A Mini-torial - How to Remove Lacquer From Frets When Lacquering a Maple Fretboard
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
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In this episode, Ben shows you the processes he uses when working with a lacquered fretboard. In particular, he shows you how he removes lacquer and varnish from each fret after spraying.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:44 Score along the bottom of fret above the fretboard
2:53 Cut around both ends of the fret, and lift off the lacquer
5:00 Conclusion
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This guy is an absolute pro. Every video is an education. Thanks mate.
>makes legitimate tutorial
>uploads it on April 1st
DO I TRUST YOU OR NOT, BEN?!
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I've been looking for a video to show me how to do this, and this is the only one that I've seen.
Thanks Ben that answered all my questions without even asking them.
Thank you for this! Just in the last stretch of a tele build and getting the lacquer off the frets was the last step I wasn't sure about!
Thank you . You are very intensive of detail - just what I was looking for ! .
Oh wow! Thanks for this Ben, I was having a mental standstill between buying a finished neck or doing it myself. Now, it will certainly be the latter.
Thank you I will be spraying my first maple cap neck soon Much help you are!!
I once in the '70s, early in my 'career', hastily traded for a Stratocaster, based mainly on looks. It soon dawned on me that the entire neck was encased in thick plastic finish, including the frets. My immediate solution was to trade the neck with a buddy, and the replacement neck was fabulous, so all was good with me, but now I realize I could probably have exposed the frets like you have and the neck would probably be OK. At the time it wouldn't have occurred to me to even try.
Thanks Ben,just the information I was looking for
this was very satisfying to watch
Excellent tutorial! Thankyou!
thanks for this. nice and relaxing as well.
Great clip as always. This may have been pointed out or discussed, but many of us do indeed prefer poly (sorry cork sniffers). I assume the process of removing poly from the frets would be similar, but tips to that end would be helpful.
I prefer poly as well. Do you know if this exact technique will work for removing poly from the frets?
That was very helpful thank you!
Thanks. Very helpful.
Hey Ben,
A few days ago I started a customization project, an LTD M50. The guitar is rather nice but it was in terrible conditions, so my plan is to sand it down and apply teak oil. Everything was going nice, I sanded the the black finish but the problem was that behind it was, what seems to be, a thick layer of wood sealer. What should I do with it in order to apply teak oil?
Greetings
thank you Ben. I did not know ppl treated the fret board
Thanks Ben.
3:00 I literally said out loud "Get right out of town!" Like a total cheeseball. Also, very ironically I just so happened to watch this video on April 1st 2019 because Im finishing a maple neck and wanted to pearn more from the master! Im not even spraying it with laquer. I did however use Crimson Guitars stunning stain purple and finishing oil on the back and will be applying the finishing oil to the fretboard. I love your tools and Crimson Guitars is a huge inspiration to me. Your quality of craftsmanship is what I aspire to achieve.
FANTASTIC!
good job there, I would most probably mask the frets, but what you did seems easier.
Is that a Buzz Feiten nut there? What i your opinion about buzz feiten system?
I bought a 2nd hand Fender deluxe from the late 00's, Fender didn't even bother to remove the lacquer from the frets so there was still a lot of lacquer on the sides of the frets, i removed it myself but the lacquer was so hard that it did not peel off like in the video, i ended up making some scratches on the frets and then had to polish them.
Hello Ben. I've been designing a 9-string fretless bass for a few weeks now and I'm completely stumped on the neck.
I don't know where to start; I'm almost positive that it has to be a through-neck multi laminate, but the truss rod is where I'm confused. I was thinking of doing 2 double action truss rods with 2 carbon rods ( one on each end of the truss rods), but I'm not sure if that's over-kill or not enough. What would you suggest?
great tip much appreciated Dave parr, parrs guitars.
Does it make a difference as to how long you leave the lacquer cure for before doing this? Is it best to do it within a couple of days after spraying or leave it a couple of weeks?
Thanks
Stanley knife masking tape while still on the roll then it will come off to exact size of fret and its a neater job
Thanks my man!
Hi. I have a question. Should I oil my fretboard before installing frets? It's a new guitar that's never had frets in it before. I don't think the fretboard has ever been treated either. Thanks.
Can this operation be done even after using Tru-Oil?
slick, Ben. does this also work for shellac?
so can any one tell me why maple fretboards on acoustics are very rare? I've only seen one on a spanish guitar and it looked and played awsome.
Thanks good to know. I would’ve assumed to mask them off. Glad I watched this.
This is one of the tasks that mystified me early on, glad I could help. B
Tried it on my neck. Nitro cellulose sprayed thin...doesn't do a thing. I believe, being nitro, it is too soft to peel like that ( neck as cured for 3 month ). Any ideas guys?
Been playing 62+ years. I have two Stratocasters with lacquer on the board. Got so tired of trying to play on that slick surface that I took a singled-edged razor to them. They play MUCH better. Put some Crimson Guitars oil on the back of the neck if it isn't finished to reduce moisture, and play away. Just my opinion, of course.
Does this work with tru oil too?
thanks for this tip.
How long did you wait before peeling off the clear from the frets board please?
Did you have to pay royalties for that headstock?
What is the brand of the 2k lacquer that you used?
as we never run out of ideas, here's another one: I like to heat the xacto blade with an alcohol lamp to help me get under thicker coats
How long to you wait after you apply the clear coat?
Never fall asleep around your mates. They wrote on your dome bro!!
fraud1983 😂 I died !
Masking really isn't as difficult as it is made out; I've done a few that way, and it took well short of an hour.Having said that, peeling the lacquer off is probably easier.
I've become a big beleiver in Tru Oil, aka " gunstock finish".It really is miraculous stuff, - self leveling, easily applied, low odor, and it dries as hard as glass without tackiness.Far superior to the Polys, and probably longer wearing (and less toxic )than Nitro.
With age, I've discovered garbage eyesight, so those processes which require less precision, and are more forgiving, are always welcome.
Would this work on say an American Standard Strat or only on more expensive nitro finishes?
Believe this is how Fender does it when they actually do it. It shouldn't matter what type of finish it is, although it might chip off more than peel off, type depending.
will this work with polyurethane?
Would you level, crown and polish the frets before putting finish on the fret board? or is the next step after removing lacquer from the frets to level, crown and polish?
Either works but if you do it afterwards you have removed the risk of staining the maple board with black metal dust.. B
Will this method work with nitrocellulose?
Is there are reason why not put frets after the finish is done? That's how I've done it always.
apinakapinastorba maybe refinishing a neck?
Exactly. Why wouldn't the frets be added AFTER the lacquering? Makes no sense to me.
Well, to be honest I’ve done couple of necks by fretting first and laquering second. It works, but there’s extra work. Buffing the fretboard with frets on is not very fun.
I guess if you’d use so much laquer that the fret slots are filled with it, that would be one reason to fret before finishing.
Should share this video with the guys at Fender, clearly they’ll learn something from it 😂
But how do you remove lacquer from a fretted maple fretboard?
oh boy
Would this work with a gloss finish??
It probably would. DC
Does this technique work on polyurethane finishes?
pretty much.. at least I've never come across a time when it doesn't work. B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars thank you. I’m planning to build a dream tele from parts and will need to remove poly finish from frets, stainless steel to be exact. What type of metal blade would you recommend to no damage the frets? Regular steel?
Do you make any of those kits left handed
Cause a baritone tele would be pretty sick
+jake winchester
Even better, you'll get 10% off as a lefty.
Just write them a mail at office@crimsonguitars.com
Is there a particular reason the fretboard isn't lacquered after radiusing, before slotting for frets?
pallecla ah of course! :)
Installing the frets would ruin the finish pretty effectively..
Actually I've just been sent an email to from a friend who says it is possible. Lacquer polish etc then use a small triangular file to open up the fret slot at the top.. This should stop the lacquer from cracking under the pressure of the hammer etc I'll test it out in a video soon!
Oh great, can't wait to see that! :) How are you going to celebrate your 100th podcast Ben? Maybe a special episode?
+Crimson Custom Guitars
why not lacquer it just after you glued the fretboard on?
Or you could use string-tape to cover small lines a bit smaller than the fretwidth to cut after the paintjob. You could also experiment with applying heat before cutting the fretslots to prevent cracks.
Depending on the lacquer, it has self-healing abilities under heat.
Do you do this befor or after polishing?
+Simon Gohlke I do it before so you can polish out any marks left by the knife. B
Just play the guitar it will come off on its own. Fender sells some guitars this way - w nitro over the frets.
I have a 10 year old american strat that need s this done.
gotta do something about that brow
lekka lacquer
Varnish is a hard coating. Lacquer is a hard coating made from the secretion of lac bugs. I would like to know what you are really using. I'm guessing it's not actually lacquer.
ruclips.net/video/hYDCFzm1lnU/видео.html ..i guess im not a first doing it this way in this link, but i find easier covering frets before finishing..
.....OR.....as one guy said, which ive confirmed....."just play it a while.....it'll wear off"...
That runs the risk of having the lacquer chip off, though.
*starts trimming cuticles
i came to see a how to gloss a fretboard tutorial so WTF :V
Seems like more work than masking the frets.
You're never going to mask the frets perfectly. Inevitably you'll miss and wont get finish on some part of the neck
is it me or is this Captain Jack Sparrow