Fretboard Lubrication, Yes or No?

[charles Tauber]

Originally Posted by murrmac123

Ah now, nose oil, that's a different thing altogether.

Different from the behind-the-ear oil.

[Berny]

In my 70 odd years of observations, I find people don't like those who threaten the Status Quo. ;-)

[Berny]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plU27QJBKn8

[jeff crisp]

Factories do alot of things. Not all of them are good.

Jeff.

[Berny]

Originally Posted by jeff crisp

Factories do alot of things. Not all of them are good.

Jeff.

Right............... Taylor have it all wrong.

[srick]

Originally Posted by kak1154

I'm curious as to why y'all think Finger-Ease is so bad. I use it once in a while, especially before a long gig or practice, to keep my fingers from getting sore. I'm not buying the "attracts gunk" argument (at least not without more explanation), so what is it?

Same here, but I only use it on the strings and not the fretboard. It helped me a lot last winter when I had a wicked case of "dry hands"

I will either spray it on a cloth and wipe the strings, or directly on my fingertips.

[jeff crisp]

Originally Posted by Berny

Right............... Taylor have it all wrong.

That depends on what you mean by wrong.Taylor is a company. A company's first priority is to make money. If you're going to use oil at all (and Ive seen some pretty good arguments around here to say there's no need at all and also that over applying it can be detrimental to the glue holding your fretboard on) I would stick to something that would leave a lot less residue than linseed oil. Something like lemon oil or eucalyptus oil. Yes it will cost more than linseed oil but if you're not a company you probably dont need to worry about that. And then there's the issue of filthing up your strings. I'm not saying that Taylor's got it wrong. A light application of linseed oil occasionally probably wont be the end of the earth, only that there are better choices and one of them might be not using any oil.

Jeff.