Usually I don't mind the dust on my guitars. But every once in a while when the dust around the pickups, knobs, and bridge accumulates it starts to irritate me.... and I try to get rid of the dust with toothbrushes, toilet paper, or whatever else I find that might do the trick. I never thought to check whether someone had invented a tool for that...until recently. I'm glad I came across these cleaning tools. They work great on all parts of the guitar. Around the tuners, headstock, fretboard, pickups, knobs and bridges (I got TOM and Hipshot). They are also supereasy to use. It's kinda impossible to use them incorrectly. Perfect !