Fretboard Oiling

[rv_bass]

Thanks, Peter, I will do some more reading on the subject.

Jonathan, I will check out the link you provided and products they list, thanks!

[lbpesq]

Interesting info.   However they don't really cover the food-grade type lemon oil that Alembic recommends.  I've always been very pleased with the results I get using lemon oil on both ebony and rosewood boards.  One thing I feel compelled to mention, I am against using linseed oil (the type of oil used in oil-based paint).   Admittedly this is for personal reasons- I highly allergic to it, to the point where exposure to a guitar that has been treated with linseed oil can put me into anaphylactic shock.  Over the holidays I received a 1960's Custom Kraft Super Zapp in green burst. (A VERY cool guitar).  I had been looking for one for several years.  Unfortunately, after handling it, my eyes puffed up with the left one almost closed and I had difficulty breathing.  A trip to the doctor, some meds, and I'm almost all better.  Unfortunately I will have to  sell the guitar and keep searching. 

Bill, tgo

[mica]

I couldn't find much about cleaning away linseed oil to prevent future allergic response. I've seen pics of you after a linseed reaction, and I can say I'm sorry to hear you had to go through that again!

[bigredbass]

With Alembics, I would not worry a lot about the neck doing tricks whilst unstrung.  The 1/4" ebony fingerboard plus the laminations are generally plenty stout and tend to not move a lot, barring the occasional brand-new build that is still a little flexible, relative to your older guitars that have stabilized to a mature state.  I've had less complex necks that were flexible flyers (Fender-style maple on maple necks  . . . . ), but that's a long way from your Alembics, structurally.

Strangely enough, you can kind of test that flexibility . . . . . chime a harmonic chord, then reach around and press the back of the head to see if you can get a tremolo like wobble.  If you have to press like hell to get any wobble at all, it's really stable, and it's usually hard to get an Alembic to do that.  Not scientific at all, but indicative.

Joey