Electric Guitars
It is important to keep your guitar clean, whether it is electric or acoustic. It might look cool to have grime and smudge on it, but, for the most part, this only hurts your instrument and can affect your playing.
Acoustic guitars
For the acoustic, the entire guitar needs to be kept clean. If you do not clean the fretboard, it will slow down your playing, and shorten the life of your strings. The gunk from the wood will get on your fingers, then on the strings and make them sound dead.
Keeping the body clean will liven up the sound. Think about it: if the body has dirt, grime and gunk on it, the wood just will not be able to vibrate and give the good tone it is intended to. Besides, the instrument is really a work of art and should be showcased as such. You also will feel better to play a great looking and sounding guitar.
Electric guitars
While the body may not be as picky as an acoustic, it is still important to keep the entire instrument clean. If you allow dirt and debris to build up, it will soon find its way into the pickups, strings and other places it should not be.
Keeping the fingerboard clean is important for the same reason as an acoustic. A clean fingerboard is easier to slide around on and bend notes.
What to use
You should use a quality cleaner that is made especially for acoustic wood. This is readily available at any good guitar shop and is very easy to use.
You should also get in the habit of wiping the wood down after playing. Keep the strings clean and wipe them off as well, this way they will sound better for a longer time.
You can also use car wax or furniture wax, but this can also leave a white residue in the little cracks. The dust also can end up in the wrong places, but this is really not hard to avoid.
You can wipe it off with an old piece of flannel or micro-fiber cloth. Keep it in your case, and use it often.
Avoid any strong chemical cleaners, such as the stuff you use on kitchen counter tops or elsewhere. This should be obvious, but you would be surprised what people sometimes use to clean their guitar.
The guitar cleaning kit is a great way to have everything in one place. You can buy a kit or make your own, but, if you have a guitar, make sure you have one.
This accessory is one the the few things you really need to make your playing more enjoyable. You will also need a humidifier for an acoustic guitar, a tuner, a capo, a hard-shell case, and some good instructional materials.
Randy Hough has a website: http://playhotguitar.com that teaches how to learn to play guitar at home
“You know Dad, I’ve been thinkin’, one is a lot more than zero!” my son, Thomas, age 5.
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