You're very welcome! I have been changed in attitude and approach after this venture... It was definitely unnerving to even think about trying it beforehand... But now after it has been done, I find that I am more willing to think I can do these types of things. The limitations are now probably in my overall experience and lack of specialized tools. Some of those tools can be expensive. But even if I had a few of them, there is always some other thing that you would have to be worked out. One of those being, where to put everything. One day I would like to have a workshop dedicated to just guitar building. Life is exciting, anything is possible... Thanks for commenting and may you be blessed with calm assurance to do these things too... I appreciate your viewership... Come back again!
I worked at Kiesel for about 5 years. One trick I learned was put a small notch in a flat soldering iron tip and that helps the soldering iron stay on the fret as you move it back and forth across the fret. Of course you can only really use that tip for this but, if you have to do it somewhat often it’s super helpful.
Just a tip: you shouldn't really pull the fret out using the fret puller like you seemed to be doing here, that can cause more damage and chip out (I guess you were quite lucky if it didn't). Instead you should basically just gently go along the fret from one end to the next and let it lift up by simply gently closing the "jaws" of the fret puller so they get under the fret edges while keeping them as flush and as straight to the fretboard as possible. Only when the whole fret is lifted like that it should be "pulled" out (well it will essentially be out at that point anyway).
I really liked your video. It was fun and I enjoyed watching your process. Thanks for sharing! I would like to see more of your "brave" repair moments.
Thanks for being brave enough to do this! I am persistent like you and I am currently trying to do fret leveling on my own CV 50s Tele... Merry Christmas, and good luck with your project!😊
Kudos to you! You can do it! I am glad that you are working things out with your CV 50's Tele. It makes me feel good that I have perhaps inspired something in you. I just finished the re-fret, level, and dressing of mine, and while in the process, I took #0000 steel wool and used it to make the fretboard a super smooth satin while polishing those new frets. I did this to cover up some very minor cosmetic marring that I created in the process. However, with these new frets, and a satin finish on the fretboard, I honestly feel like it's better than when it was factory. Romans 8:28! I'll be making another video summing up the project soon... Stay blessed and Happy Holidays!
I ordered a Warmoth short scale - 24.75” Gibson scale length neck and I LOVE IT. Makes it easier to play - it’s satin finished. You just need a fret end file from StewMac with a safety edge on it that won’t ruin the fretboard.
Another tip for you, if the frets you're switching to have a crown of the same or wider width than the ones being removed, you can gently score along the edges of the frets before removing them. This will help to prevent any chip out from going beyond that line and not being covered up by the frets to be installed. Also, it helps to use a three sided file to put a very small chamfer on each side of the fret slots after removal. It will make installing the new ones easier, as well as prevent chip out if you were to ever refret it again in the future.
Great tip! I did some of that, but as I continue to see how others are doing this, I see that there are a lot of additional preparation steps that I could have done before and after getting the old frets out and before installing the new frets. I ordered a curved blade scapel for scoring as you described, and it worked nicely where I had to score the lacquer. Thankfully, this whole job went okay and worked perfectly in the end... I'm going to be bringing the final makeover video out soon... And hopefully I won't have to refret this exact guitar ever again. Thans again and stay blessed!
Hi Raymond, nice vid, but if you go into your logi cam settings and turn off autofocus and slide the manual focus slider full left, you will no longer have the focus problems.
Amazing tip! You're great... I went in there and tried it, and yes, it worked perfectly... Thank you so much! I am really new at this, and all these things add up to better content. I appreciate it!
I love your shirt! I teach biblical Hebrew. Just so others know: Jesus' name is actually a combination of a couple of words - Yhvh Yoshiah or Yhvh saves. May you be blessed!
Thank you, Michael! It is wonderful to know the things of God that arise out of His Word. The name is actually hidden in Scripture hundreds of years before the advent of Christ in Isaiah 12:2. Yeshua means: Jehovah has become our Salvation (or Yahweh Saves). The Hebrew is hidden there behind the English Transliteration and it's YESUAH (יְשׁוּעָה)! Thanks for commenting, I appreciate your solidarity! Stay blessed and keep the faith! In Jesus name, amen! God is good!
That’s why I don’t use a file. If one fret is really bad I’ll fix it by itself, but I use a sanding black and rip it up and down the edge a few times and I’m usually good lol
Hey Tommy, thanks for watching... Wow I have learned so much on this journey. I actually had great success with the total refret on this one and I converted the fretboard to a matt finish. This Squier CV is such a pleasure to play now!
Just another tip: You might want to score along both sides of the frets with an x-acto knife first. Refer to frame 10:10 in the video as it looks like several hunks of your clear coat being chipped out.
Yes, I tried that in a few places, but still had some minor chip-out of the finish as you pointed out. I used a curved edged scalpel ahead of the extraction process but didn't seem to see it doing anything... I'm not sure if the finish on this one was done before or after the fretwork... Overall, the marring was very minimal. I eventually worked on the fretboard and converted it to satin finish which removed most of those imperfections... the new frets covered a lot of that blemished area too... I will be bringing a video out soon showing the final product... I've learned so much... All of the comments have been so helpful... NEXT TIME I'll be better equipped! Thanks again, stay blessed!
Softer frets on the budget models is something I have worried about since the 1980's when I first played an Epiphone Les Paul and noticed the frets gouging on the wound strings while I was just playing casually in the store. The real Gibsons in the store did not gouge with the same amount of bending. Stratosphere is great- you can assemble a great guitar buying a Mexican body and adding a US made American Performer or Professional 2 neck and electronics ala carte.
Nice video Raymond... but even nicer perhaps if you talk to the camera not to yourself on the screen... just makes the watcher feel more spoken to I think. Good work Mark..............
Yes, thanks for pointing that out... I've only recently discovered the extreme differences in the huge array of guitar components out there... I think if it's a revelation to me, perhaps someone else out there would benefit from my thoughts and discoveries too... hopefully it will help someone... thanks for your insight, stay blessed!
Hell yeah them fender necks are the shit and no scarf joints just a very hard/durable 1 piece rock hard Canadian neck. My Tele parts caster had an accident I put on a nice guitar stand and it tipped over right on to the concrete and it did not break nor get dinged. If that accident happened on a set mahogany neck Gibbo style guitar either the neck or headstock would of broke.
I have a CV 50's Tele the butterscotch one I love most everything about it My only serious problem is the absolute baseball bat of a neck. It is just too thick for me.
@@RaymondLandis I bought it brand new a couple years ago. It is made in Indonesia I am pretty sure. It was on a big sale so it probably had been setting around for a while. I honestly don't know how thick real 50's Tele necks were. Mine may be accurate. I can't make up my mind do I want to buy a different neck for it, learn how to reshape the one that's on it or just leave it like it is and hope my hands get used to it.
They are just pure crap frets. Had my player strat for just hours and frets were dented and spots of fret outs everywhere. I haven’t seen that since my very first cheap acoustic I learned on. Nice neck but for that reason I wouldn’t give another dime for one. All of my higher end guitars and not do high end no dents after years.
I think you're on to something regarding the real quality of the fret metal... It makes me wonder how the re-fretted neck will hold up. The replacement frets that I purchased came from Fender; and they were labeled "Standard." So, if they're better than the Indonesian frets that were originally on that neck, maybe the re-fretted neck will be an upgrade that endures better (as long as I get the fret job done right). For me, though, I don't gig anymore to any rigorous level, so I'm easy on my instruments. But a working musician would notice that quickly. Very good observation! Thanks for the insight...
YESHUA haMashiach! Just make sure brother that you're not taking Rom. 8:28 out of context. I do have a question though. If you're spending all this time, effort, and money; wouldn't it be more wise or prudent to just buy the higher quality real thing? Just a thought. God bless.
Praise the Lord! Thanks for commenting! I believe that God is interested in our endeavors... and He wants to bless us in so many ways... If our efforts are wholesome, He moves mountains for us... Romans 8:28 has been a lifeline to me and my family, and a comfort in so many ways... thankfully, He seems to be proving this again. The thing that has been so wonderful about all these projects, is that they have been therapeutic to me. I needed this at such a time as this... I do have a couple really nice guitars already there, but working on others has been a blessing... May the Lord continue to be in it, amen! Stay blessed and Happy New Year ✨️
Yes, that's so true! My real goal is to be able to enjoy this all and come up with something that is unique and better than it was before. I never thought that I would like to do this so much... It's kind of addictive in a way. Now my wife wants to help me with a parts-caster build... She's going to do a custom paint job on another S-style body for me soon! This should be fun!
Question: Why do so many people take stuff apart not knowing what they are doing whatsoever ? If you don't know what you are doing, JUST LEAVE IT ALONE ! !
That's how we learn... It's also an irresistible urge that cannot be satisfied unless tried out! I believe that I am better equipped now than I was before after delving into this one... No significant loss, only positive gains! Thanks for commenting!
Yeah, this one turned out to be all gain! I'll be back with a video describing the total makeover soon... Hopefully you'll come back and see that one... Stay blessed!
