no all neck will be messed during polishing you use tape to cover it from sandpaper otherwise you will touch wood and be not beautiful, beside are avaible metal covers for polishing
@@timhitt9541well you need a proper work bench work space and even decent luthier tools are anything but cheap but do you bro. unless you plan on starting your own shop or have a ton of guitars that might need refretting in the future its easier to just have it done especially if you have nice guitars.
I'm satisfied knowing that I can't do this and there is someone with the skill that can. My "fault" is finding someone I trust with my dad's 1966 ES-335TDC
it's a good fret replacement, but not great firstly, the edge of the fret leg is not cut off, when the wood continues to dry out, this leg will begin to bulge and scratch the palm. thank God there is no patterned piping on the fretboard. secondly, the edge of the fret is not rounded in the shape of a droplet, which will also give a huge amount of unforgettable sensations to your palm in the future.
But it's so worth connecting with your instrument on this level. But I feel ya.. if you don't trust yourself doing it, or if you don't have the time to do it correctly it's best to let the pros do it.
@@SixStringSlinger1I’m not gonna lie man, I just wanna play it. I doubt artists have any interest in learning how to make paper or make homemade ink. Most chefs aren’t trying to make their own knives
I’d love to make a guitar but every time I think about making a neck I reconsider. Hard to make it perfectly symmetrical and if you mess up it’s done. And the frets sound like they would suck. I can cut out a guitar shape in wood but the neck not so much.
@@podomussfair point! But a lot of artists will replace their inks, or maintain their brushes when they get messy and old. That's all this is- maintenance taken to the extreme! I agree though, I don't have the patience to do it myself. It's worth every penny getting an expert to do it.
You are very good at your work Tanya! You have as much skill if not more than people who have been doing this for decades. I’ve been doing this work for 35 years and I can say you are doing everything the way most good luthiers would. You are a natural at this. I can’t wait to see your first build of your own guitar. Best wishes from the U.S.
This is "The Best" In A Nutshell presentation EVER on the proper way to refret. Many luthiery school grads. working at stores don't have proper technique. Thanks!
It's unnecessary because the leveling beam is big enough that it physically cannot get past the frets to the fretboard and the dressing files have safe edges which you rest on the wood.
Wow! You got some mad skills. Refreting is the only guitar task I didn`t do yet... some day I´ll do it. But you must have refreted hundreds of guitars, you are a master, kudos!
I don't know much about guitars other than where the food goes in and where it comes out but it sure does look like you know what you're doing and have an outstanding eye for detail and perfection.
Crazy how I googled refret job for a, now cheap, modded Ibanez RG320FM and this pops up. I've been thinking about doing it myself. I want stainless steel frets. You made this look so easy! Nice job!
Idk if you read comments but you motivated me to do this to my Ibanez. I'm using a different guitar to understand the steps and I'm almost done with it now. I just need to crown the frets and polish them and clean the fretboard a little and I'll be done. I was quoted $400-600 to do this in San Diego. All total, it cost me about $250 I'd say. Maybe $300 if you add consumables like extra sandpaper for the tools I got. Really was not hard at all. Idk why people make it sound difficult to do.
Just came across this wonderful video not only is it highly educational to guitar players But it also is so relaxing to watch and to listen too Thank you for sharing
I worked as an apprentice for a master guitar technician and he told me to never glue frets in. It makes it extremely difficult to repair later on. He had a tool that would crimp the bottom of the fret so they would stay in
Gluing frets sometimes is a must, but It's not true that glued ones are difficult to remove. As you can see on video she used soldering iron to heat up fret. This makes wood glue softer, and if fret is glued with CA, heat will dissolve the bond. Epoxy bonds also get soft when heated. I've made many repairs on glued in frets and never had a problem with removal.
your guy was full of shit. As long as you apply heat to the frets (which you should be doing regardless) you won't even notice if there was glue in there. Also glue helps consolidate poorly cut fret slots, which somehow still happens all the time in production guitars.
Just set mine on a neck I’m building really validated my process I kinda just winged it on, don’t have quite all the tools but I think it came out good. thank you for the reference to refine my skills.
You sanded and polished all the history and character right off and out of that instrument. Looks brand new though. Maybe that's what the owner wanted.
@@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG It mostly translates just fine, at least in instances like this one, but some people just don't understand sarcasm and take everything literally. (Not judging, just stating facts.)
Problem is, you eventually start to lose wood with the constant sanding. It'll eventually compromise the guitar neck and it'll become worthless/useless
@@ared18t i've never had to do it to any of my guitars and ive been playing for 26 years...i imagine only if you use barbed wire sized strings and play like stevie ray vaughan daily for hours on end.
Everything done makes sense. Pure perfection.
no all neck will be messed during polishing you use tape to cover it from sandpaper otherwise you will touch wood and be not beautiful, beside are avaible metal covers for polishing
Where are the instructions??
@Bogdan Lulelaru are you trolling😂
Looks good to me!
@@bogdanlulelaru858 it does affect the tone, old frets are bad cuz they will make the sound kinda "bland" imo
Now imagine this, but doing it 24 times. One for each fret. Gonna take hours upon hours. Massive respect for people who do it correctly
I mean there is no way to do it correctly as long as you get there. But damn when you actually finish doing it, it pays off so much
@Donovan Olguin nah if you get it wrong then it's incorrect. Correct means you take all precautions. There is middleground though
@@SUB-WFR the middle ground for me is getting a new one, hopefully I’d earn enough money by that time
Lol Did something similar last night, cmplete fret dress and recrown, took about 4 hours.
@@randallhughes5687 bet seeing those frets shiny and nicely crown felt good.
I wish I were treated with half the love and care as that guitar.
with ya there friend
Me too especially the part at the end 😊
I'll rub sandpaper on you 🤗
*brings out buzzsaw*
Wholeheartedly agree!
This woman is an ARTIST. Unbelievable quality in her work, much respect.
It's easy if you know how.I sure wouldn't pay $ 350 to have it done!
@@timhitt9541bro, everything is easy if you know 😂
@@timhitt9541well you need a proper work bench work space and even decent luthier tools are anything but cheap but do you bro. unless you plan on starting your own shop or have a ton of guitars that might need refretting in the future its easier to just have it done especially if you have nice guitars.
🎉
Women use super glue because they aren't skilled at refreting
Is it me or is there something really satisfying about this clip ,
Awesome job 👍🏽
It's sensual
A craft that I hope will never get old. Keep some secrets but don’t let cat out of the house. All in the family you know! MEOW?
A lot of the sounds sent the absolute worst kinds of shivers down my spine and through my skin though 😬
Seeing that old fretboard come to life was really satisfying. Looks like lighter rosewood, or possibly mahogany?
I'm satisfied knowing that I can't do this and there is someone with the skill that can. My "fault" is finding someone I trust with my dad's 1966 ES-335TDC
I read this as "how to regret guitar" and I was like "already got that one buddy"
Every time I watch Tim Henson play.
@@Footsteps7173 What, the bloke from The Muppets?
It's nice to see that there are still people who take pride in their work. Thanks for posting.
丁寧な仕事に、
ギターとオーナーへの愛を感じる😊
Beautiful job, this girl sure knows what she's doing 🤘
plot twist its a guy with painted fingernails
Better be careful. If she identifies as male your screwed.
@@mikemesec you're*
@Idlehands87 you're right! Thank you four correcting that.
it's a good fret replacement, but not great
firstly, the edge of the fret leg is not cut off, when the wood continues to dry out, this leg will begin to bulge and scratch the palm. thank God there is no patterned piping on the fretboard.
secondly, the edge of the fret is not rounded in the shape of a droplet, which will also give a huge amount of unforgettable sensations to your palm in the future.
To be real I'd rather let the professionals do it instead of me. I'll stay to restringing and tuning
But it's so worth connecting with your instrument on this level. But I feel ya.. if you don't trust yourself doing it, or if you don't have the time to do it correctly it's best to let the pros do it.
@@SixStringSlinger1I’m not gonna lie man, I just wanna play it.
I doubt artists have any interest in learning how to make paper or make homemade ink. Most chefs aren’t trying to make their own knives
I’d love to make a guitar but every time I think about making a neck I reconsider. Hard to make it perfectly symmetrical and if you mess up it’s done. And the frets sound like they would suck. I can cut out a guitar shape in wood but the neck not so much.
Just don’t forget to oil your fretboard as well!
@@podomussfair point! But a lot of artists will replace their inks, or maintain their brushes when they get messy and old. That's all this is- maintenance taken to the extreme! I agree though, I don't have the patience to do it myself. It's worth every penny getting an expert to do it.
I love to watch professionals work with their hands. Love to see a real craftsman practice their trade.
And this is Why a Good Refret costs so Much, because of the Talent & Work involved
You are very good at your work Tanya! You have as much skill if not more than people who have been doing this for decades. I’ve been doing this work for 35 years and I can say you are doing everything the way most good luthiers would. You are a natural at this. I can’t wait to see your first build of your own guitar. Best wishes from the U.S.
Thank you!
Serious attention to every detail! VERY well done!
Just when I think it's done, there's another step. It's very satisfying to watch. Love it.
This is "The Best" In A Nutshell presentation EVER on the proper way to refret. Many luthiery school grads. working at stores don't have proper technique. Thanks!
the ideal woman doesn't exis-
Please be female.😂
The most obnoxious and unfunny meme doesn’t exis-
Absolute work of Art!
Rarely do I ever experience tingles. This is ASMR for guitarist. Subscribed.
Always the most satisfying part of working on a guitar for me, it's so good seeing nice fresh shiny frets
Wow, this is pure satisfaction. Greetings from Brazil
I would tape the fingerboard before sanding the frets.
I would take the final shot over the beginning shot any day 🤷♂️
It's unnecessary because the leveling beam is big enough that it physically cannot get past the frets to the fretboard and the dressing files have safe edges which you rest on the wood.
Why?
@@JoeMauri Taping a fretboard is mostly only necessary for lacquered maple or rosewood w/inlays...
@@JoeMauri You can accidentally hit the fretboard when rounding the frets, or you can scratch the fretboard with metal filings from the frets.
i cry at how beautiful this handwork looks.
I don't usually ASMR, but I love guitars and guitar artisans. This is beautiful
guitartisans? or if they’re terrible at their job, they’d be a guitardisan
Pure skill. Very impressive.
職人さん凄い🎉
Thought it said refrigerate at first. Was like "huh?"
Absolutely awesome. It's so satisfying to watch someone who takes pride in what they do!!
I would never imagine it took that much steps to do it! Awesome work!
I love watching your stuff. It relaxes me.
Дякую :)
Your technique for sanding the fretboards are interesting. But so precise! Amazing fretwork
I barely had enough patience to watch this entire video and I loved every second of it
Nice work! Great attention to detail!
I trust this person, whom I've never met, to do a fret job over the crap-tastic job done by guitar center
Why would u even consider taking it to GC??
@T A chalk it up to lessons learned. They'll never service my equipment again.
They don’t even clean preowned guitars at GC
You aren’t kidding about that. I went in for a minor grounding issue. I got back the guitar after $40 and one of my pick ups don’t work..
I work with my granpa at this and i will use some of your techniques thanks for sharing your work
Wow! You got some mad skills. Refreting is the only guitar task I didn`t do yet... some day I´ll do it. But you must have refreted hundreds of guitars, you are a master, kudos!
This is amazing to whole another level 😅.
Beautiful work ❤
This is love, art and craft all wrapped up in one video and I love it
I don't know much about guitars other than where the food goes in and where it comes out but it sure does look like you know what you're doing and have an outstanding eye for detail and perfection.
>where the food goes in and where it comes out
Most of my food winds up on the pickguard
Crazy how I googled refret job for a, now cheap, modded Ibanez RG320FM and this pops up. I've been thinking about doing it myself. I want stainless steel frets. You made this look so easy! Nice job!
Idk if you read comments but you motivated me to do this to my Ibanez. I'm using a different guitar to understand the steps and I'm almost done with it now. I just need to crown the frets and polish them and clean the fretboard a little and I'll be done. I was quoted $400-600 to do this in San Diego. All total, it cost me about $250 I'd say. Maybe $300 if you add consumables like extra sandpaper for the tools I got. Really was not hard at all. Idk why people make it sound difficult to do.
Some people say "Don't fret" .. but for this Lady its just part of the Job. =)
Wow! Now that's a skill Lady... Beautifully done... Perfection. ❤
Beautiful
Que trabajo hermoso!!!
My hats off to you! I never realized how much work went into this, very tedious indeed.
My 35 yo Tom Anderson needs a refret - thanks for the reminder - outstanding work!
Great work!
Now all I need is a guitar
Watching this on shrooms is a profound experience 🤣
Wow! Absolutely beautiful... Never imagined what a refurbish would entail. Very cool
Just came across this wonderful video not only is it highly educational to guitar players
But it also is so relaxing to watch and to listen too
Thank you for sharing
I worked as an apprentice for a master guitar technician and he told me to never glue frets in. It makes it extremely difficult to repair later on. He had a tool that would crimp the bottom of the fret so they would stay in
Sorry but this is simply not true! Ask around expert luthiers and you will find that most of them glue the frets in the slot
@@enricopg1 yeah I know. Still doesn’t mean it’s the best way to do it
Gluing frets sometimes is a must, but It's not true that glued ones are difficult to remove. As you can see on video she used soldering iron to heat up fret. This makes wood glue softer, and if fret is glued with CA, heat will dissolve the bond. Epoxy bonds also get soft when heated. I've made many repairs on glued in frets and never had a problem with removal.
@@tomar666 Yes I had the same exact experience. That is one of the reasons why I don’t agree with what Stumbling Chef said.
your guy was full of shit. As long as you apply heat to the frets (which you should be doing regardless) you won't even notice if there was glue in there.
Also glue helps consolidate poorly cut fret slots, which somehow still happens all the time in production guitars.
Татьяна - золотые руки!
fretwork is the only thing I pay for because when it's done well, it's magical. nice work!
Before and after very satisfying, great work
amazing job
Bravo !!! Quel boulot !!!
The video title should be "how to masterfully refret a guitar"
I bought a Fender (cheap). Somebody refretted it, but didn't finish. Now I know what they left to be done.
Thank you very much
Beautiful!
If this ain't good loving, I don't know what is nor do I want to know. I bet the action on that baby is so sweet. Phenomenal work my friend.
Hope one day you find your soulmate and she is a great woman to you. Take care brother
@@VAL3NTIN3 thank you my friend, you don't realize how much that meant. 😪
ive never played a guitar in my life why is this interesting
Job well done, giving this instrument new life!!!
What a beautiful job!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Looks so easy.
30 hours of sanding later.
Why me, oh god?
Just set mine on a neck I’m building really validated my process I kinda just winged it on, don’t have quite all the tools but I think it came out good. thank you for the reference to refine my skills.
The most peaceful procedure out there!
Sacré boulot
Excellent and very accurate, detailling work! \m/
I love watching you repair these guitars! awesome!
You sanded and polished all the history and character right off and out of that instrument.
Looks brand new though. Maybe that's what the owner wanted.
Why there is no tape on the fretboard?
Do not fret they are a pro
I'm impressed by this woman. That doesn't happen often.
@TurokRDR That's quite specific. 😁
This hurts at first, but then feels so good at the end!
This is like the perfect "how guitar refretting is done" short clip to show to people who don't have the patience to watch a video of the full job.
Sorry; no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to do a full refret in 60 Seconds...
ur brain is conditioned so hard for short form videos that its making up words and phrases, lol. It says nothing about a time frame.
It is ju at a shorten video. The real job would take much longer time.
@@MustafaBaabad I think that falls under the category of 'duh'... It's really a shame that sarcasm doesn't always translate well...
@@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG It mostly translates just fine, at least in instances like this one, but some people just don't understand sarcasm and take everything literally. (Not judging, just stating facts.)
That fretboard looked amazing before you started but the frets were toast.
that fretboard was full of grease, dirt and grime but sure buddy looked really great
@@bread5617 lol destroyed a expensive guitar 🎸
Extremely satisfying
I don't know a thing about guitar's....I know woodwork and metal and that's a beautiful job... Pure craftsmanship or ladyship🤠
Молодець!
Nice fret work but I would never let anyone scape the finger marks out of my old gibson.
So much work in so little time... Perfect result...
It never goes like this when you try it yourself. Fret board tears, fret edges impossible to get even. This person is a master
Me *simply buying new guitar*
Sometimes the best idea.
me too
This is a don't try this at home video
Amazing Tanya ! I can watch this over and over !
Wow, and good to see a Chick be a guitar Tech, not a easy job, 👍
I just fell in love. Will you please marry me?
men amirite
I was worried for about a half second that you were just gonna solder fill those hard dips
Nice work, looks amazing!
This is like a manicure for a guitar 🎸 a spa day!
Looks easy……NOT
Problem is, you eventually start to lose wood with the constant sanding. It'll eventually compromise the guitar neck and it'll become worthless/useless
I guess this is not done every week then. the frets did look worn and damaged, and the wood was dirty.
You only do this once every few years and that's if your constantly playing
@@ared18t i've never had to do it to any of my guitars and ive been playing for 26 years...i imagine only if you use barbed wire sized strings and play like stevie ray vaughan daily for hours on end.
This is why I can't bring myself to like a single crappy epoxy pour woodwork video. This is actual craftsmanship
The red marker is a cool detail. Ensures she grinds/sands them all evenly.
Wow! Nice job, anybody who’s tried this knows ur making it look easy!!
This lady is doing a great job...
I can feel the smooth bends while watching this
you make it look so easy (and satisfying)
Thanks for the run through… About to do my first fret job soon…
I admire the craftsmanship.