Good work, thanks for sharing! It looks like you filed quite a lot of the tang away, especially when looking at 11:51. In the future it would probably be a good idea to leave the tang a little wider, in terms of it gripping the fret slot better. Just wanted to let you know. Have a great day. Best regards.
Thanks for watching! I haven't seen that cause an issue for me before. I fretted one of my personal guitars, probably 8 or 10 years ago when I was much less experienced, and I was not very careful with the fret tangs. In this case, the slots were really in excellent shape. It was the instruments' first refret, and the removal of the old frets went extremely well and left the slots in tact. I am personally really confident the fret tang and glue will hold those frets in for a good long service life. We started fretting with stainless about 10 or 12 years ago and I've yet to discover the service life of stainless! I of course told the customer to contact me with any issues he has, but I really don't anticipate any issues from that job. I was super happy with it in the end, and the client was as well when he picked it up. You are technically correct though. The more the better. If the guitar had been fretted multiple times and had really chewed up slots, it would have been absolutely necessary to get as much tang as possible to grip the fret slot. Thanks again for watching!
@@daveydacusguitars9033 - Thanks for your reply. That's great, I'm happy to hear that you haven't had any issues! I agree, if the fret slots are good and solid, then it shouldn't be a problem, but I've had this happend a few times, on some older models, where the slots weren't in such good condition. In that case it's quite important. I can see why the customer would be happy, you did a great job, and the frets looked good! I just wanted to share my experience, and I'm glad you've had no problem. Have an excellent day, and keep up the good work. Cheers.
Frets are glued in place. Heat is needed to loosen the glue otherwise you risk yanking chunks of wood with the fret during removal. I know it seems like it shouldn't make a difference, but I have tried heat alone, vs heat with solder. Heat alone does work for sure. I did that for years. But the heat with solder method is about 5 times more effective at transferring the heat to the fret tang, and therefore the glue. I encounter about 10% of that chip out effect I used to now that I've switched to using solder. In short, for cleaner removal of the frets.
It varies by player technique I think. Also, bending really kills the tops of frets. This guy is mainly a singer, and this guitar is used mainly for chords and backing up his vocals other lead players.
Good work, thanks for sharing!
It looks like you filed quite a lot of the tang away, especially when looking at 11:51.
In the future it would probably be a good idea to leave the tang a little wider, in terms of it gripping the fret slot better.
Just wanted to let you know.
Have a great day.
Best regards.
Thanks for watching!
I haven't seen that cause an issue for me before. I fretted one of my personal guitars, probably 8 or 10 years ago when I was much less experienced, and I was not very careful with the fret tangs.
In this case, the slots were really in excellent shape. It was the instruments' first refret, and the removal of the old frets went extremely well and left the slots in tact. I am personally really confident the fret tang and glue will hold those frets in for a good long service life.
We started fretting with stainless about 10 or 12 years ago and I've yet to discover the service life of stainless!
I of course told the customer to contact me with any issues he has, but I really don't anticipate any issues from that job. I was super happy with it in the end, and the client was as well when he picked it up.
You are technically correct though. The more the better. If the guitar had been fretted multiple times and had really chewed up slots, it would have been absolutely necessary to get as much tang as possible to grip the fret slot.
Thanks again for watching!
@@daveydacusguitars9033 - Thanks for your reply.
That's great, I'm happy to hear that you haven't had any issues!
I agree, if the fret slots are good and solid, then it shouldn't be a problem, but I've had this happend a few times, on some older models, where the slots weren't in such good condition. In that case it's quite important.
I can see why the customer would be happy, you did a great job, and the frets looked good!
I just wanted to share my experience, and I'm glad you've had no problem.
Have an excellent day, and keep up the good work.
Cheers.
Why are you putting solder on the frets before pulling? I don’t understand sir.
Frets are glued in place. Heat is needed to loosen the glue otherwise you risk yanking chunks of wood with the fret during removal.
I know it seems like it shouldn't make a difference, but I have tried heat alone, vs heat with solder.
Heat alone does work for sure. I did that for years.
But the heat with solder method is about 5 times more effective at transferring the heat to the fret tang, and therefore the glue.
I encounter about 10% of that chip out effect I used to now that I've switched to using solder.
In short, for cleaner removal of the frets.
@@daveydacusguitars9033 Understood.. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain that! Great work!!!
Thank you for taking the time to watch!
30 years. I have done more wear in a Month.
It varies by player technique I think.
Also, bending really kills the tops of frets. This guy is mainly a singer, and this guitar is used mainly for chords and backing up his vocals other lead players.