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CARE AND MAINTENANCE
Your Fender
®
guitar is precisely crafted to give
you years of satisfaction and enjoyment.
Occasional routine maintenance will go
a long way toward keeping it looking,
sounding and playing great for many years.
Several helpful tips are listed here:
Keep it clean. Dirt, dust, sweat, skin oil, smoke
and other pollutants can prematurely age your
bass’s finish and hardware. Wipe the strings,
neck and bridge often with a lint-free cloth
regularly. Use Fender-approved polish on the
finished surfaces, and wipe metal parts clean with
a soft, dry polishing cloth (visit the Accesories
section of fender.com for recommendations).
Oil the fingerboard. The natural oils in unfinished
rosewood, ebony and pau ferro fingerboards
can dry out. Keep these fingerboards beautiful
by periodically hydrating them with lemon oil,
boiled linseed oil or other non silicone-based
wood/furniture oil. Apply with a lint-free
cloth, rub in, let soak, wipe off excess and
let dry. And remember—no oil on finished
surfaces (including maple fingerboards).
Tighten the strap buttons. They do
loosen sometimes. Use a standard
Phillips head screwdriver to periodically
check and tighten strap buttons.
Set up and adjust. Familiarize yourself
with the setup and adjustment procedures
in this manual and on www.fender.com,
or visit your Authorized Fender Service
Center for routine seasonal adjustments.
Avoid climate extremes whenever
possible. Extremes in temperature and
humidity can damage your bass. If such
exposure can’t be helped, however, loosen
the strings to minimize damage, and let a
cold instrument warm up gradually before
opening its case to avoid finish checking.
Lacquer finishes. Lacquer is a natural wood
finish long used on fine furniture and musical
instruments. If your bass has a lacquer finish,
do read the “Lacquer Finishes: Precautions
and Care” card that came with it. Try not to
expose lacquer finishes for very long to plastics,
synthetics and surgical rubber tubing (it’s used
on some guitar stands and straps), all of which
react adversely with lacquer and can mar
the finish. Also note that checking, shrinkage
and discoloration are all natural elements of
the aging process of lacquer finishes. The
lacquer finish on your bass will take on its own
distinctive appearance over time from this
type of wear, and though preferred by some,
it is not covered under the Fender warranty.
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