relaxandreflect Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 i am new here and am working on refinishing my first guitar (bass). is this a fret puller? if the link doesn't work, it is a Channellock 10" Concretor Nippers with Grips from lowe's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Hmm... it looks similar to the one Brian sells, first item: http://www.universaljems.com/cart/tools.htm the prices are close if you don't count s+h. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relaxandreflect Posted April 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 yeah, i saw universal jems on ebay. are the jaws supposed to be able to come together all the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 nippers are NOT suitable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relaxandreflect Posted April 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 nippers are NOT suitable is it because they would cut off the bottom of the frets? i'm not questioning your answer, just want to know the workings. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rhoads56 Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 A fret puller is a end nipper which has had the face ground down making it able to cut very flush to the surface of the fretboard. ... and the back of the blades have also been "thinned" to allow easier fret pulling, and less chipping. I would buy the proper one from stewmac, save you a lot of trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 I am still using the Fret Cutters that I got from Stew Mac to pull frets. Although I recently bought a tool that I'm gonna file down that will be equivalent to the fret pullers that Stew Mac sells. I got mine from Sears, it looks identical to the Stew Mac one, except the face isn't surface ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 i am new here and am working on refinishing my first guitar (bass). is this a fret puller? if the link doesn't work, it is a Channellock 10" Concretor Nippers with Grips from lowe's Actually those are what they use for the Fret Cutters, same brand Channel Lock, or at least the one from Stew Mac was. Again you'll still have to do some work to it to get it the way you need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 Actually I think these 7" Channel Lock End Nippers is what they use, I'll check when I get home today. This is the set I bought. The third one in the picture is what I bought it for. All I need to do is ground down the nippers on it. But I just checked Stew Mac's website and they have the fret pullers for 22 dollars now. So, I'm more than likely gonna buy them myself.. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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