about Picks/strings etc..

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What are you using for

  • Picks gauge/brand
  • String gauge/Brand
  • what tuning are you in
  • What tuners are you using?
  • What microfibre cloth do you use when wiping down the guitar?
  • What lemon oil do you use for maintaining/conditioning your rosewood fingerboard?
  • Do you use big ben nut sauce to lubriact the nut?
  • What other polish/oil/sauce are you using on the guitar?
 
What are you using for

  • Picks gauge/brand
JP Jazz 3
Why do you ask?
  • String gauge/Brand
EB Slinkys 10-46 and D'addario EXL140
Why do you ask
  • what tuning are you in
Standard. Sometimes drop D. VC for drop tunings
Why do you ask?
  • What tuners are you using?
The little red bar on the Axe III
Why do you ask?
  • What microfibre cloth do you use when wiping down the guitar?
The ones in either my truck, or next to my guitar case.
Why do you ask?
  • What lemon oil do you use for maintaining/conditioning your rosewood fingerboard?
EB Fretboard Conditioner
Why do you ask?
  • Do you use big ben nut sauce to lubriact the nut?
Sometimes. Sometimes I go raw.
Why do you ask?
  • What other polish/oil/sauce are you using on the guitar?
Johnson & Johnson's baby powder on my left hand for when the neck is acting a little sticky.
 
Picks gauge/brand
Dunlop Flow 1.5mm
String gauge/Brand
D'Addario EXL120: 25-1/2" Scale Length
D'Addario EXL110: 25" Scale Length
D'Addario EXL145: 25-1/2" Scale Length (slide guitar)
D'Addario NYXL45100: Bass
what tuning are you in
All guitars and bass are tuned to standard. Slide guitar is tuned to open E.
What tuners are you using?
Whatever came with the guitar.
What microfibre cloth do you use when wiping down the guitar?
Whatever is within reach and is clean.
What lemon oil do you use for maintaining/conditioning your rosewood fingerboard?
Music Nomad F-ONE Oil Cleaner & Conditioner
Do you use big ben nut sauce to lubriact the nut?
No. I make sure that all of the nuts on my guitars are filed properly.
What other polish/oil/sauce are you using on the guitar?
Music Nomad Guitar Detailer
Music Nomad Guitar Polish
Music Nomad FRINE Fret Polish
 
What are you using for

  • Picks gauge/brand
  • String gauge/Brand
  • what tuning are you in
  • What tuners are you using?
  • What microfibre cloth do you use when wiping down the guitar?
  • What lemon oil do you use for maintaining/conditioning your rosewood fingerboard?
  • Do you use big ben nut sauce to lubriact the nut?
  • What other polish/oil/sauce are you using on the guitar?
Picks: Dunlop Tortex 0.70
Strings: Ernie Ball regular slinky (10's) or the heavy bottom ones (for 24.75").. except my 335 copy which has D'Addario Chromes. For bass either Rotosound roundwounds or ... actually I forget the brand of flatwounds I've got on now.
Tuning: E standard or Drop D usually, sometimes open G

The rest of the stuff makes me feel like I've been slacking, do you all do that stuff? I guess I wipe my guitars off occasionally...
 
9s, 10s, Dads or Ernies. Depends on the guitar.
Ultex Jazz 3 but I experiment a lot.
Dunlop oil.
Standard.
Tubo tuner.
 
D addario nyxl
Essetipicks speedy hybrid mini
Standard tuning
Dunlop freatboard polish strings cleaner
D addario cloth
 
V-Picks 4.0mm picks because I lost a finger and need somethong thick to hold on to, and damn if I don't like the sound as well. I like a lot of brands of strings but mostly bought pure nickels, but digging the NYXL's and XT's currently.
 
ChickenPicks Badazz III 3.2mm
Curt Mangan Nickelwound, Rotosound Roto Pinks (9-42, 11-52)
Standard, Drop D, Drop B-extended scale
Turbo Tuner
Fender/Gibson/Stewmac polishing cloths
Guitar Honey
No
None
 
What are you using for

  • Picks gauge/brand
Tortex Jazz III 1-1.5mm or Ultex Flow Gloss 2mm.
  • String gauge/Brand
Elixir Optiweb 11-49.
  • what tuning are you in
D Standard.
  • What tuners are you using?
Gotoh Locking ones.
  • What microfibre cloth do you use when wiping down the guitar?
An old one. It's blue.
  • What lemon oil do you use for maintaining/conditioning your rosewood fingerboard?
It says Dunlop 65 on the bottle. The label is yellow. The fingerboard is ebony.
  • Do you use big ben nut sauce to lubriact the nut?
No.
  • What other polish/oil/sauce are you using on the guitar?
None.
 
  • Picks gauge/brand - Celluloid 351 shaped medium/various
  • String gauge/Brand - 10/Slinky
  • what tuning are you in - Standard
  • What tuners are you using? - Stock Fender vintage style and locking Suhrs
  • What microfibre cloth do you use when wiping down the guitar? - cheapest I could find probably from Harbor Freight or Lowes.
  • What lemon oil do you use for maintaining/conditioning your rosewood fingerboard? - same bottle I've had for probably 15 years, dont remember the brand. Probably Dunlop, I do remember it has a yellow lable.
  • Do you use big ben nut sauce to lubriact the nut? - Yep
  • What other polish/oil/sauce are you using on the guitar? - none
BTW, these sound suspiciously close to my banks security questions.
 
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