As one of the most popular musical instrument in the world, guitars are played by millions of people and have become a staple item sold at musical instrument stores. But many guitar players and owners do not regularly clean and maintain the strings and other parts of their guitars. This will instead lead to the downgrading of the guitars’ sound. Every part of a guitar will definitely need specific maintenance and cleaning regularly, especially the strings.
If you are a guitar player, the following tips will be of help to you in cleaning and maintaining your guitar strings to keep the sound from downgrading:
Clean Guitar Strings
- First, lean the guitar head to a vertical surface. Use a smooth surface to avoid scratching the neck. Make sure not to bump the string setting mechanism. The set strings do not have to be taken off.
- Take two sheets of tissue paper and drip at least one drop of cleaning agent liquid. Choose the right kind of cleaning solution to clean the copper strings.
- Place a tissue paper under and over the strings positioned accordingly so that they wrap around the strings. The hold the two of them together and rub the strings with them.
- After you are done and all dust have been cleaned, take two new sheets of tissue paper and drip lubrication liquid and rub them onto the strings..
This cleaning will make your guitar strings cleaner, smoother and shiny, as well as giving it a feel of a new guitar.
Maintain Those Strings
- For new strings, after being set and tuned, leave the strings for some time before being played again. This is useful to increase the strings’ elasticity.
- Wipe the strings clean with a slightly wet cloth every time the guitar is done being played, before being put back into its case or bag.
- Clean your hands with hand sanitizing liquid every time before playing your guitar. In addition to cleaning and smoothing your hands before playing, hand sanitizing liquid usage can also clean and smooth the strings.
- Pay attention so that the strings do not have to be loosened after being played as this will instead damage the strings.
Those consist hthe tips you should pay attention to and follow in cleaning and maintaining the strings of your guitar. Doing those tips regularly will definitely help to protect your guitar strings and keep their sound at the optimal quality.
