Originally Posted by: Cryptic ExcretionsA friend of mine would always put something under the bridge to block it from changing positions so it didn't really matter how many strings he took off after that. Something like that would probably be better if you were going to clean off the fret board. I don't remember what he used to block it off hand though. I'm sure they make things for that purpose.

I always use a 9V battery that I wrap just a little bit of tape around to make it snug behind the trem block inside the guitar. ;)