can this be done w a ofr??

[Dreamland_Rebel]

get some #0000 steel wool and scrub that fretboard with the grain. (make sure you tape off your pickups with masking tape or electrical tape. so the steel wool shards don't get down in your coils.)

find a fresh spot of steel wool and then lightly rub the back of the neck to get the grit out of the laquor.

[mhalsey]

Instead of the shop rag, I use a couple of those big ol' pink block erasers that they gave us, back in grade school. They work great.

That's a thought. May try that. I currently use an old 9V battery wrapped in electrical tape.

[nor]

I use rubber door stops. Works great for string changes, as well.

[straycat]

I use a product called trem lok it is plastic and slides under the base plate wont hurt the finish best $6.00 I ever spent.0000 steel wool and go with the grain it will remove 90% of the funk,use a credit card to get the rest of the funk closer to the frets.Dunlop fret board conditioner works great on ebony.
Hell fire you cheap ass just replace the strings while you're at it and you will be good to go for another 5 years.lol

[MountainDog]

As mentioned in the 2nd link that Emperor Black posted, I use Naptha (available at hardware/HomeDepot/OSH) to clean the 'finger-smegma' off the board, then use #0000 steel wool as Dreamland Rebel suggests, then a good fretboard conditioner to get some oils into the ebony board.

[Robert Burns]

As mentioned in the 2nd link that Emperor Black posted, I use Naptha (available at hardware/HomeDepot/OSH) to clean the 'finger-smegma' off the board, then use #0000 steel wool as Dreamland Rebel suggests, then a good fretboard conditioner to get some oils into the ebony board.

Just dont screw up like i did with a MAPLE unfinished board! Using
Steel wool took me a 2 months to get the black residue out of the wood!
Now i know to tape off the wood only explosing the frets for st wool!
But on ebony/Rosewood... wool away.
Geez...ive changed strings on my axes at least 4 times in the last 6
months! 5 years? Now thats SMegma!

[Jason slsh]

Just so everyone knows, I change the strings every six to eight weeks. Depending how much I play it. And have cleaned the board with a tooth brush several times. But as of right now its still pretty dirty. Probably been about 2 years of board neglect..