no all neck will be messed during polishing you use tape to cover it from sandpaper otherwise you will touch wood and be not beautiful, beside are avaible metal covers for polishing
@@timhitt9541well you need a proper work bench work space and even decent luthier tools are anything but cheap but do you bro. unless you plan on starting your own shop or have a ton of guitars that might need refretting in the future its easier to just have it done especially if you have nice guitars.
I'm satisfied knowing that I can't do this and there is someone with the skill that can. My "fault" is finding someone I trust with my dad's 1966 ES-335TDC
But it's so worth connecting with your instrument on this level. But I feel ya.. if you don't trust yourself doing it, or if you don't have the time to do it correctly it's best to let the pros do it.
@@SixStringSlinger1I’m not gonna lie man, I just wanna play it. I doubt artists have any interest in learning how to make paper or make homemade ink. Most chefs aren’t trying to make their own knives
I’d love to make a guitar but every time I think about making a neck I reconsider. Hard to make it perfectly symmetrical and if you mess up it’s done. And the frets sound like they would suck. I can cut out a guitar shape in wood but the neck not so much.
@@podomussfair point! But a lot of artists will replace their inks, or maintain their brushes when they get messy and old. That's all this is- maintenance taken to the extreme! I agree though, I don't have the patience to do it myself. It's worth every penny getting an expert to do it.
it's a good fret replacement, but not great firstly, the edge of the fret leg is not cut off, when the wood continues to dry out, this leg will begin to bulge and scratch the palm. thank God there is no patterned piping on the fretboard. secondly, the edge of the fret is not rounded in the shape of a droplet, which will also give a huge amount of unforgettable sensations to your palm in the future.
You are very good at your work Tanya! You have as much skill if not more than people who have been doing this for decades. I’ve been doing this work for 35 years and I can say you are doing everything the way most good luthiers would. You are a natural at this. I can’t wait to see your first build of your own guitar. Best wishes from the U.S.
This is "The Best" In A Nutshell presentation EVER on the proper way to refret. Many luthiery school grads. working at stores don't have proper technique. Thanks!
I don't know much about guitars other than where the food goes in and where it comes out but it sure does look like you know what you're doing and have an outstanding eye for detail and perfection.
You sanded and polished all the history and character right off and out of that instrument. Looks brand new though. Maybe that's what the owner wanted.
Crazy how I googled refret job for a, now cheap, modded Ibanez RG320FM and this pops up. I've been thinking about doing it myself. I want stainless steel frets. You made this look so easy! Nice job!
Idk if you read comments but you motivated me to do this to my Ibanez. I'm using a different guitar to understand the steps and I'm almost done with it now. I just need to crown the frets and polish them and clean the fretboard a little and I'll be done. I was quoted $400-600 to do this in San Diego. All total, it cost me about $250 I'd say. Maybe $300 if you add consumables like extra sandpaper for the tools I got. Really was not hard at all. Idk why people make it sound difficult to do.
Wow! You got some mad skills. Refreting is the only guitar task I didn`t do yet... some day I´ll do it. But you must have refreted hundreds of guitars, you are a master, kudos!
It's unnecessary because the leveling beam is big enough that it physically cannot get past the frets to the fretboard and the dressing files have safe edges which you rest on the wood.
I worked as an apprentice for a master guitar technician and he told me to never glue frets in. It makes it extremely difficult to repair later on. He had a tool that would crimp the bottom of the fret so they would stay in
your guy was full of shit. As long as you apply heat to the frets (which you should be doing regardless) you won't even notice if there was glue in there. Also glue helps consolidate poorly cut fret slots, which somehow still happens all the time in production guitars.
@@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG It mostly translates just fine, at least in instances like this one, but some people just don't understand sarcasm and take everything literally. (Not judging, just stating facts.)
Just came across this wonderful video not only is it highly educational to guitar players But it also is so relaxing to watch and to listen too Thank you for sharing
Problem is, you eventually start to lose wood with the constant sanding. It'll eventually compromise the guitar neck and it'll become worthless/useless
Just set mine on a neck I’m building really validated my process I kinda just winged it on, don’t have quite all the tools but I think it came out good. thank you for the reference to refine my skills.
