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Fret Wear, Worried about my frets

Boson View Member Profile	Oct 12 2010, 09:30 PM
Oct 12 2010, 09:30 PM	Learning Apprentice Player Posts: 477 Joined: 28-September 08 From: Asturias	Have noticed that the frets on my Brian Moore are flat on top. Not across the whole fretboard but mainly the three high strings between about 5th and 14th frets. Exactly where most of my bending takes place I guess. I have played the guitar for 2/3 hours every day for the last year or so. I use Ernie ball 9's so heavy strings are not the issue. Is this degree of wear normal? Am I fretting too hard maybe? Does anyone know how easy a fret redress is? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- "Better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep"

stratman79 View Member Profile	Oct 12 2010, 10:19 PM
Oct 12 2010, 10:19 PM	Learning Rock Star Posts: 228 Joined: 11-November 09	This is normal. I bought a cheap squire and whilst it was a really nice guitar wore the frets out in 12 months. Fret dressing is a tricky job. You need at least a fret rocker level and a fret dressing tool. Prob a 2 foot straight edge as well. And as soon as you recrown one you have to adjust all the rest. Any decent luthier will be able to do it with there eyes closed...well not quite but it's not a big deal. Reckon you'll be looking at £75 or so... but I'd get a pro set up while your there!! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

thefireball View Member Profile	Oct 12 2010, 11:01 PM
Oct 12 2010, 11:01 PM	Learning Roadie Posts: 4.537 Joined: 9-March 10 From: United States, Arkansas	Yeah, I noticed my guitars sort of have fret wear. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- YouTube - A Place For Melodic Guitarists Instagram - Behind the Music Analyzed Within - My Christian Metal Band

slash48 View Member Profile	Oct 13 2010, 02:18 AM
Oct 13 2010, 02:18 AM	GMC:er Posts: 148 Joined: 7-August 08	I don't have much to say but I do know that a lot of people have chosen stainless steel frets, Which are incredibly durable. Good luck. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! --------------------

fkalich View Member Profile	Oct 13 2010, 02:35 AM
Oct 13 2010, 02:35 AM	GMC:er Posts: 2.789 Joined: 12-February 07 From: People's Republic of Lawrence Kansas	QUOTE (Boson @ Oct 12 2010, 03:30 PM) Have noticed that the frets on my Brian Moore are flat on top. Not across the whole fretboard but mainly the three high strings between about 5th and 14th frets. Exactly where most of my bending takes place I guess. I have played the guitar for 2/3 hours every day for the last year or so. I use Ernie ball 9's so heavy strings are not the issue. Is this degree of wear normal? Am I fretting too hard maybe? Does anyone know how easy a fret redress is? You are not talking about a neck with a graduated radius are you? A lot are like that, flatter at top, more curve at bottom. I don't know about that guitar. I played guitars more than that, and no fret wear that I can tell. So maybe you have a graduated radius, and just now noticed. My Parker has a neck like that. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

stratman79 View Member Profile	Oct 13 2010, 02:47 PM
Oct 13 2010, 02:47 PM	Learning Rock Star Posts: 228 Joined: 11-November 09	parker frets don't wear out. most frets have some sort of nickle in to make them workable. are you getting a lot of buzzing? it may cause very slight intonation problems but i doubt it, does it bother you? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Boson View Member Profile	Oct 13 2010, 09:35 PM
Oct 13 2010, 09:35 PM	Learning Apprentice Player Posts: 477 Joined: 28-September 08 From: Asturias	The guitar wasnt cheap it is meant to be a quality guitar, but all of a sudden it sounds awful! Trying to get any sort of a note on the high E string is just impossible it just sounds dead and awful. The frets have toatally flattened insted of being rounded so they do not ring properly. The strat copy that I bought on ebay for £21 sound better at the moment! I love the versitility of this guitar but am disappointed that this has happened so quickly. A refret it is I think! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- "Better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep"

Jasonius View Member Profile	Oct 18 2010, 07:40 PM
Oct 18 2010, 07:40 PM	GMC:er Posts: 35 Joined: 31-July 10 From: Canada	QUOTE (stratman79 @ Oct 12 2010, 09:19 PM) This is normal. I bought a cheap squire and whilst it was a really nice guitar wore the frets out in 12 months. Fret dressing is a tricky job. You need at least a fret rocker level and a fret dressing tool. Prob a 2 foot straight edge as well. And as soon as you recrown one you have to adjust all the rest. Any decent luthier will be able to do it with there eyes closed...well not quite but it's not a big deal. Reckon you'll be looking at £75 or so... but I'd get a pro set up while your there!! I would take Stratman's advise and do a fret level and dressing first. The files to do the job are expensive and it's probably not worth buying them yourself just for one job. If Stratman can wear out a set of frets in 12 months, I think he should be buying the tools. Then again, it's probably cheaper to buy another Squier! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

stratman79 View Member Profile	Oct 18 2010, 10:09 PM
Oct 18 2010, 10:09 PM	Learning Rock Star Posts: 228 Joined: 11-November 09	It get played most of every day as its my teaching guitar but the frets on these cheap squires are super soft, they're not worn out but worn down... I do have the tools because I was interested in learning (and have done a couple of builds) but I still wouldn't do it on an expensive guitar. The great thing about those cheap squires is they're almost disposable, once one gets a problem chuck it out and buy a new one. @ BOSON I don't know what model it is maybe you should drop them an email. Get some super jumbo ones put in You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Ivan Milenkovic View Member Profile	Oct 19 2010, 06:57 PM
Oct 19 2010, 06:57 PM	Instructor Posts: 25.396 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia	Fret wear is normal, it's not a big deal. As others said, paying 80-120e for the job+frets to a decent luthier can save you a lot of hassle if you haven't done this job before. It can be tricky. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE - Check out my GMC Profile and Lessons - (Please subscribe to my) YouTube Official Channel - Let's be connected through ! Facebook! :)

Boson View Member Profile	Oct 20 2010, 07:09 AM
Oct 20 2010, 07:09 AM	Learning Apprentice Player Posts: 477 Joined: 28-September 08 From: Asturias	Thanks for the replies guys, very useful. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- "Better to live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep"

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