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Another awesome video Colin! Here's a suggestion from me, before you start on your Warlock project: Obtain a set of Seymour Duncan Black Winter pickups, and some Billy Gibbons 7 gauge strings, install both on this guitar, and do a quick video on this setup! I challenge you to play some Black Metal, and some Black/Death Metal; I do not see this genre getting much respect or exposure on many Metal guitarist youtube channels, which saddens me greatly. It would be awesome to hear how this setup sounds with that kind of Metal! Keep up the good work! Cheers! \m/ SHOUTOUT: Massemord (Italy/Sweden/Norway) Black Metal Gravewürm (USA) Black/Death Metal Tash (USA) Black/Death Metal The Spawn of Satan (USA) Death Metal Colin's Rad new haircut! Long hair is no requirement for Metal credentials! \m/
@@FreshestOfMint I gotta agree with the other dude one this one, I ordered a brand new warlock and it too is unplayable, 3 of the strings have a rattle to them and therefore you can’t really play the guitar
@@rhombusbruh450 serious question, did you try adjusting the saddles or the bridge itself? I have a schecter that had the same issue and after I adjusted it (like not even enough to notice the action change) it was fine.... obviously if you don't have it anymore my post is moot anyways lol
Guitar work is daunting sometimes because it's so easy to mess up a precision musical instrument, but it's also easy to fix and once you start digging into them, you realize that you are just some tools and RUclips tutorials away from learning a very cool skill. Even something like doing a full setup on guitar can feel very rewarding, knowing you can turn almost any guitar into something playable unlocks a lot of potential out of every stringed instrument you come across. This is why I love cheap gear, because I can get something that looks and feels decent, then turn it into something special with a few choice upgrades and many hours of work to make even budget guitars into workhorses that sound incredible.
Dude is a luthier without all the fuss 🤘🏼 i love the current trend of colin and other youtubers giving us all the confidence to give things a go ourselves 👍🏼
There is a little attachment you can buy called the Glue Looper that you can screw on to your xacto knife and will allow you to drip super glue into a very tiny place like the fret cavities.
Every hobby store has super glue bottles with a "hypodermic needle" dispenser. Some model kits have incredibly small parts, and someone quickly capitalized on people not liking to drown their parts or glue their fingers together. Fair deal if you ask me.
I got laid with that once. I cut my hair and I had one hair tie in my wallet out of habit. Was in a party and a chick was feeling sick so her friend was asking for a hair tie so she could puke without messing the hair. I got her the hair tie, we took the sick girl home and the friend came with me lol
I laughed my ass off when you started playing up the neck! Too funny. You refret necks exactly as I do every single time. You are meticulous and rightly so. I can see that you know what you're doing. Thank you for sharing this with us.
@@christopherrodarte9822 to match the height of the new frets. The contact points of a string in a fretboard are 2. The bridge and the nut. The bridge is quite difficult to wear out, but the nut not so much. If the nut has wear and you put new frets, then the guitar will probably buzz at the first frets, because the nut was either cut for lower frets or has so much wear that the strings are way lower than they should. That's not always the case, but it's definately something to keep in mind.
You look like an extra from Dawson’s Creek. In the late 90’s you would have had your ass kicked showing up anywhere near the totally straight and not attracted to you High School football team.
The tricks I have found for getting super glue into extremely tight places is to for starters use a very thin super glue. Second use the whip tips that are thin and flexible and come in extremely thin sizes. The other thing that can help is to wet the surface with a solvent like Lacquer Thinner or Acetone. These are thinning agents for most super glues. But in this situation it helps wick and further thin the superglue into the area you want it to go.
The haircut makes it a little easier to imagine you in a mad scientist's coat/goggles/gloves getup. Which popped into my head as you mentioned the "project you have planned," towards the end. Just saying. Nice work, also 👌
The more I understand how guitars are made, the more willing I am to spend that little bit more to compensate for the work that goes into it, even with all these tools, it's still a hard process
Can't believe you did all that work and gave that guitar a whole new lease of life and all the while making out like it was beyond your skill set! I'd be super happy if a professional luthier did that for my guitar!
I watch you do this and think back to watching Leroy Jethro Gibbs build a boat on NCIS. Zero power tools. Just him, his hands, and the boat. It's not about the ends. It's all about him, his hands, and the craft. This is beautiful to watch.
Wow, this is so cool! This channel is amazing. Between electrical knowledge, guitar knowledge, and video editing skill, CSGuitars is one of the best guitar resources I could ask for.
I levelled and polished the frets on my knackered old bass the other month. I'm not much of a bass player as guitar is my main instrument, but the bass seemed to feel better to play when fretting the strings. It can make a big improvement!
You can use any wood glue (pva, titebond, even liquid hide or fish) to glue the frets in. It's more than enough in terms of adhesion and it's way, way easier to clean and manage than superglue. Not to mention it'd make a future refret easier too. Just a lil tip for anyone interested.
Our pawn shop always has a couple of these, all of which need a fret job. It is like their QC is just make them pointy so unsuspecting kids will buy them... The mid and higher end BC Rich are fine, but the Bronze series is shite IMHO.
Tapping and then pulling out frets from the side is also a good technique, especially on ebony boards which are much more prone to tear-out/chipping than rosewood, maple, etc. Also, adding a shallow 'v' to the top of each slot with a triangular file will make fret reinsertion/future fret removal an easier task (they'll go in and come out more easily, but be no less secure while in place).
dammit, I just finished my first fret job but I had to look all over the internet to collect the information presented concisely here. Nice vid. U rock.
As someone who recently started learning about modding, repairing, and building guitars, these Axe from the Grave videos give me the confidence and the know-how to keep going! Such awesome videos!
After cutting the fret ends to the wanted angle, you can speed the finishing process and rounding by using a coarse sanding sponge and GENTLY running it lightly at the correct angle up and down the neck. Yes intuitively you would think it would mangle the fretboard, but it won't and it puts a beautiful round end on them.
Most likely the original frets were made of cheap metal, putting quality frets on will make a significant difference to the sound of the guitar, I know I've done it myself
I have a guitar on which the strings literally started to dig in the frets and make deep marks in them because of how cheap they are. I wish I knew how to refret myself but I'm too inexperienced and I've already modified that guitar to hell already.
In relation to the super glue not going into the fretboard slots. The standard size of the glue bottle is the same as the standard size of a syringe. So you can put any size of syringe needle directly on to the bottle, allowing direct application into very tight locations.
Dude, I’ve watched so many videos before doing my first complete refret, and I really wish I would have started with yours! Short, sweet, detailed, and to the point! I’m halfway done now, all the frets are in and cut down, I just need to file them flat, bevel the edges, crown and polish them, and I’ll be done. Trying to do it without buying a bunch of new files, but I might have to buy a few. I did one test fret with random files I had laying around, and it didn’t go great. I mean, it’s pretty much there, but it took a lot of time, and I filed into the binding just a little bit. Oh well, at least it’s a cheap beater epiphone and not my Martin lol.
I received the notification from the discord group, and this video is just what I was waiting for! I've refretted my guitar and I look forward to other interesting videos!
Colin: "This BC Rich is unplayable" When he plays chords Me:" You're exaggerating, Colin" When he starts bending strings "aight never mind, I'm sorry. You're right"
Buy a fret press Colin, it makes refretting much easier. I did it with a hammer for years, and you might have to do some that way, but the press makes it a joy, especially fender style guitars. And a fret wire bender!
CSGuitars Awesome video. If you take your guitar to a repair shop to have new frets installed, they charge you an arm and a leg because the amount of work involved is insane. I have an old guitar lying around, so I might try to change out the frets myself ... like you said, "we don't get better at a skill without practicing it.
That badly taxidermy cat head at 0:50 for that 'ree-aaww-eep" sound of that failed bend., is exactly the right visual to match that sounds. And I can't believe how I love that so much!
I did a set up course at Crimson Guitars this week to learn how to do refrets and make nuts. Well worth the money! I got quite excited when I finished buffing the frets!
Bro, thank you for boosting my confidence in dealing with my second hand purchased guitar, a schecter omen-6. the first owner don't have any concern with the guitar, all its metal parts are fully corroded and need to be replaced. The frets are beyond the allowable height for leveling/recrowning. Since I purchase it for just $33, I will make it as a project guitar to practice my woodworking and electronic skills.
It's not that hard. I would recommend buying a fret crowning file and something to use for a sanding block (a small smooth piece of square tubing like 1" or bigger by 6-10 inches long). Use lots of tape to protect stuff and TAKE YOUR TIME! It took me 2-1/2 hours to do a very nice fret job on a guitar which needed minimal work. Pros can probably do it way faster, but it was my first try, and it came out excellent.
I found watching this a great educational tool I’m an aspiring musician and I’ve dabbled in fixing the action and intonation on my guitars now replacing tubes on an 87 fender dual reverb but my school had a guitar or two that are not to expensive but can be used to teach me how to dabble more into tech and fixing instruments with little financial consequences so thank you for making this I’ll be needing to crown file and polish frets on a Tele style guitar that should be fixed rather than thrown out because it is a great SOUNDING guitar just not a great feeling one nicking my fingers so I’ll run three the end of this vid when I get my materials thanks!!!! And Rick on dude I have a warlock myself
My brother gave me his old guitar which he bought at a pawn shop back in probably 2006-08. He had to fix the pickups and some of the frets pieces had to be hammered back into place. Overall it’s kind of a beat-up guitar, but if I ever get the money, I’d love to at least have the fret pieces fixed since there are dead spots and the high E often gets caught on one of the higher pieces sticking out. I never knew the fretboard could affect the playing that much! (I’m still new with guitar) I knew that I was kinda sucky, but it always just seemed like the sound was off and the bass strings would buzz and the treble strings sounded off, I don’t know. Anyway, nice video!
I had fret sprout develop on an Epi Les Paul Prophecy. Tried a few first aid tricks and ended up having it completely refretted and a bone nut installed. That took it from a decent guitar to a great daily driver. Like your Warlock, it felt and played like a completely different guitar.
Absolutely brilliant video - I've got to refret a guitar soon and have never done it before. I have near enough the exact same amount of tools as you, so now have a guide that's plenty good enough for me.
Excellent video. Possibly playing with a clean tone initially might better reveal any problems - may not sound as 'rawk' but no issues would be masked by the gain/distortion.
Measure all the frets for height. Make a diagram showing the height of each fret. Determine fret height need ed to allow leveling and recrowning. Get fret wire with the same profile as that on the guitar. Pull only those that are to low to be leveled and recrouned. Install new frets, level and crown.
One might expect that expensive guitar brands would all do leveling at the factory but I have found that not always to be the case. I get when entry level guitars don't get that kind of treatment but when an expensive guitar brand doesn't do this it annoys me.
this is a great video for beginners! Thank you for this. Are you going to do another refret with stainless steel? Always interested in finding budget ways to cut stainless steel
StewMac tools are great quality, but insanely expensive. I found it funny that you were complaining about not having tools, while showing you have some of the best, lol. Not bashing you at all. I love your videos and you are very very good at what you do and have helped me a lot.....i just had to poke at you a bit :P
Great video! Loved watching it. I've started to man up and do some work on my guitars and cables instead of getting someone else to do it so this was really useful!
Well for a rank amateur job: that looked pretty good to me! I'm a newb too.. Done a few re-frets and built a couple of kit guitars. Couldn't see anything offensive in that one. And I'm a critical synical old git. Nice job!
The frets on this BC Rich Warlock were so bad the guitar was unplayable.
Watch as they are removed and replaced, saving this instrument from the scrap heap.
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Another awesome video Colin! Here's a suggestion from me, before you start on your Warlock project:
Obtain a set of Seymour Duncan Black Winter pickups, and some Billy Gibbons 7 gauge strings, install both on this guitar, and do a quick video on this setup!
I challenge you to play some Black Metal, and some Black/Death Metal; I do not see this genre getting much respect or exposure on many Metal guitarist youtube channels, which saddens me greatly. It would be awesome to hear how this setup sounds with that kind of Metal! Keep up the good work! Cheers! \m/
SHOUTOUT:
Massemord (Italy/Sweden/Norway) Black Metal
Gravewürm (USA) Black/Death Metal
Tash (USA) Black/Death Metal
The Spawn of Satan (USA) Death Metal
Colin's Rad new haircut! Long hair is no requirement for Metal credentials! \m/
I would replace the finger board as well. Ebony would look good on that BC
@@SerpentsBane1995 Seymour Duncan? Seriously? Try some DiMarzios instead.
This is why I don't like cheap low end BC Rich guitars. The American made and early NJ series ones are the best.
1:00 The new Slayer album sounds really good!
It's obviously a limited edition Microtonal Warlock!
was thinking the same thing.
Its a bc rich, bc rich are shit 😂😅
@@thestigseuropeancousin7941 I had one for a while and it played perfectly i don't know what you mean
@@FreshestOfMint I gotta agree with the other dude one this one, I ordered a brand new warlock and it too is unplayable, 3 of the strings have a rattle to them and therefore you can’t really play the guitar
@@rhombusbruh450 serious question, did you try adjusting the saddles or the bridge itself? I have a schecter that had the same issue and after I adjusted it (like not even enough to notice the action change) it was fine.... obviously if you don't have it anymore my post is moot anyways lol
Colin: I'm not confident doing this.
Also Colin: Nails it.
Literally!
Guitar work is daunting sometimes because it's so easy to mess up a precision musical instrument, but it's also easy to fix and once you start digging into them, you realize that you are just some tools and RUclips tutorials away from learning a very cool skill. Even something like doing a full setup on guitar can feel very rewarding, knowing you can turn almost any guitar into something playable unlocks a lot of potential out of every stringed instrument you come across.
This is why I love cheap gear, because I can get something that looks and feels decent, then turn it into something special with a few choice upgrades and many hours of work to make even budget guitars into workhorses that sound incredible.
Dude is a luthier without all the fuss 🤘🏼 i love the current trend of colin and other youtubers giving us all the confidence to give things a go ourselves 👍🏼
@@beaujpatt Get 'er done!
"get in & out as quick as possible". Apparently Colin is notorius for this!
😂
Notorious. Wrong! AGAIN Glenn! ;oP
Glenn just knows this from personal experience ;)
ouch
Lol got em
Always heartbreaking to remove a fresh set of strings.
Hmm... he could have removed them, also old strings can be taken off and cleaned.
If you miss walking into Guitar Center and hearing people try out instruments, go straight to 0:40.
Very funny
How come Collin didn't give you a heart for this comment? 😂
It's part of the job application. They lock you in a room and play recording of that for 2 hours. If you survive, you have the job.
Great video, mate.
;(
There is a little attachment you can buy called the Glue Looper that you can screw on to your xacto knife and will allow you to drip super glue into a very tiny place like the fret cavities.
Every hobby store has super glue bottles with a "hypodermic needle" dispenser. Some model kits have incredibly small parts, and someone quickly capitalized on people not liking to drown their parts or glue their fingers together. Fair deal if you ask me.
Colin: Cuts off long hair, still has hair tie on wrist.
Most likely a habit.
It's still long enough to tie back
@@ScienceofLoud Manbun inc?
I got laid with that once. I cut my hair and I had one hair tie in my wallet out of habit. Was in a party and a chick was feeling sick so her friend was asking for a hair tie so she could puke without messing the hair. I got her the hair tie, we took the sick girl home and the friend came with me lol
What we're the tunes you played at the end?
I laughed my ass off when you started playing up the neck! Too funny. You refret necks exactly as I do every single time. You are meticulous and rightly so. I can see that you know what you're doing. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Used this video and refretted a $100 multiscale Harley Benton with some new gold frets. Totally worth it. Thank you sir!
It's worth mentioning that the nut may need to be changed after a refret. Great video once again!
Superglue and baking soda to the rescue :)
@@COL321 that's more of a quick solution, than it is a permanent one. Usually, when you refret your guitar you will have to change the nut too.
@@alexisdrosopoulos why is that ?
@@christopherrodarte9822 to match the height of the new frets. The contact points of a string in a fretboard are 2. The bridge and the nut. The bridge is quite difficult to wear out, but the nut not so much. If the nut has wear and you put new frets, then the guitar will probably buzz at the first frets, because the nut was either cut for lower frets or has so much wear that the strings are way lower than they should. That's not always the case, but it's definately something to keep in mind.
@@alexisdrosopoulos Oh ok. Thanks for the info. 👍
Yay for the content! Booo for the haircut!!
Don't lie, you still think I'm pretty
@@ScienceofLoud Of course you're pretty, but you deserve a bollocking for choosing a haircut that makes you look like a Hogwarts Quidditch player.
Yeah horrific barnet. 80s stockbroker look.
Good haircut. Still to long though. 0.5 mm or zilch would be devastating to some viewers. xD
You look like an extra from Dawson’s Creek. In the late 90’s you would have had your ass kicked showing up anywhere near the totally straight and not attracted to you High School football team.
The tricks I have found for getting super glue into extremely tight places is to for starters use a very thin super glue. Second use the whip tips that are thin and flexible and come in extremely thin sizes. The other thing that can help is to wet the surface with a solvent like Lacquer Thinner or Acetone. These are thinning agents for most super glues. But in this situation it helps wick and further thin the superglue into the area you want it to go.
"With the bare minimum tools" *proceeds to have every bloody tool necessary for a refreting*
If they’re all necessary, isn’t that still the bare minimum?
@@Slickdick99 You’re right. Lmao
This is bare minimum. Colin doesn't even have fret clamps or a fret press in this vid. Poor guy's goin all Medieval on this Warlock.
HMMMMMMMMMMM....... *noted*
Lol
I have lovely flash backs from the "will it shred" videos, even the masking tape is the same colour !
I've got a little surprise for Patreon that you might like.
Originally was going to be in here, but I ran out of time to get it done.
@@ScienceofLoud 😮
It was cool of you to throw in a Li'l Wayne solo at the beginning there.
Lmao. Tragic.
gotta love how in premieres, everybody's in the live chat so i'm using this opportunity to say:
Hi Colin! Love ya man, keep it up!
Thank you! Much appreciated.
@@ScienceofLoud hey just a suggestion, you should totally do a video with Glenn Fricker from SMG, He's like an angrier you!
@@antonarcilla2046 I always love working with Glenn. I'm sure we'll be doing more together in the future
@@ScienceofLoud how is this done to a les paul style guitar that has binding and a set neck?
The haircut makes it a little easier to imagine you in a mad scientist's coat/goggles/gloves getup. Which popped into my head as you mentioned the "project you have planned," towards the end.
Just saying.
Nice work, also 👌
The more I understand how guitars are made, the more willing I am to spend that little bit more to compensate for the work that goes into it, even with all these tools, it's still a hard process
Aye. Toss a coin to your luthier.
Yeah but no one will spend more time on a guitar for the money you pay than a luthier. Even expensive guitars.
This comment was made possible by RUclips algorithm
All hail the glorious algorithm!
Lol
Can't believe you did all that work and gave that guitar a whole new lease of life and all the while making out like it was beyond your skill set! I'd be super happy if a professional luthier did that for my guitar!
For those not familiar with the scottish accent: don't worry, he's not failing, he's filing. ; )
Ahhh the sounds of my youth. I had forgotten the soothing symphony of high gain fret buzz.
8:27
"otherwise we'd sleece ooer hands to pissies"
A+ Accent, its like watching Hellboy 2 and the "Focused" scene
I watch you do this and think back to watching Leroy Jethro Gibbs build a boat on NCIS. Zero power tools. Just him, his hands, and the boat. It's not about the ends. It's all about him, his hands, and the craft. This is beautiful to watch.
Lads and lassies, this is a ton of work to do, never mind to film and edit. Gie the man a like and a comment, it's the least we can do!
Love what you do. Youve inspired me to take up fixing guitars and going to school for it. I just wanna say keep up all the great work!
Great news, I hope you enjoy learning to fix and repair guitars.
Wow, this is so cool! This channel is amazing. Between electrical knowledge, guitar knowledge, and video editing skill, CSGuitars is one of the best guitar resources I could ask for.
You should do an accent tutorial
you need to walk 500 miles and then 500 more.
@@vladv5126 lovely
@@vladv5126 why? Just to be the man who walks a 1000 miles and falls down at her door? Smh
@@pedrosilvaproductions you don't think that's a goal to strive for? It will difinitely get you haired at parties.
"few tools, and little skill". Amen brother!
I levelled and polished the frets on my knackered old bass the other month. I'm not much of a bass player as guitar is my main instrument, but the bass seemed to feel better to play when fretting the strings. It can make a big improvement!
You can use any wood glue (pva, titebond, even liquid hide or fish) to glue the frets in. It's more than enough in terms of adhesion and it's way, way easier to clean and manage than superglue. Not to mention it'd make a future refret easier too. Just a lil tip for anyone interested.
These videos are not only super interesting but super educational too. Great work buddy!
Our pawn shop always has a couple of these, all of which need a fret job. It is like their QC is just make them pointy so unsuspecting kids will buy them... The mid and higher end BC Rich are fine, but the Bronze series is shite IMHO.
I do my own fret leveling, but have yet to refret a neck.
Feeling inspired. Headed to StewMac. Thank you, Colin!
Tapping and then pulling out frets from the side is also a good technique, especially on ebony boards which are much more prone to tear-out/chipping than rosewood, maple, etc.
Also, adding a shallow 'v' to the top of each slot with a triangular file will make fret reinsertion/future fret removal an easier task (they'll go in and come out more easily, but be no less secure while in place).
Wow what a great video of the process. Very inspiring, thank you!
For somebody without experience the result is pretty darn awesome! Great video as always
dammit, I just finished my first fret job but I had to look all over the internet to collect the information presented concisely here. Nice vid. U rock.
I'm glad I could collate that information into something that may prove useful in the future.
Colin!
Shawbucker vs EMG vs Duncan vs Fishman vs Bareknuckle vs Filtertron
Protip - Acetone dissolves superglue, and is a lifesaver for cleaning up superglue spills on fretboards.
Thanks mate! Helped me put when my cousin spilled superglue everywhere lol
Colin: You want to be haired
Also Colin: *cuts off hair*
Oh my god
As someone who recently started learning about modding, repairing, and building guitars, these Axe from the Grave videos give me the confidence and the know-how to keep going! Such awesome videos!
Neat trick with the soldering iron, must remember this, cheers Colin.
After cutting the fret ends to the wanted angle, you can speed the finishing process and rounding by using a coarse sanding sponge and GENTLY running it lightly at the correct angle up and down the neck. Yes intuitively you would think it would mangle the fretboard, but it won't and it puts a beautiful round end on them.
I keep coming back this video. I'm obsessed with refretting videos. My guitar needs new frets, though it's not nearly this bad.
Trank you very much for this Great Tutorial!
Most likely the original frets were made of cheap metal, putting quality frets on will make a significant difference to the sound of the guitar, I know I've done it myself
True, the original frets deformed under the brass hammer. It's really no surprise they'd worn as unevenly as this.
I have a guitar on which the strings literally started to dig in the frets and make deep marks in them because of how cheap they are. I wish I knew how to refret myself but I'm too inexperienced and I've already modified that guitar to hell already.
Thanks for this. I'm gonna be doing frets for the first time on my firebird build and this makes me feel more confident about it.
You're an amazing craftsman, entertainer, educator and musician!
I've done this. You did a brilliantly clean meticulously crafted refret.
Great music tech tutorial. Love your work. I particularly like the no mojo, science and pragmatic aproach to your.
The best thing about these is how well you present information, im definately going to note some while im making my guitar for my school exam
In relation to the super glue not going into the fretboard slots. The standard size of the glue bottle is the same as the standard size of a syringe. So you can put any size of syringe needle directly on to the bottle, allowing direct application into very tight locations.
Dude, I’ve watched so many videos before doing my first complete refret, and I really wish I would have started with yours! Short, sweet, detailed, and to the point! I’m halfway done now, all the frets are in and cut down, I just need to file them flat, bevel the edges, crown and polish them, and I’ll be done. Trying to do it without buying a bunch of new files, but I might have to buy a few. I did one test fret with random files I had laying around, and it didn’t go great. I mean, it’s pretty much there, but it took a lot of time, and I filed into the binding just a little bit. Oh well, at least it’s a cheap beater epiphone and not my Martin lol.
I’ll never get tired of these types of videos by you
I received the notification from the discord group, and this video is just what I was waiting for! I've refretted my guitar and I look forward to other interesting videos!
Thanks for coming over and watching it! Glad you enjoyed it.
Colin: "This BC Rich is unplayable"
When he plays chords
Me:" You're exaggerating, Colin"
When he starts bending strings
"aight never mind, I'm sorry. You're right"
Thank you for sharing the process!
Please do more guitar repairs like this if you can!
Buy a fret press Colin, it makes refretting much easier. I did it with a hammer for years, and you might have to do some that way, but the press makes it a joy, especially fender style guitars. And a fret wire bender!
You made this daunting task approachable for a lot of us. Thanks.
About time someone did a great video on re-fretting, thanks Colin.
Amazing job bro, i need the same job in the fretboard of my guitar !!!!!
Great work...! StewMac should be proud...
CSGuitars Awesome video. If you take your guitar to a repair shop to have new frets installed, they charge you an arm and a leg because the amount of work involved is insane. I have an old guitar lying around, so I might try to change out the frets myself ... like you said, "we don't get better at a skill without practicing it.
Best refreting video on youtube. Thanks man
That was a fantastic piece of work you did. Made it look simple despite your clear level of expertise
That badly taxidermy cat head at 0:50 for that 'ree-aaww-eep" sound of that failed bend., is exactly the right visual to match that sounds. And I can't believe how I love that so much!
Thank you for such a down to earth demonstration and explanation. I have most of those tools and I wouldn’t feel frightened trying it myself.
I did a set up course at Crimson Guitars this week to learn how to do refrets and make nuts. Well worth the money! I got quite excited when I finished buffing the frets!
Awesome job Colin!
Bro, thank you for boosting my confidence in dealing with my second hand purchased guitar, a schecter omen-6. the first owner don't have any concern with the guitar, all its metal parts are fully corroded and need to be replaced. The frets are beyond the allowable height for leveling/recrowning. Since I purchase it for just $33, I will make it as a project guitar to practice my woodworking and electronic skills.
It's not that hard. I would recommend buying a fret crowning file and something to use for a sanding block (a small smooth piece of square tubing like 1" or bigger by 6-10 inches long). Use lots of tape to protect stuff and TAKE YOUR TIME! It took me 2-1/2 hours to do a very nice fret job on a guitar which needed minimal work. Pros can probably do it way faster, but it was my first try, and it came out excellent.
I found watching this a great educational tool I’m an aspiring musician and I’ve dabbled in fixing the action and intonation on my guitars now replacing tubes on an 87 fender dual reverb but my school had a guitar or two that are not to expensive but can be used to teach me how to dabble more into tech and fixing instruments with little financial consequences so thank you for making this I’ll be needing to crown file and polish frets on a Tele style guitar that should be fixed rather than thrown out because it is a great SOUNDING guitar just not a great feeling one nicking my fingers so I’ll run three the end of this vid when I get my materials thanks!!!! And Rick on dude I have a warlock myself
My brother gave me his old guitar which he bought at a pawn shop back in probably 2006-08. He had to fix the pickups and some of the frets pieces had to be hammered back into place. Overall it’s kind of a beat-up guitar, but if I ever get the money, I’d love to at least have the fret pieces fixed since there are dead spots and the high E often gets caught on one of the higher pieces sticking out. I never knew the fretboard could affect the playing that much! (I’m still new with guitar) I knew that I was kinda sucky, but it always just seemed like the sound was off and the bass strings would buzz and the treble strings sounded off, I don’t know. Anyway, nice video!
You did a superb job! Well done as always, Colin! Cheers!
Excellent work, and great playing, too!
Wow the job you did with those basic minimal tools was amazing!
I had fret sprout develop on an Epi Les Paul Prophecy. Tried a few first aid tricks and ended up having it completely refretted and a bone nut installed. That took it from a decent guitar to a great daily driver. Like your Warlock, it felt and played like a completely different guitar.
Absolutely brilliant video - I've got to refret a guitar soon and have never done it before. I have near enough the exact same amount of tools as you, so now have a guide that's plenty good enough for me.
Good luck!
Excellent video. Possibly playing with a clean tone initially might better reveal any problems - may not sound as 'rawk' but no issues would be masked by the gain/distortion.
everytime i see someone leveling frets i remember why my guitars sound like shit and why i won't do something about it. nice video
A rotary tool, like Dremel, with a little cut-off wheel works really well to grind the tang down quickly.
Hell yeah! Love to see the project! Maybe something I can do with my Warlock.
Beautiful job brother
All that hard work for a guitar that looks like that.
But in all seriousness. That fretboard looks so good afterwards. Good job man.
Measure all the frets for height. Make a diagram showing the height of each fret. Determine fret height need ed to allow leveling and recrowning. Get fret wire with the same profile as that on the guitar. Pull only those that are to low to be leveled and recrouned. Install new frets, level and crown.
Stellar work mate.
One might expect that expensive guitar brands would all do leveling at the factory but I have found that not always to be the case. I get when entry level guitars don't get that kind of treatment but when an expensive guitar brand doesn't do this it annoys me.
Woah ! Until I heard the "miaow" sounds I did not think it was possible
this is a great video for beginners! Thank you for this. Are you going to do another refret with stainless steel? Always interested in finding budget ways to cut stainless steel
Damn, you made this look easy. Nicely done.
Can't fault your method, great job!
Just what I've been looking for. Except I'm buying precut and bent Fender wire for my strat rebuild project. Thanks.
Wow I am impressed. Very nice work! You should be proud! This is a very informative and entertaining video. Thank you!, Colin!
StewMac tools are great quality, but insanely expensive. I found it funny that you were complaining about not having tools, while showing you have some of the best, lol. Not bashing you at all. I love your videos and you are very very good at what you do and have helped me a lot.....i just had to poke at you a bit :P
Thank you for this. I've learned at lot. Cheers. (you also wore your "frets" pants, nice)
Great video! Loved watching it. I've started to man up and do some work on my guitars and cables instead of getting someone else to do it so this was really useful!
Well for a rank amateur job: that looked pretty good to me! I'm a newb too.. Done a few re-frets and built a couple of kit guitars. Couldn't see anything offensive in that one. And I'm a critical synical old git. Nice job!
I love how aggressively Scottish is your accent. Amazing