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Post subject: HELP
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 10:11 am
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The guitar tech at my local shop in giving my tele a fret dressing has left file marks between the frets for half the length of the fretboard , what do I do ?
Opinions on what I can do please , yes :evil: gun violence is warranted , but ruled out by Spanish law . :evil:


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Post subject: Re: HELP
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 10:31 am
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What did the "tech" say when you brought it to his attention? Are you saying he marked up the fretboard with file marks? Post some pics if possible.


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Post subject: Re: HELP
Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 4:10 pm
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This is not qualified tech , it is only a ( guitar ? ) repairman .

Bring it back a see what he can do ...or he will make your fret board worse ? Nothing you can do by yourself .

You need to see a qualified luthier to fix the fret board .


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Post subject: Re: HELP
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 2:35 am
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Yes , need a luthier , in England used to see Andy Demetriou who fettled Gary Moore´s guitars and built Uli Roth´s Sky guitar so I was lucky and spoiled but here ... You can only trust the shop and this guy seem´s to have been ok to start with but lately a disaster .
This week the shop keeps calling him but he´s either saying he´ll be there tomorrow and not turning up or he´s not calling them back , needless to say they are looking for somebody else but it´s difficult here to find competent people , even in an economic crisis .
Basically screwed six ways to sunday on this one . :cry:


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Post subject: Re: HELP
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 2:57 am
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Any pictures ?


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Post subject: Re: HELP
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 4:29 am
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don´t know how to yet , sorry .


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Post subject: Re: HELP
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 4:57 am
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el Ingles wrote:
don´t know how to yet , sorry .



Look here ;


forums.fender.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52777&hilit=Nutter%27s+guide


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Post subject: Re: HELP
Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 9:21 am
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OK he´s had another go at the frets and , if you can believe it he´s made it worse so my options are now a refret ( that he´s not capable of doing ) and ignore the damage to the fret board or a new neck . let´s see if I can " convince " him and the shop who used him to contribute to the project .
other option , cut losses and sell . :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:


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Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 1:16 pm
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Any good brujas nearby?


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Post subject: Re: HELP
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 4:02 pm
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Think I´ve lost confidence , spending more money seems a bad idea , lost confidence , sell and take the loss , damn it . :evil: :twisted: :evil: :twisted: :evil: :twisted:
know when to walk away , damn it . :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:


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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:42 am
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Sorry for you . You learn the hard way . Not many tech are qualified .


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Post subject: Re: HELP
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 2:49 am
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Yeah , weird thing is that it´s only the last six months that he´s got sloppy , before that his work was ok . :?


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Post subject: Re: HELP
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:48 am
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you haven't told us what material your neck is made from (rosewood or maple)

and pictures would help.

they probably can be buffed out. Rosewood would maybe need some 0000 steel wool,
if it's maple and sealed, maybe try some scratch remover?


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Post subject: Re: HELP
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 11:48 pm
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KidBlast wrote:
Rosewood would maybe need some 0000 steel wool


NOOOOOO!

Never use steel wool anywhere near a guitar. That's for stripping paint off doors. It's also magnetic and steel wool dust likes nothing better than to get inside pickups and wreck them.

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Post subject: Re: HELP
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:20 am
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GilgaFrank wrote:
KidBlast wrote:
Rosewood would maybe need some 0000 steel wool


NOOOOOO!

Never use steel wool anywhere near a guitar. That's for stripping paint off doors. It's also magnetic and steel wool dust likes nothing better than to get inside pickups and wreck them.



I don't know about steel wood , but it is easy to put paper and masking tape around the body or remove neck


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