Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on September 13, 2009 at 2:49pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z9_pr7ntwk

Jkevn said:

I keep thinking about that "T" shape, if you saw 1/2 -way through the neck, the fret wire will still sit at the same height. I've made a mark on my miter saw that I thought would be the trick, but depth (levelness) is still a problem.

How are y'all seating the fret wire? If you say a special tool I'm gonna just cry or something...

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Tres Seaver on September 13, 2009 at 3:27pm

Diane said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z9_pr7ntwk

That video was really helpful -- I just "rescued" my earlier first attempts at fretting by starting a new fingerboard and using stock fret wire, following Big Daddy's directions. Amazingly better than the earlier attempts, although I still need to get the nack of smoothing out the edges better.

Before:

After:

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by StarGeezers on September 14, 2009 at 1:15am

For smoothing the edges , we take a small CHEAP 3 cornered file from the Hdwe. and round /smooth the corners , so there are only teeth' on the flat areas... That way when you're rounding the fret ends , the smooth part of the file rides on the fretboard and does no damage to the wood... tedious work , but really improves the Comfort factor , when you're playing ...
You can buy them from stewmac , but much cheaper to make your own ... http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Fretting_supplies/Shaping_and_crowning/...

for seating frets a cheap dead blow hammer works fine ... plastic face please ...

• ▶ Reply

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• 2
• 3
• Next ›
• Page