Oh boy I love the idea of cutting the paper towels into small squares! Easy to throw them out, I have a hard time throwing away the full sized blue towels as they are so heavy duty, it always seems like there may just be one more use in it then I make more of a mess than intended that way typically, LOL!
Yes. Gluing them makes so much sense, the spurs damage the fret slots ridiculously so when modern reversible adhesives would serve the purpose soooooo much better. Also, I found a bunch of super glue de-bond liquids I didn't know about, strangely hydrogen peroxide is also mentioned? I never needed them because we just use acetone!
That's a great resource. I've got fret erasers I picked up off Amazon pretty inexpensive, and the angled file I picked up off Amazon for $10 or less and at that point, I'm not sure it's worth building it. Regardless there are some great ideas and great self made tools. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge on guitar making with us amateurs.
Hello. Oh man,,-- Acetone soaked in a household sponge will turn super glue back to liquid. Press saturated sponge on frets cover with gladwrap for a while and you'll see. Not so wet with acetone as to drip all over. It wipes off old super glue easy and clean. Plastic saran type wrap prevents evaporation .
one question - its not about fretting - when you carve the C, D or V profile in the neck do you leave the sides of the fretboard flat and straight ? or does it become part of the rounded profle - where should the rounding start ? thanks - love your work
I rely on the fingerboard as a guide, carving up to the edge of it and not into it at all, because doing so makes it very easy to lose the straight line of the edge and end up with sort of a mess. It also makes the edge of the neck, where it meets the fingerboard, visibly crooked; not good:)
@@thepragmaticluthier Sorry for the inaccuracy. What I meant was that some level the uppe frets a little bit lower - from 17 and up. I that something you could recomend? Another question. Do you remove the wax before oiling the fretboard?
Now I understand:) I think reducing the height of the frets that are on the fingerboard tongue may be an effort to compensate for a slight rise in the board as it crosses the guitar body. I don't do that and much prefer to have more control over neck angle so as to avoid it, but sometimes, that may a solution when nothing else is available. I do remove the wax from a fingerboard after fretting. I oil some boars, but I also have another "proprietary" preparation that I use instead of oil. I can't disclose that one. Thanks for watching my videos.
Oh boy I love the idea of cutting the paper towels into small squares! Easy to throw them out, I have a hard time throwing away the full sized blue towels as they are so heavy duty, it always seems like there may just be one more use in it then I make more of a mess than intended that way typically, LOL!
Great fretting series! Definitely a good resource for learning the trade.
Great series, Kevin. Thank you for sharing.
You do a really great job explaining your process and the tools used. The pictures help with the explanation. Thank you.
I sincerely appreciate your comments. Thank you for watching.
Thank you. I love your lessons. You've definitely given me some confidence to try and do some re-fretting
Excellent video Kevin, thank you for sharing your valuable information. I usually work on Telecasters, but your guidance transfers nicely.
Once Again...Great Tutorial....Thanks!
Yes.
Gluing them makes so much sense, the spurs damage the fret slots ridiculously so when modern reversible adhesives would serve the purpose soooooo much better.
Also, I found a bunch of super glue de-bond liquids I didn't know about, strangely hydrogen peroxide is also mentioned?
I never needed them because we just use acetone!
Thank you for all your great videos, you have a natural way of teaching that is easy to understand. keep the great work up
Thank for your encouraging words. I will try to produce more informative videos.
Nice job Bud.
That's a great resource. I've got fret erasers I picked up off Amazon pretty inexpensive, and the angled file I picked up off Amazon for $10 or less and at that point, I'm not sure it's worth building it.
Regardless there are some great ideas and great self made tools. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge on guitar making with us amateurs.
An excellent fretting demo!
I would love to see the details of tour fret radius machine.
Thanks!
Hello.
Oh man,,-- Acetone soaked in a household sponge will turn super glue back to liquid.
Press saturated sponge on frets cover with gladwrap for a while and you'll see.
Not so wet with acetone as to drip all over.
It wipes off old super glue easy and clean.
Plastic saran type wrap prevents evaporation .
Thank you Kevin, excellent video as usual. I would love to see what components you use for your fretwire radius jig.
Maybe I missed it, but are you glueing the frets with woodglue? Excellent video series!
Yes, common white glue.
@@thepragmaticluthier thank you
one question - its not about fretting - when you carve the C, D or V profile in the neck do you leave the sides of the fretboard flat and straight ? or does it become part of the rounded profle - where should the rounding start ? thanks - love your work
I rely on the fingerboard as a guide, carving up to the edge of it and not into it at all, because doing so makes it very easy to lose the straight line of the edge and end up with sort of a mess. It also makes the edge of the neck, where it meets the fingerboard, visibly crooked; not good:)
@@thepragmaticluthier Ok - thank you so much for that - your videos are gold for people trying to get started and it is much appreciated
Thanks for the video - it's great. I've seen other luthiers give the frets from 17th fret a slight angle. Is that not a thing that you do?
I'm very interested, but not sure what you mean by an angle on those frets. Are you referring to the fret ends?
@@thepragmaticluthier Sorry for the inaccuracy. What I meant was that some level the uppe frets a little bit lower - from 17 and up. I that something you could recomend? Another question. Do you remove the wax before oiling the fretboard?
Now I understand:) I think reducing the height of the frets that are on the fingerboard tongue may be an effort to compensate for a slight rise in the board as it crosses the guitar body. I don't do that and much prefer to have more control over neck angle so as to avoid it, but sometimes, that may a solution when nothing else is available. I do remove the wax from a fingerboard after fretting. I oil some boars, but I also have another "proprietary" preparation that I use instead of oil. I can't disclose that one. Thanks for watching my videos.
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Yes, sometimes there is a protocol wether we like it or not:)