Taking care of lacquer wood finishes

The best thing I've found is a guitar care kit marketed by Fender as a musical instrument kit and made by Meguiars.

Have you personally tried the guitar care kit? The last thing I want to do is damage the lacquer.

I just did a general internet search "how to care for a high gloss lacquered wood finish" and got all kinds of great information! One thing that I read was NOT to use a microfiber cloth because it will scratch the surface but I guess you discovered that without having to do any research.

Souljassmooth I used to have JM focal utopia speakers with a black piano gloss finish. It was a challenge to not damage the surface. The best thing I found was Zaino Z-2 show car polish. It does not leave not a film, powder and has no abrasives or silicones. The other consideration is what to apply it with and subesequently wipe it off with. As you indicated the microfiber cloth (depending on the type) can leave swirl marks. I found that the cloths used to clean eyeglasses work really well. They are an ultra soft microfiber cloth used on plastic eyeglasses. I have never noticed any scratches using these specific cloths. (I also wear glasses). Another option would be to use a 100% soft cotton cloth. I must not have any polyester in the material since this will causes scratches.