How to repair sharp guitar fret ends with simple tools
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- Опубликовано: 17 мар 2017
- just a few simple tools and you can fix those sharp or razor sharp fret ends on a guitar its simple and easy takes a bit of time but anyone can do this if you watch the video and pay attention youll be able to do this your self , the number 1 problem with alot of cheap low end guitars as this happens even in really expensive guitars wood shrinks and the ends will stick out as well so you can trim things up and back to smooth again or make smooth for the first time ..
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Thanks for sharing this skill. I was a little worried about doing this job myself, but after watching your video I attempted to smooth the frets on my guitar an it came out perfect. The tape is very important. Thanks
your welcome and great job
I have an old Epiphone Bat Wing Headstock bass with this problem. Looks like a perfect fix. Thanks
your welcome
I've got an early 80's Les Paul that I bought new. I lived in the desert for a few years and now my guitar has Fret Sprout. The sides of my fret board are gloss finished, but I'm going to give your method a shot. I'm more afraid of pulling the neck off than anything else, but I'm a handy guy. Thanks for the video, I'll let you know how it works out.
you only need to pull the neck off if its a bolt on you really cant pull off set neck nore do you need to ,, fret sprout is from to dry of humidy you can also try to lock the guitar in a room with a humidifre on it for a few weeks get the levels up to about 60% then back it off a bit ideal humidy is 40% to 60% max all the time
This is exactly the video I need! Thanks man. I'll give her a go on my barbed wire fretboards. :)
your welcome happy it helps out out
Just what I'm looking for. I moved from a place with 95% humidity to close to 0% humidity. N the neck on my Tele-partcaster shrunk exposing sharp fret ends. Thank you
your welcome
Thanks, great tutorial!
thanks glade you liked it
Great skills!
thanks
Great job !!
thanks man
A couple of dry days with high winds destroyed my neck with fret sprout. Don’t leave a guitar next to a open window. I’ve learned my lesson.
amazing how fast things can happen thats for sure
Nice one sir.
thanks
what if you have a nitro glossy finish on the neck?....i have a few burrs that need filing on the edge, but dont want to damage/scratch the finish...thanks.
in that case id tape it off first and if its your first time double the layers of tape and dont push hard on the file let it do the work if you know what i mean,
hi , thanks, got it done without any damage. feels much better. thanks again .
your very welcome and congrats
Of course if you have a set neck (glued on) then you have to do this with the neck on the body.
yup you sure do
Ho, make sure you put tape over your pickups to prevent metal filings from getting into the pickup screws or in the pickup it's self because pickup are magnetic and the metal shavings can short out and give you hell.
oh i know all that iam not spring chicken here
but what's the name of the tool kit
these are just simple tools you can get any where watch the video all the way and youll understand what iam talking about
Nice
thanks
@@KevinMillard68 no prob :)
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I tried the sharpening stone thing and it worked really good. Except I didn't remove my neck and wasn't paying attention and hit the body of the guitar and scratched the guitar. Fxxk!!!
Now I'm trying to rub out the scratch..
great vid tho!
thanks and sorry to hear your scratched your guitar that would suck for sure..
Thanks a lot
your welcome
Tape has dimension so you wont get it flush with tape. A professional job would require a partial refinish of the neck because its really impossible to do it properly without going into the necks finish. Rosewood is not a bid deal because its not finished.. If its a high end guitar with maple, proceed with caution
True but the thickness of the tape is pretty small, a little fret sprout and you can get it down as close to flush as is possible and it won't be noticeable. Refinishing can add significant time and money to the job which is why even "luthiers" (most of whom are more accurately described as repairmen unless they actually make guitars from scratch) tape up and see how close they can get it without having to refinish.
Why would you round off the fret ends before actually bevelling? Seems counter intuitive.
not really no
maple is a bit of a pain yes and your right rose wood no big deal wih it
perhaps sure but if you have the guts to not use tape your likey taking the time to make sure you dont mess with the finsih but on rose wood its not a problem few drops of fret board oil hids alot because rosewood is never got a finish onit but maple will need to be refinished or at the lest touched up but then you have to know what kind of finish was used
I gather it's safe to assume that the files you are using are finely coarsened rather than something that will be more aggressive?...I have a reverse headstock fender neck that has sprout I want to get rid of but I don't want to muck it up...
correct you need fine files and light passes never take a heavy pass even with a fine file just very light is all you need
@@KevinMillard68 Thanks man I assumed so but when I assume stuff I am often wrong...just ask my ex wife...lol Thanks again
your welcome
Nicely done, but you should probably drag this out a bit more, though your title of the video implies a WHOLE lot more than you're doing. Still thank you.
thanks and your welcome
@@KevinMillard68 `Jeez, I just re-read what I'd wrote, I certainly didn't mean to sound so pricky. My apologies, it was a completely informative video.
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The stone sounds so painful on the ends ... lol ... pretty sure it's not though :-)
its all good man
I have a 1968 classical guitar made in Japan by S Yairi (a highly valued guitar for those unfamiliar), so taking the neck off is not an option for me Just got it on ebay with sharp fret edges/sprouts from a guy in upstate new york and I believe the problem started with dehydration because the guitar looks like it stayed in it case for years by thre shape of the strings. It's also starting to have dimples on the sound board another indicator the guitar is drying out. I plan to let the guitar pickup humidity for about a week or two to see if the neck soaks enough moisture to reduce the problem before I do anything like gluing and filing--afraid that they will be pulled or be too short at the ends as the wood expands. Your comments are welcomed.
well id first sudjest humidifiying the guitar really well for min of 2 weeks you can get humidifyer snakes they help alot losen the strings down about 1 full pitch to take some stress off the neck and body check the dampers every second day do do this with the guitar in the case the snakes go in the body ,, so yes its really dryed out alot if it is showing improvment then keep it up for anohter 2 weeks then see how it is if its getting to be alot less then at that point you might want to remove the sharp ends taylor has a video on this and the snake dampers as well that they use and you can get them at most music stores