Guitar Honey Fretboard Oil - Premium Guitar Fretboard Cleaner and Fretboard Conditioner For All Dark Natural Woods - Rosewood, Ebony, and Exotic - 2 Oz. Spray Bottle

Gerlitz Guitar Honey is a must have for all guitarists, in my opinion. Ypu need to treat your fretboard well. Guitar Honey works for me, last a lot longer. It says it's a combo of lemon oil & linseed oil. All I know is that ot works extremely well. I know it works on Ebony, Rosewood, Brazzy rosewood, East Indian rosewood, ziricote, cocoboloo fretboards. I got my first bottle from a luthier years ago, who still uses it on all the different fretboards he works with. Plus, I'd had great luck with Gerlitz #1 guitar wax before that, so I gave it a try. Very good stuff. Plus a little really does go a long way. Just give it enough time to dry. New players today are lucky we have so many guitar treatments, kits, and a lot of other things. What would we di wothout 8 bottle "Cleaning systems"? Hmm. In 1979, I was about 14 & watched my best friend clean his Gibson Les Paul fretboard & guitar body & neck with Pledge. Honestly, doubt it did any harm, if any. Just smelled lemony fresh., lol. We didnt have an internet or a lot of older players to give us much advice. But with the more exotic & expensive woods on fretboards today, we all need to be more careful. I used to use lemon oil, but it only lasts about a week. Guitar Honey in my experience lasts a lot longer. It's a shame Amazon isn't selling this themselves. Guitar Honey can be found just about anywhere for about 8.99. It's a good quality product, imo. Hopefully, they'll start selling it again.Cheers!

I have a bunch of guitars with rosewood fretboards and most of them, strangely enough, seem to have some kind of product already on them from the factory that creates a bit of a "sheen" and keeps the wood feeling smooth to the touch when playing. Either that or it's just naturally oily wood. It's subtle but definitely there, especially when compared with my Japanese Fender Jazzmaster, which has 100% bare, raw wood on the fretboard. That thing gets bone dry in the winter, to the point where it's like fingernails on a blackboard when playing it. It feels like playing on a 2x4.I've been trying to lubricate that guitar's fretboard with mineral oil for years, but it looks and feels great for a day or two and then the wood soaks everything up and the surface is back to being the Sahara desert again.So I decided to try this stuff, and it's made a big difference. It's not like having a real permanent finish, but it does stay on the fretboard basically forever - or until your own playing rubs it off. That's good enough for me. I've been scared to give my fretboard a more permanent finish so this is pretty much the intermediate step I've been looking for. It doesn't wear off or evaporate on its own, and it makes a really raw fretboard like my Japanese Jazzmaster look "alive" while also lubricating it for playing. It makes your fretboard feel smoother and slicker.I like products that do what they say, and this one does what it says.

The first time I cleaned the neck of my jazz bass, I didn't know what I was doing and I used water with a little oil soap on the rosewood fretboard. I dug in a little too hard against the grain when cleaning the frets themselves, too. The result was that the fretboard looked a little dried out in general, but especially in those places where I had dug in. Those spots almost looked scratched, but I think the extra work I did there just allowed more water to soak in and mess with the wood. I applied the Guitar Honey once, following the directions on the bottle, and the fretboard is like new. It's got a nice, deep luster and I can't see any evidence of problems I created the first time around. I don't see any residue or anything else looking other than how it should. I'm happy with the stuff. Get some.

I used this on the fretboard of my Fender Koa Tele and my Fender Acoustic. My Tele's fretboard wasn't as dried out as the acoustic. The acoustic has always been pretty dried out since I got it years ago, and nothing else seemed to keep the wood smooth and beautiful for much longer than a few weeks. A friend I ran into in a local guitar store told me he fell in love with Guitar Honey after the first try. He uses it every other time he restrings his guitars, and it last between a few restrings, even on the driest fretboards. I tried it and it worked like a charm! It worked great for both my guitars, and my tele's neck still looks nice. I admit it has been a few months since I have restrung my acoustic as I have coated strings on it that last a long time, but the wood is just now starting to look dry again, so that's better than the results I've had with other fretboard conditioners.

I have used Gerilitz for years, never an issue, use it on all my acoustics and electrics. Your fretboard will love you for it as well as your fingers!

Works nicely! Been using it for over 3 years and it does a great job cleaning the fret board.Today I discovered an additional use for it, which prompted this review. One of my bass guitars is finished in a dark tobacco coloring. Well, right at the top on the front, directly above the pick guard (where you can't help but notice it) I somehow scratched it, and left a few very noticeable white scratches.So I was changing the strings and cleaning the fret board and on a whim I sprayed the Guitar Honey directly onto the scratches. And they disappeared! Now, of course the scratches themselves are still there, but the Guitar Honey stained them enough that they blend into the rest of the guitar.Check out the photos! It took me quite a bit of angling before I was able to get the light to reflect from the scratches well enough to photograph. I don't have a before photo, because like I said, it was a spur of the moment decision to spray it on the scratches.Now, I will caveat this with saying 1) my guitar was very dark colored already, and 2) I was so disgusted with how it looked that I didn't care what happened - I figured it couldn't get any worse. I don't know what will happen with a lighter colored guitar. Proceed with caution.Very happy with the outcome.

Does a nice job of conditioning my rosewood finger boards. It only takes a small amount to bring out the deep rich color of the wood. It is expensive but it will last a long time even with regular use.

I had a bass with a very dry fretboard. Two applications of this and its like I've got a new fretboard. This stuff really works wonders I can't reccomend this highly enough. Brilliant,

Gerlitz "Guitar Honey" - I've found that rarely do rave reviews live up to expectations - this product is the exception. I recently bought a new electric guitar with rosewood fret board which appeared dry and left black marks on my fingers after I played it (probably marker pen left from when the frets wear dressed during manufacture set up). Removed the strings, gave the fret board a quick light spray with Guitar Honey, a buff with dry cloth and there we are a beautiful fret board that looks better and feels better too. Incidentally, the seller of this product and the laudable causes he supports (which a percentage of the proceeds of the sale of this product go to) is worth supporting as part of the purchase of this brilliant product - making music can also be about doing some good. Recommended. Note: Only suitable for natural woods and not lacquered fret boards.

Have finally used up the bottle I bought some years ago and just re-ordered a new one. Quite superb for dark wood fretboards, especially if they've become dry or if you buy a guitar that has been stored poorly and the fretboard looks lifeless and dull. I have used Guitar Honey on all manner of instruments including acoustic, electric and ukulele. Just as good, if not better, than lemon oil. I've used both but prefer to use Guitar Honey. I always apply it lightly every time I re-string and always use it whenever I've bought a new or pre-used guitar.

Great product