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Has anyone gotten in to doing their own fret leveling\ fret dress, etc? I've been throwing around the idea of doing my own work on my guitars such as setups and maybe some more advanced things like nut slots, frets etc.
I spent a lot of money on setups at a place in Kitchener for a few guitars and I'm not really that satisfied. The basic setups and replacing the nut cost in the neighborhood of about $300 with some have said is pretty steep.
I watched a few videos on fret leveling and fret dress and I'm not sure I'd have the patience for what looks to be very monotonous work.
This particular shop I'm talking about does great work on my acoustics (although again on the pricey side with shop rates of $90 an hour) but on my electrics the same level of satisfaction isn't there.
I've got an electric guitar that I'm having a problem with the high e string falling of the edge of the fretboard due to being a bit close and beveled fret edges. Not sure if a fret level and dress would even solve the issue. So I may have to look at fret replacement. And that probably wouldn't be something I want to attempt.
So does anyone have some ideas on what a fret replacement job would entail and would I be able to replace aggressively beveled frets with frets that aren't beveled?
And if I'm looking at replacing them is it worth it to just go with stainless steel and how much extra would that cost? My neck is a maple and I don't care about the finish on the fretboard. If it was down next to nothing would be better so a refinish for me probably wouldn't be needed.
I don't want to replace the neck #1 I want the original logo on the headstock, #2 I like the neck profile on it.
I spent a lot of money on setups at a place in Kitchener for a few guitars and I'm not really that satisfied. The basic setups and replacing the nut cost in the neighborhood of about $300 with some have said is pretty steep.
I watched a few videos on fret leveling and fret dress and I'm not sure I'd have the patience for what looks to be very monotonous work.
This particular shop I'm talking about does great work on my acoustics (although again on the pricey side with shop rates of $90 an hour) but on my electrics the same level of satisfaction isn't there.
I've got an electric guitar that I'm having a problem with the high e string falling of the edge of the fretboard due to being a bit close and beveled fret edges. Not sure if a fret level and dress would even solve the issue. So I may have to look at fret replacement. And that probably wouldn't be something I want to attempt.
So does anyone have some ideas on what a fret replacement job would entail and would I be able to replace aggressively beveled frets with frets that aren't beveled?
And if I'm looking at replacing them is it worth it to just go with stainless steel and how much extra would that cost? My neck is a maple and I don't care about the finish on the fretboard. If it was down next to nothing would be better so a refinish for me probably wouldn't be needed.
I don't want to replace the neck #1 I want the original logo on the headstock, #2 I like the neck profile on it.