I really don't know much about guitar refret/set up and usually just go to a tech to do the job for my guitars, but this is satisfying to watch. True craftsmanship.
If you want to see more content like this, Ted Woodford is the king. I love watching him and he has a very soothing but direct tone of voice. His channel is Twoodfrd.
If you would live in my country it would be my honor to give all my instruments for set-ups/refins/fixes to you! No matter the cost. You are truly a craftsman!
Perfection. One thing could make it easier for you. Trust me it changed my soldering experience although at one point in my life I have had to solder few thousand pins per day. I use to work with Weller products and for old fashioned products that was professional tool. I’ve found active tip soldering irons and than started the journey finding ideal soldering station for me. I still own few but I have settled with JBC. I do not work for them but they have changed my soldering life. All I though I knew flew out of the window. Size size it looks like a toy. Very accurate. One would think that toy can’t have power but C245 point irons disregarding on their punny size have 130 or 140 Watt power. From cold ready in 2 seconds. Once back on station in the standby lower temperature but directly ready once you take them off the station. Best part though is that they react on the temperature drop so fast that you can stay on lower temperature setting and still solder big things. Being active tip heater is in the tip it self and very close by as well as temperature sensor. Hence drop is detected fast and tip is warmed up back to temperature so fast that you do not lose power. Soldering pots I do not need to prepare pot nor use any flux. Just put wire on it and solder it in seconds. It feels like cheating. Also way less cleaning needed especially if you use modern tin that is using no clean flux. JBC has like 150 different tip shapes and sizes and I own 7 different types. Those cover all my needs from SMD stuff to big ground plane wires and braided coax cables. For the SMD I have two hot air stations additionally but that is not important. I have no affiliation with JBC but I simply can’t believe how much it helped and that I haven’t had it before. I also use their vacuum attachment to suck fumes of the tip of the iron. So funny that with very precise tip I can resolder some SMD part I need microscope to do and with just bit bigger tip this same little thing solders big things with ease. I use to have big cheap 100 Watt iron just for few things. It takes minutes to heat up and loses heat on big things. This scalpel of a thing does it easier and is ready in no time!?? Black magic I believe :)
@@Andybassguitar it repays so fast. There is a model with analog dial and no display and costs like 250 $. That's mire than enough. Provides same technology and 140 Watt power. Each tip is around 30 $ though. Anyways when I add up all cheap soldering irons I have had over the decades that was such a waste of money. Now it is pure enjoyment and perfect tactile feel. Super easy and fast and accurate. No fuss, little to no cleanup. I am looking forward to work with it even after years of use. Just last night I've changed pickup leads on some humbuckers and opening and closing them as well as soldering proper braided wire is so easy. Like I've mentioned before feels like cheating. Size of it, weight and flexibility of the silicone cable used on it, materials used makes it feel like using a pen. One would say it's like 18 Watt toy soldering iron but it's sleeper with 140 Watt's power on the tap. One works with way lower temperature so flux doesn't burn at all. Like I've sad changed my life. After years of soldering at my work soldering stopped being fun at one moment. Well it's fun again and I am always looking forward to build a tube amp for someone or modify some nice guitar. BTW you do great job. Very nice to watch your calm approach and attention to detail. Perfection.
Excellent craftsmanship! I like the way you made the fret ends as wide as possible to maximise fret length for playing. 👍 The thing that annoys me the most about my Tele is the very "rounded" fret ends they are like a 45 degree angle at it robs me of precious fret width...
technical question in hopes of saving myself some time in the future. when you graze over the Frets with that rounded Sandingblock after levelling them with the Beam, is that your technique for crowning, or simply an in between step? crowning every fret individually with a file is a chore and I hope you discovered a cheatcode.
This process has two meanings: rounding the frets and a step to remove scratches on the frets. Lately I've been thinking that this process is the best way so far to get the fret finish I want. It takes time, though. I'm trying to improve the quality rather than shorten the time. I hope to reduce the time by getting used to this process. It's not a factory product, so I'm not concerned about the time. Thank you for your comment.
Andy what is that double sided tiny hand saw that you use to clean out the fret channels, the one that looks like a miniature saw toothed battle ax? At the 4 minute mark.. thanks!
Can I ask,.. why is the fret tang removed on the edges of the board, when there is no fretboard binding? It seems to me that you may cause fret unevenness or fret edge spouting because of the possibility of not removing all of the tang and the filing causing the tang to be flattened slightly. Making it difficult to get seated as deep as the rest of the fret. It also removes the barbs on the tang that work to prevent the fret from backing out of the groove. I have guitars where the fret tang end is visible on the side of the neck. Seems like some luthiers choose not to trim the tang ends.
8:04 Do you agree with me that a gap of 0.002" doesn't prevent the instrument from functioning properly? In other words, is it more of an aesthetic concern than a functional one, or do you genuinely think that such a gap could be detrimental to the instrument's playability? thank you.
You are obviously meticulous. However, I would prefer some narration. You might answer some questions I have. Like did you adjust the truss rod before you sanded it down? No glue on the frets? And solder on the frets? I've done that before for flat spots. And rounding off the fret ends with a file left some file marks which required a lot of touch up. Then you taped it off? What grit sandpaper did you use? What kind of fret polish? Then you take the tape off and file down the fret ends again? Can't complain about the finished product though. The end product is beautiful.
Да . Лучшее украшение мужчины , постоянство . Ну что ж ) Вижу напильник Hosco Я думал у тебя свой путь . Особенный . В конце крупный план . Я смотрю на палисандр с открытыми порами . В Японии это нора ?
This is Tsubosun's Bright 900. The world's best precision file. This is the single item. amzn.to/3JSSWjT It is recommended to buy them as a set. amzn.to/32XX7KO
Remember guitars have character and ambience. If you strip it to far back you will lose this listen to guitar before proceeding. Good work tho in general. Just feel the guitar
I really don't know much about guitar refret/set up and usually just go to a tech to do the job for my guitars, but this is satisfying to watch.
True craftsmanship.
Pure art. The process and the video capture. Thanks for this.
Thank you for watching.
I'm very happy.
@@Andybassguitar Keep up with this amazing work. It's just fantastic.
One of my dreams is to have you work on my guitar. I watch your videos for pure aesthetic pleasure. Congrats, from brazil.
If you want to see more content like this, Ted Woodford is the king. I love watching him and he has a very soothing but direct tone of voice. His channel is Twoodfrd.
6:43 onwards... checking that the frets are seated properly with a feeler gauge. I salute you, sir 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thank you!
@@Andybassguitar You are most welcome, sir. And thank you again for sharing your knowledge with us.
Congratulations Andy! Good Work! Thank you very much, I learn a Lot of you, I am a beginner luthier and enjoy your videos
That patience is inhuman, wow!
If you would live in my country it would be my honor to give all my instruments for set-ups/refins/fixes to you! No matter the cost. You are truly a craftsman!
Sensei Andy, true master.
Thank you!
Tus vídeos de restauración silenciosos son adictivos, además de didácticos. Ya necesito uno de bajo eléctrico. Un abrazo de España.
Andy~,, you're the master ... OMG !!!
Perfection. One thing could make it easier for you. Trust me it changed my soldering experience although at one point in my life I have had to solder few thousand pins per day. I use to work with Weller products and for old fashioned products that was professional tool. I’ve found active tip soldering irons and than started the journey finding ideal soldering station for me. I still own few but I have settled with JBC. I do not work for them but they have changed my soldering life. All I though I knew flew out of the window. Size size it looks like a toy. Very accurate. One would think that toy can’t have power but C245 point irons disregarding on their punny size have 130 or 140 Watt power. From cold ready in 2 seconds. Once back on station in the standby lower temperature but directly ready once you take them off the station. Best part though is that they react on the temperature drop so fast that you can stay on lower temperature setting and still solder big things. Being active tip heater is in the tip it self and very close by as well as temperature sensor. Hence drop is detected fast and tip is warmed up back to temperature so fast that you do not lose power. Soldering pots I do not need to prepare pot nor use any flux. Just put wire on it and solder it in seconds. It feels like cheating. Also way less cleaning needed especially if you use modern tin that is using no clean flux. JBC has like 150 different tip shapes and sizes and I own 7 different types. Those cover all my needs from SMD stuff to big ground plane wires and braided coax cables. For the SMD I have two hot air stations additionally but that is not important. I have no affiliation with JBC but I simply can’t believe how much it helped and that I haven’t had it before. I also use their vacuum attachment to suck fumes of the tip of the iron. So funny that with very precise tip I can resolder some SMD part I need microscope to do and with just bit bigger tip this same little thing solders big things with ease. I use to have big cheap 100 Watt iron just for few things. It takes minutes to heat up and loses heat on big things. This scalpel of a thing does it easier and is ready in no time!?? Black magic I believe :)
I think it is the best soldering iron.
When I saw the price I thought it was not ready for me.
@@Andybassguitar it repays so fast. There is a model with analog dial and no display and costs like 250 $. That's mire than enough. Provides same technology and 140 Watt power. Each tip is around 30 $ though. Anyways when I add up all cheap soldering irons I have had over the decades that was such a waste of money. Now it is pure enjoyment and perfect tactile feel. Super easy and fast and accurate. No fuss, little to no cleanup. I am looking forward to work with it even after years of use. Just last night I've changed pickup leads on some humbuckers and opening and closing them as well as soldering proper braided wire is so easy. Like I've mentioned before feels like cheating. Size of it, weight and flexibility of the silicone cable used on it, materials used makes it feel like using a pen. One would say it's like 18 Watt toy soldering iron but it's sleeper with 140 Watt's power on the tap. One works with way lower temperature so flux doesn't burn at all. Like I've sad changed my life. After years of soldering at my work soldering stopped being fun at one moment. Well it's fun again and I am always looking forward to build a tube amp for someone or modify some nice guitar. BTW you do great job. Very nice to watch your calm approach and attention to detail. Perfection.
Thanks for posting! Huge inspiration!
Absolute art, the way this video was captured and the way you worked on that guitar. Would love to be able to achieve a standard as high as yours
Pretty Work
Congrat man!
いや~困りました！リフレットして頂いたこのギターのおかげで他のギターを触らなくなりました！
角度によってフレットが鏡みたいになり指板が映りこみフレットが指板の色になります。
この精度は半端ないてす！調整後のバランスも良いですし、リフレットをお考えの方はぜひお勧めの
リペアマンだと思います！
ご依頼いただき、ありがとうございます。
嬉しいコメントも頂き大変ありがとうございます！
Excellent craftsmanship!
I like the way you made the fret ends as wide as possible to maximise fret length for playing. 👍
The thing that annoys me the most about my Tele is the very "rounded" fret ends they are like a 45 degree angle at it robs me of precious fret width...
ありがとうございます。
awesome!
good job!
Hi, you're finishing the frets very nicely. Could you please let me know at what angle you're filing them? Is it traditionally 35 degrees? Regards
Awesome job My friend. I need to know what are You using to fill the empty space between the fret ando the edge of the fretboard. Thanks.
このときはエボニーの粉かな。
今はウッドパテを着色して使っています。
technical question in hopes of saving myself some time in the future.
when you graze over the Frets with that rounded Sandingblock after levelling them with the Beam, is that your technique for crowning, or simply an in between step?
crowning every fret individually with a file is a chore and I hope you discovered a cheatcode.
This process has two meanings: rounding the frets and a step to remove scratches on the frets.
Lately I've been thinking that this process is the best way so far to get the fret finish I want. It takes time, though.
I'm trying to improve the quality rather than shorten the time.
I hope to reduce the time by getting used to this process.
It's not a factory product, so I'm not concerned about the time.
Thank you for your comment.
purfect
今回も美しいし仕上がり
フレット端部の処理 素晴らしいですね
一番苦手なんですよ～ カミソリ状にするのは得意なんですけどね
参考にさせていただきます‥出来ないかな 集中力無いし
Andy what is that double sided tiny hand saw that you use to clean out the fret channels, the one that looks like a miniature saw toothed battle ax? At the 4 minute mark.. thanks!
Can I ask,.. why is the fret tang removed on the edges of the board, when there is no fretboard binding?
It seems to me that you may cause fret unevenness or fret edge spouting because of the possibility of not removing all of the tang and the filing causing the tang to be flattened slightly. Making it difficult to get seated as deep as the rest of the fret. It also removes the barbs on the tang that work to prevent the fret from backing out of the groove. I have guitars where the fret tang end is visible on the side of the neck. Seems like some luthiers choose not to trim the tang ends.
フレットタングを切るのは指板が収縮した際にフレットが指板から出てしまい、演奏が困難になった場合、再度フレットのクラウンだけを削り演奏できるようにするためです。
しかしタングをトリミングしないことは間違いでは無いとも思います。
フレットサイドのタングを残すことにもメリットがあります。
タングのトリミングは手間がかかるので採用しない弦楽器製作者さんたちも多いです。
また、フレットタングをトリミングした際のデメリットもありますが、私はそれを克服できたので、トリミングをしています。
ちょっと見るつもりが全部見てしまいました。 ありがとうございました。
4:50 Are you applying oil or wax or something else?
Yes, you can. It is coated with our original beeswax wax.
Hi there! Nice work!!! What compound you are using with paint brush to fill side fret holes? Thanks!!!
このときはウッドパテだったか、エボニーの粉だったか確かパテだったと思います。
I love educational video's, however when there's no explanation of anything, it just leaves me with a big white question. Ty
are you a fan of flat frets like the ones that came on early fenders?, you have to sand alot more of the fret tho
Bang.. punya saran pas instal fretnya jgn di getok, di press aja bang
いつも勉強になります。フレットを抜く時にハンダを使用されるのはなぜでしょうか？私はコテで暖めるだけですが違いはありますか？
コテの熱を伝えやすくするためですね。
@@Andybassguitar ありがとうございます。
10:29-11:14 May I know what you use to fill the fret end? Thanks.
Wood putty and paints.
What about the lacquered maple fretboard? Should I sanding it like a rosewood fretboard after removed the old fret?
8:04 Do you agree with me that a gap of 0.002" doesn't prevent the instrument from functioning properly? In other words, is it more of an aesthetic concern than a functional one, or do you genuinely think that such a gap could be detrimental to the instrument's playability? thank you.
0.03mmのゲージを使っています。このゲージが入らないくらいが日本のリペアでは常識です。
コレは美的要素ではなく、サウンドに大きく影響する隙間です。
普通の紙がフレットの隙間に入るようであればその作業は論外です。
フレットと指板の隙間を接着剤で埋めるような作業も論外です。
ただし、0.03mmのゲージが入らないくらいの隙間（ほぼ密着している状態）に接着剤を保険のために使う場合もあります。持ち運んだり、衝撃、時間経過によってフレットがズレてしまうことがあるためです。
0.03mmのゲージが入るフレットと、入らないフレットはサウンドに大きく影響すると思います。
どちらのサウンドが好みか、は人それぞれですが。
小さい定規でフレットを優しく叩くときちんとフレットが打てているかが分かります。
まあ、全ては好みですけどね。
@@Andybassguitar ありがとう。返事してくれて、そして日本の高い品質基準について教えてくれて、本当にありがとうございます。日本の職人技術には大いに感銘を受けています。木工から楽器の製造まで、あらゆる表現形式での日本の職人の技術に敬意を表します。本当にありがとうございます。
You are obviously meticulous. However, I would prefer some narration. You might answer some questions I have. Like did you adjust the truss rod before you sanded it down? No glue on the frets? And solder on the frets? I've done that before for flat spots. And rounding off the fret ends with a file left some file marks which required a lot of touch up. Then you taped it off? What grit sandpaper did you use? What kind of fret polish? Then you take the tape off and file down the fret ends again? Can't complain about the finished product though. The end product is beautiful.
Thank you for all your questions.
I also have a video I narrate if you would like to see it.
It is narrated in Japanese...
リフレットはこんな細かい作業の連続なのですね。
大変参考になりました。
フレットを外すときに、半田ごてと一緒に半田を盛っているように見えましたが、なぜですか？
コテの熱を伝えやすくするためです。
@@Andybassguitar なるほど、ありがとうございました。
Hi there! What's the average cost of refretting a Neck?
Да . Лучшее украшение мужчины , постоянство . Ну что ж )
Вижу напильник Hosco Я думал у тебя свой путь . Особенный .
В конце крупный план . Я смотрю на палисандр с открытыми порами . В Японии это нора ?
No glue on frets?
Sometimes I use glue.
What was the file name used around 9:16 seconds? Could you tell me which website I can buy from?
This is Tsubosun's Bright 900. The world's best precision file.
This is the single item. amzn.to/3JSSWjT
It is recommended to buy them as a set. amzn.to/32XX7KO
@@Andybassguitar thanks 😃
Are you lubricating nut slots with bees wax too?
This is silicon grease.
@@Andybassguitar Thanks Andy. Amazing craftsmanship. 👍🙏
U didnt polish the tuning machines, or at least in the video. That's new.
19:44, i realise i might have spoken too early
it seems you don't glue your frets?
Gluing is done.
It's not so good for the guitar.
8:04 I guess you are using a 0.002" feeler gauge, aren't you?"
0.003mmです
Pake pressan yg radiusnya sama dengan fretnya
Pake isolasi bos
Remember guitars have character and ambience. If you strip it to far back you will lose this listen to guitar before proceeding. Good work tho in general. Just feel the guitar