUR sweat? Mine, very much so. When I bought my slightly used Gibson ES-355 a lifetime ago the gold plating (which I actually dislike) was mint. Four or five years later when I traded it (WHAT WAS I THINKING DANG IT) it was 70% worn off by my salty sweat.

Mainly I wipe the strings, if I want them to last. Especially on an electric but also on my woodies

[letterk]

I've never wiped down guitar. My satin Guild has a nice polish now where I rest my arm. But since I've just acquired my Furch, I'm reconsidering the wipe!

[bufflehead]

I used to wipe the guitar down all the time, but these days, now that I'm washing my hands more than a dozen times per day, I don't bother.

[Goodallboy]

Originally Posted by letterk

I've never wiped down guitar. My satin Guild has a nice polish now where I rest my arm. But since I've just acquired my Furch, I'm reconsidering the wipe!

Should you ever want to sell the Guild, that would be a defect.

Washing hands wouldn’t have kept that from happening.

Usually, by the time hazing is noticed (from your arm resting on the guitar), it’s too late to do anything about it.

Wiping the guitar after playing it eliminates the potential of allowing a defect to present itself on your instrument.

Spoken as only someone can who has allowed a guitar to be damaged by the lack of such a minimal amount of effort.