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    Default Getting (factory) guitar neck/fretboard nice and slippery

    I've recently bought myself a new axe (Shecter Omen 7) to relearn on after 20+ years of not playing. It's an awesome plank and the therapy feels so good

    But I'm finding that, particularly whilst standing, my left hand is meeting considerable resistance in moving on both the back of the neck and on the fretboard. It's a problem I've never had before on any guitar or bass.

    I know there are fancy pants "music shop" products to help alleviate the problem (cripes...Paul Gilbert uses WD40!!...idiot...) but as a woody I guess I'm looking for a solution that luthiers themselves might recommend and something that isn't just superficial, but might also condition any unsealed timber (fretboard). Just a little something that I can do between restringings to keep things smooth.

    I'm kind of imagining that the back of the (lacquered) neck could handle a simple regular wax and polish...but what about the rosewood fretboard?

    It's a potentially stupid question...I'm full of 'em...but I don't wanna stuff this thing up
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    The rosewood fretboard would generally be treated with some lemon oil: https://youtu.be/W3WDZkOD9a4

    I applied some to my acoustic last weekend and it came up a treat.

    As for the neck, plenty of people would sand off or at least down the finish. Plenty of Youtube videos on this. Another solution might be a light dusting with talcum powder - Ubeaut even sells it TALCUM POWDER
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    Hmm...not particularly a fan of sanding off the neck finish (but will keep it in mind). Never had to resort to that before, but have also only ever had 2nd hand (worn in) instruments before.
    How about Camellia oil instead of lemon?
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    I wouldn’t bother / risk experimenting with anything other than lemon oil on the fret board. There is a reason why it’s so common in the industry.

    The Dunlop one is about $15 with a handy applicator. I used it on the acoustic the other day an hardly noticed any had been used from the bottle so I can see it lasting years (even more if you don’t replace your strings often).
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    I wipe the backs of my necks with the cloth I use with GHS fast fret for cleaning my strings and fretboard before and after use works a treat for keeping the back of the neck clean and slightly slippery, I use an Ibanez RGD320Z and an LTD EC1000 deluxe (les paul shape), also use lemon oil on my rosewood fretboards but only when it needs it

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