Are you using Fast Fret (R) ?

[hunter]

I haven't been using it since like 15 years, now I bought a new stick to give a try and like it!

Are you using it?

[AndyR]

I used to use it years ago (probably 15!) when I was gigging. Then I found WD40 did as good a job (as long as I kept it away from rosewood boards - not good for them) for less bucks... maybe a little smellier though!

[Philly Q]

I don't use Fast Fret (R) because I have no need to Fret Fast (not R).

[38thBeatle]

I do-I like it and I still have one of the old tin containers that I replenish every once in a while.

[hamfist]

I don't use Fast Fret (R) because I have no need to Fret Fast (not R).

Same boat as you, Philly Q !!

[Johnny Mac]

Yes its good stuff and it does seem to make things more slick and manageable.

I hear 'Black Vest' has a shipping container of delivered it each month!

[dave_mc]

i didn't like it. a friend of mine got some several years ago and talked me into trying it... far as i was concerned i could get the same results by eating a bag of chips before playing (!)... didn't like it at all. :lol: EDIT: just strikes me as one of those things you don't really need... if your guitar's not playing fast enough, either it's your playing, your setup, or the quality of the guitar which is at fault... never had a problem with guitars not playing fast enough, and if i did it wasn't the strings' fault. though i admit i don't sweat, so maybe that has something to do with it...

[Matt77]

I avoid it. It's good but when it wears off it I find the neck seems really dry. I'd rather just keep the neck clean which does the trick for me

[Fourth Feline]

I used to use it years ago (probably 15!) when I was gigging. Then I found WD40 did as good a job (as long as I kept it away from rosewood boards - not good for them) for less bucks... maybe a little smellier though!

WD40 advocate here too ! Lovely and slinky - and actually designed for to clean / lubricate, instead of ( what one presumed was ) layering  the string with a silcone compound  :)

[Davey]

i use it from time to time, when the strings get a bit dirty and i'm too tight to buy new ones

[WezV]

i dont have to tell you guys to keep the wd40 away from electric bits do i? I have had a few people try to use it as pot cleaner :(

i know i cant talk you all out of using it but remember its not good for bare wood so if you are going to do it make sure your fretboard is nicely conditioned first so it wont be soaking it up and always spray it onto a cloth away from the guitar first.

personally i prefer not to have slippy strings

edit:
you may want to check this out as well
http://www.wd40company.com/files/pdf/msds-wd482671453.pdf

in particular the skin contact stuff

[Twinfan]

I don't use it.  I bought a used guitar where the previous owner clearly bathed the strings in it.  The guitar still has traces of it in the hardware to this day and the fluffy inside of the case is still sticky even after I've tried to clean it several times  :(

Disgusting.

[sgmypod]

Used to use it years ago...yeah just a pain

[_tom_]

I used to use it but I dont really like the slick feeling it gives the strings, it doesnt feel normal. It smells $%&#ing fantastic though :P

[AndyR]

i dont have to tell you guys to keep the wd40 away from electric bits do i? I have had a few people try to use it as pot cleaner :(

i know i cant talk you all out of using it but remember its not good for bare wood so if you are going to do it make sure your fretboard is nicely conditioned first so it wont be soaking it up and always spray it onto a cloth away from the guitar first.

personally i prefer not to have slippy strings

edit:
you may want to check this out as well
http://www.wd40company.com/files/pdf/msds-wd482671453.pdf

in particular the skin contact stuff

:lol:

What sort of nob would try to use WD40 as a switch cleaner?!

I only did it once, 20-odd years ago - my sound engineer then explained what the two solvents were for and that knowledge helped me decide to use it on strings later.

Initially I used it just on the bridge area (strat) as part of the cleaning process after gigs - it helped reduce string breakage in the next gig/rehearsal.

Then I noticed that it cleaned the strings as well, and so (as long as I kept it off the bare rosewood) it would do the job I was using fast fret for.

I don't like "slippery strings" but I did need to clean them with something - that's all I was using fast fret for - I have horrendous sweat for killing metal parts on guitars.

Nowadays, not gigging, I don't use anything at all except a small dab of 3-in-1 oil on each saddle as I'm putting a new string on. When the string is up to tension, wipe off the excess. Everytime I play/touch one of my guitars, and I mean everytime, I clean the strings thorougly with a dry rag (usually an old tea-towel).

I can't really remember for certain, but I do seem to recall what Twinfan's saying, Fast Fret did tend to leave a residue... but I also seem to remember that just putting it on with the applicator was only half of the advised procedure? :lol: (polishing it off again was the second part - at least that's what I did)