Fret Wear, How bad is it? |
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Fret Wear, How bad is it? |
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Aug 12 2010, 08:06 PM |
If you get buzz or a kink in the fret then you might want to get them re-rounded and polished (you can do this a few times before replacing), then lower the strings slightly. This should hardly be done though, but if its getting bad. Like Zakk says it makes very little or no difference if there is no actual damage just flatter frets.
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Aug 13 2010, 12:22 AM |
Ibanez frets get flat pretty soon but that is not a problem at all! The intonation isn't affected and the playability isn't much diffrent too... I would say your frets are now *played in*! You gotta have to refret the guitar if you get some dents in your frets or you grinded them down to the point where the sting isn't touching them anymore. For example: If your 12th fret is so worn down that if you fret the 12th fret the string is no longer touching the 12th fret but the next fret (13th), then you'll also have to refret the gutiar! thanks for that answer, I was concerned about this Mine are a little worn out too....Ibanez RG Prestige -------------------- Visit my:
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Aug 13 2010, 04:42 PM |
If it doesn't affect the tone, intonation or sustain (specially on higher frets, while bending), then you are OK. When it starts to affect, you can take your guitar for fret leveling. Guitar tech uses a small fret file tool to level up all the frets. This can be done several times before full refret job, and it's a lot cheaper.
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