estebanana -> RE: nasty frets!!! (Feb. 7 2016 6:21:09)
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You can use a fingernail or a small block of hard wood to press on the fret end to see if the frets are seated tight in the slot. Sometimes a few frets can have loose ends and the slot can be worn too wide to seat the fret, then more of the fret works loose. Quick fix is to press the fret end hard with a small wood block while giving a bit of CA glue along the edge of the fingerboard and along the fret. While still pressing wipe the away the glue that does not flow into the slot. Loose frets will rock on the ends or sometimes in the center of the fret. If a fret rocks up and down in the CA glue it down. There's no sense in trying to level moving frets. If the slots are too wide and you want to re fret, use a feeler gauge to measure the slot width and look for fret wire stock with a wider tang than the wire in the board now. If you can't find a proper fitting tang, you can use the same tang wire, but you have to get a jewelers pliers with a Vee shaped mouth and crimp a little wider set of burrs into each fret tang. If a few frets are rocking pull them out use the same tang wire and use the pliers to crimp the tang. The pliers are not hard to find, email or call a jewelers supplier or some guitar repair suppliers sell the pliers. I think StewMac might stock them
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