Mickguard Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Sorry guys, don't mean to flood the board with my questions, but... As long as I'm re-building the Rocket, I want to 'fix' the neck too. It has jumbo frets and I really hate them. I much prefer lower, flatter, skinnier frets (like the old Gibson style, or even Fender style). I'm wondering which makes most sense to do: should I reshape the existing frets, using the tools I have here, or should I try to refret the guitar. I've never done any fretting or fretwork, so I figure either one will give me experience working with that --although I'll practice on a different neck first anyway. It's a rosewood fretboard, unbound, by the way. For new frets, I have a coil of wire that I like here. I can also re-use frets off the beater fretboards I have here. And I have a coil of jumbo wire I bought by accident--I'll be using that for practicing. What's your opinion on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova9 Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 Sorry guys, don't mean to flood the board with my questions, but... As long as I'm re-building the Rocket, I want to 'fix' the neck too. It has jumbo frets and I really hate them. I much prefer lower, flatter, skinnier frets (like the old Gibson style, or even Fender style). I'm wondering which makes most sense to do: should I reshape the existing frets, using the tools I have here, or should I try to refret the guitar. I've never done any fretting or fretwork, so I figure either one will give me experience working with that --although I'll practice on a different neck first anyway. It's a rosewood fretboard, unbound, by the way. For new frets, I have a coil of wire that I like here. I can also re-use frets off the beater fretboards I have here. And I have a coil of jumbo wire I bought by accident--I'll be using that for practicing. What's your opinion on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanb Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 I agree. The refret seems like an easier and better solution. Unbound rosewood is an easy case to start with too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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