Bad deal, Angry I am

[highway-one]

My frets used to be huge and round but now there flat and edgy. something ive never experianced on a guitar before. so could i take a file and asmooth the edges out?

 

[CaseyI]

I'm not sure what to do about your frets, but you might try a title that conveys your question a little better.

 

[Blue4Now]

hmmm, I would suggest a competent tech review your fret "situation"

 

[travisvwright]

I do think this is one of those if you have to ask the answer is no. Leave it to the pros.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

i do my own setups. intonation, truss rods, action, no problem. fretwork? i bring it to a tech.

 

[frankencat]

Yep, this sounds like one of those "educational moments".

 

[The Golden Boy]

That title is awesome.

Kind of reminds me... when I was a kid I used to title songs with things that had nothing to do with the songs. Years later, I'm going through recordings of the band and I'm trying to remember these song titles that have no cues from the lyrics.

 

[Roy]

The title to this thread has nothing to do with the subject but it did work,....It made us all look!

 

[dougk]

Food Time, Hungry I am

 

[Last]

Is that you Yoda?

 

[1bender]

"Patience, you have not, to become a Jedi".....Yota

 

[highway-one]

Ha ha I just woke up and noticed that my frets were toast and It really broke my heart so I didnt have the spirit to think of a better title

 

[travisvwright]

Do you have a digital camera with pics from last night that might explain what happened to your frets?

 

[The Golden Boy]

Do you have a digital camera with pics from last night that might explain what happened to your frets?

Funny... his skateboard is totally all tuned up.

 

[highway-one]

funny you are.

 

[highway-one]

how about a fret crowning file

 

[ducatisteve]

Here's the problem I see with just taking a crowning file to the problem frets. The flat frets are going to be ones that are most used, and further lowering them by crowning (without addressing the other frets) is going to cause major buzz/fret-out issues. Crowning is usually one of the last steps after leveling all the frets together. If you are having any issues with buzzing that string height or truss rod adjustments can't take care of, it would probably be best to have a tech do a fret level and dress. Those jumbos are big enough that you should get a couple fret jobs out of them before they're toast.

If you want giant frets that keep their shape better, consider having a tech swap them out for jumbo stainless. They'll maintain their shape better, but it isn't exactly cheap.

 

[highway-one]

Yea and I dont have the money for any of this right now

 

[frisco kid]

LOL!!! That's exactly what I was thinking....smart, we are....

Is that you Yoda?

 

[tnvol]

Is that you Yoda?

LOL!!!! That's the first thing I thought of before I even opened the thread. lol