ZiKi Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 I have a neck that i want to refret, its a strat neck. What tools will i need, how much will it cost and how hard is it? I would like to get into guitar repair and stuff and this helps me in the long run. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 fretting is the most detail oriented and most important part in the playability of your guitar,as far as i am concerned...i would say it is damn near impossible to do a really great job on the first attempt.. it took me about 3 guitars to finally start to "get it"...but i still have problems with my latest...it is a good fretting job but a poor crowning and polishing job...my first fret was a nightmare...i had to shave off about 1/8 of the height of some of those frets just to level them with the others...the ALOT of work recrowning and polishing...but now it is a great playing guitar...because i went back over it after i started to "get it" on a few other guitars... i think brian has a tutorial on refretting on the main site...follow it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiefletcher Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 I just got a few blank pieces of Pine ( yesh i know its not the right wood ) radiused them and practised fretting on them until I got it. That was using Brians Tut on the main site. Wes is right its something you just cant do straight out which is why I used the pine for practise. once I felt confident enought I went for it proper and had already learnt most of what can go wrong with the pine that cost me about $5. hell of a lot cheaper than working on any guitar neck! But I'm glad now that I did!! try it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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