Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I have just restrung my 4003 with Dean Markley Blue Steels - I'm sure you guys probably have other preferences but I have heard they're good and out here I take what I can get (especially at half price - and for a 5 string set - maybe save the B for when I get a fiver?).

Anyway, I usually give the fretboard a wipe before I put the strings on and was wondering what is recommended for doing this with. A damp cloth is probably not the best! My fretboard has a kind of oil finish, not the factory finish.

Also, my last two G strings have broken pretty much where they rest on the saddle - should I apply graphite to the saddles?

Make sure the top of the saddle does not have any burrs.

I recommend Dr. Stringfellow's Lem-Oil for fretboards. Others have their own preferences, but this stuff smells good, preserves wood, and if you apply it with a cloth to your strings, too, it keeps the gunk out of the windings and tone fresh.

Restringing? People do that?

Hooray for flats.

Had to, I broke one while trying to be Larry Graham

The string died honorably!