Sandberg Fingerboard Oil Review

Hello there, back again with another real review of a really nice instrument care product by Sandberg. This time we will be looking at one of the best guitar and bass fingerboard/fretboard care oils out there: Sandberg Fingerboard Oil.

My regular readers are already aware of me being a total nerd in fingerboard oils! Around 7-8 years ago, I was trying to make my own, all-natural fretboard oil with essential oils extracted from lemon, orange, oregano, mint and grape seeds.

Since I used to have access to an essential oil manufacturer, I was able to get some samples, mix them and create all-natural oils.

In my very old article on “How to Care Guitar Fretboard? Natural or Synthetic Lemon Oil“, I presented some results of my attempts in this context.

Yes, you can actually mix some essential oils and maintain, care and clean your guitar/bass fingerboards without having to pay for petroleum-based oil with added synthetic scents!

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This article was also written just to prove that the “lemon oil” as you know is not really lemon extract at all. Most of the big companies use petroleum-based oils and add artificial components to them.

As far as I know, there was only a single particular product by MusicNomad company, named F-One Oil.

Check out my Music Nomad Fretboard F-One Oil review here

While I was experimenting with different essential oils and compared them with an off-the-shelf product, I noticed there were similarities in characteristics. The smell was very similar, both products felt more like a proper “oil” rather than a more fluid, baby-oil-like structure. Since I relocated to Bratislava for work, I had to sell all my guitars to finance myself so naturally, I didn’t take my guitar maintenance products with me. 🙂

But recently I have started buying guitars and related accessories to get back to playing again! One of my recent guitar choices was a Schecter Hellraiser Hybrid PT-7 which features a beautiful ebony fretboard.

So in order to do the maintenance of ebony, I started looking for a fingerboard oil.

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Unfortunately, Thomann only features a couple of MusicNomad products, mostly drums and cymbal cleaners. So I thought I should go for a standard cleaning agent temporarily.

However, while I was searching for the guitar cleaning and maintenance agents category, I noticed Sandberg Fingerboard Oil!

Sandberg Fingerboard Oil Review

And voila! It’s exactly what I was looking for! The smell is so nice, it hits you right after you open the lid. I noticed a strong scent of orange, lemon or citrus family peel extract.

It has only a single warning in German on the back saying that keep away from children and in case of contact with eyes, wash with water 🙂

In order to prove my point that Sandberg Fretboard Oil is 100% natural & essential oil, I have also contacted the Sandberg company. I will also share their input here if I ever get a response. So stay tuned!

Update: Unfortunately, they never replied 🙁

By the way, Sandberg does not only manufacture cleaning and maintenance products for guitars. They are actually a guitar and bass manufacturer. And most of their instruments are highly segmented in terms of quality and price.

Sandberg Fretboard Oil comes in a 50ml plastic bottle with an additional inner lid that will help you keep things clean and use it in single drops. It’s a very minor detail but this will keep the bottle clean at all times even though you chuck it away somewhere in a toolbox.

You can use this oil on ebony, rosewood or pau ferro without any issue. I highly recommend it to anyone who is picky about what they put on their guitar/bass fingerboards. Before I end this post, I would like to share an image of Sandberg‘s fretboard oil in use. Wish I were able to transmit the scent of it as well 🙂

I hope you have enjoyed this brief article and hopefully helped you recognize this excellent guitar/bass brand as well! Thanks for visiting my blog and supporting me so far! I will hopefully see you in the next review here!

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