Guitar strings are the most important part of any guitar and if you are going to have a nice guitar you need to have nice strings and maintaining your strings is one of the biggest tasks you have to handle in maintaining the guitar. Guitar strings are fragile and so they need extra special care; if you are not going to be giving them the attention they need then you might as well not buy them in the first place. There are a few steps that are important in maintaining your guitar strings; here are some things to keep in mind and some instructions to follow to help maintain your guitar.
· Apply Hand Sanitizer
Hand sanitizer can help you maintain your guitar and here is how: before playing the guitar apply a pea size drop of hand sanitizer to your palms especially your fingers that will be coming in contact with the guitar, what the hand sanitizer is going to do is that it will help you kill bacteria but also vaporize and get rid of the natural oil on your hands and keep them fairly dry. These natural oils present on your hand damage the strings of the guitar with time and wear them out, so using hand sanitizer would reduce this.
· When you are done wipe with lint free cloth
It is important that you wipe the strings of the guitar so that you remove any oil and any dirt or dust that remains on the string of the guitar before you put it away. The oil and dust will damage the guitar over time if you are not carefully cleaning it after you use the guitar. It is also important that you use lint free cloth and not anything else, because lint will get trapped in the strings and you do not want that to happen because it can be very damaging to the strings of the guitar.
· Try commercially available products to clean strings
I would not recommend doing this unless you have a serious problem with your guitar. If you do not have dirt issues then simple maintenance according to the first two points above will be fine. If you have to use commercial cleaners make sure they are aerosol free and make sure that they are not going to damage your strings. Go online and find out from forums or reviews about different products as to which one you think will serve you best amongst all.
Maintain your strings and you will maintain your guitar, make the right choice of strings, don't go off and buy low quality cheap items.
· Apply Hand Sanitizer
Hand sanitizer can help you maintain your guitar and here is how: before playing the guitar apply a pea size drop of hand sanitizer to your palms especially your fingers that will be coming in contact with the guitar, what the hand sanitizer is going to do is that it will help you kill bacteria but also vaporize and get rid of the natural oil on your hands and keep them fairly dry. These natural oils present on your hand damage the strings of the guitar with time and wear them out, so using hand sanitizer would reduce this.
· When you are done wipe with lint free cloth
It is important that you wipe the strings of the guitar so that you remove any oil and any dirt or dust that remains on the string of the guitar before you put it away. The oil and dust will damage the guitar over time if you are not carefully cleaning it after you use the guitar. It is also important that you use lint free cloth and not anything else, because lint will get trapped in the strings and you do not want that to happen because it can be very damaging to the strings of the guitar.
· Try commercially available products to clean strings
I would not recommend doing this unless you have a serious problem with your guitar. If you do not have dirt issues then simple maintenance according to the first two points above will be fine. If you have to use commercial cleaners make sure they are aerosol free and make sure that they are not going to damage your strings. Go online and find out from forums or reviews about different products as to which one you think will serve you best amongst all.
Maintain your strings and you will maintain your guitar, make the right choice of strings, don't go off and buy low quality cheap items.
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