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mm66554

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  1. Hi, do you think it's a better idea, as a guitar building noob, to buy and upgrade a pickup such as this: http://www.ebay.co.u...=item27c8b54cf9 or making one from scratch? Reverse-engineering is intuitive, but I want to concentrate most on the overall sound. From what I understand it's the type of magnet and winding which affects tone of a pickup, so technically it should be OK to use the plastic parts of a cheaper pickup? Is there any possibility of the pickup in the link actually sounding good? Would is contain weak plastic/bad wires do you think? Thanks.
  2. Thanks, I managed to find some on Amazon by searching those brand names posted ^ (and also just realised I could've enlarged the image on Stew Mac's version and seen the brand name printed on the side ) Fine Coarse Still gonna check around to see if I can find them cheaper.
  3. http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Fretting_suppl...t_Levelers.html I need the 400 and 800 grit ones. Tried searching "abrasive block", "diamond sharpening block" etc etc but none of them are the same. Thanks.
  4. It's a Jackson neck. I bought the guitar in 2006. So there are two ways to go about fixing the chips (without replacing FB): a. Buy a router + bits, cut around the fingerboard and install binding. Then replace the frets (or take out + clean the old ones). or b. Fill in the chips and sand a curve in the fingerboard (to compensate for the smaller marks). Then re-stain. I will try b first, in fact, I filled in the chips with 20 grade superglue + rosewood dust today. While doing that I noticed some dents on the top surface of the fingerboard which I guess I bought the guitar with. Filled those in too. Tomorrow I will sand them flat, then sand a small curve in between each fret to smooth everything out. If this fails then I can try plan a. I made a bevelling file today... was easy, 34 degree angle. Gave me the idea to use my circular saw for the fret press insert slot. Maybe I can then clamp the wood which holds it tight from the sides and it will push the frets in straight if I need to use it again (hoping a hammer will be OK next time). I hope it turns out good. I enjoy modifying guitars (or thinking of future builds) almost as much as playing them. Will post update pix tomorrow to see what you guys think. Thanks for the tips.
  5. 1. The frets are in tight, they won't move. I superglued them. It's just that they're not all sitting flat on the fingerboard. I can get my nail under some, but I can't pull them out with it. 2. I have a fret file I think: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Fretting_suppl...ssing_File.html 3. I'll try get a cheap file and modify it. 4. Would it be possible to fill in the gaps with something... I have a small container full of rosewood dust I kept from another project. Some of the chips are almost 1mm deep. Maybe I can mix the rosewood dust with something and use it as a filler, then sand and re-stain the fretboard?
  6. So you file it with the sloped side resting on your frets? Would you need to precision file the fret ends after manually to make sure they're not pocking over the FB, or would the bevelling file do the job on its own? I have a circular saw (which I think can do angles), and I bought a fret bevelling file (without the wood) from Stewmac because I was going to make one... but stupidly thought I could do it manually better. Edit: I was looking at the link when posting about the sloped side against frets, which seems easier to make with just a circular saw (when cutting the slot for the file).
  7. Don't laugh. I've been trying to refret my guitar for like a year now (took long for the tools to arrive). I only bought the tools I though were compulsory... files and stuff. But I didn't buy a fret bevelling file 'cos it was too expensive (hell I would have probably failed with that too). Buying a fret press was out of the question. I used this: I didn't even have a tool to cut a correct size slot... so I used a file which was slightly bigger. The radiused brass thing only felt firm till it actually was in use; it pressed all the frets in bent. And here's the worst part... no matter what I did, every time I filed the angle in the frets and tried to make them smooth the the FB, the file would rip through any tape I used and dig into the fretboard. I only noticed how bad this was after taking all the masking tape off. How people do this I have no clue. Maybe the reason my frets were never smooth was because they weren't pushed in correctly. Maybe it's the fact that I didn't use a bevelling file and went with downward motions with a normal dressing file. Or maybe I'm just crap at this, either way, behold, the worst fret job you've seen: So as you can tell I'm in urgent need of help. I completely messed up by frets and fretboard on this guitar = really angry and sad. Have no idea where to go from here. I wish there was an easy way to do this, I love the idea of refurbishing old guitar and building my own but that will probably never happen.
  8. 1). Is it vital to ensure the fret ends are flush with the fretboard by filing them as close as possible to smoothness, before starting the dressing process (filing in the curves)? 2). On a combo radius neck, while using a 16" long flat metal levelling block and approximately 400 grit sandpaper, what is the best movement for levelling the frets? I'm thinking doing half from the nut side, then half from the neck joint side and blending in the middle. Of course I'll be using a marker pen as well. Thanks.
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