new reso player

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I have been playing slide on an acoustic with heavy strings for a while know andI have now taken the plunge and have just got my first Reso- it's a Vintage AMG1 , not to everyones taste I know but I got a great deal and after some new strings and the action being raised quite a bit it is making some great noises with no buzzes.
One thing that has come to mind after a day of playing this shinny brute is - is there a special way of cleaning and keeping clean a chrome plated guitar ? I am just using a microfiber cloth but I just wondered what everyone else does.


thanks

[Michael Messer]

Hi buchandelta,

Welcome along to our forum. You can polish your guitar with a good car polish - try MER, it is excellent.

Your AMG is chrome plated, not nickel plated like more expensive National style guitars, so you can actually polish it with any polish on a soft cloth. If you want to protect the finish against perspiration & other blemishes, try using a good car wax after polishing it. Even dead insects will just wipe off! A bit of lemon oil on the fretboard would probably make it feel a bit better too.

Keep in touch and have fun with your new shiny guitar.
Shine On,
Michael.

[Deleted]

Hi, I'm new here as well.
Got my first resonator, also a Vintage AMG-1 although it seems different to others that I played along the way(matt finished neck, unbound fingerboard etc) I would swear that mine is nickle plated as the tuners look very "blue" in comparison to the body- will treat it to a set of Grover roto's soon. I will say it sounds quite good(dont know my reso's very well!!!) but is hard work after playing Strats!
Hope to see the usual crowd at the Raven in Hook this Friday, Bob.

[Bill Stig]

Hi buchendelta,

there's some useful advice for cleaning on the National Resophonic web site.

Bill