I just bought a cheap strat on ebay so that i could try out defretting a guitar. But i haven't found too many tutorials on the internet about how to do it. I saw that people used fret pullers. Do i HAVE to use those? Can't i just heat p the fret and pull it out with pliers or something? Next, What can i use to fill the frets? And lastly, when i sand the fretboard, can i use whatever grain of sandpaper that gets the job done? I've scalloped before so ive done life altering things like this before.