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Location: North Carolina | Anybody out there do their own minor fretwork (leveling, dressing, etc.)? Can you recommend any instructional sources (books, videos) that you have found useful? I am thinking about trying to learn to do minor fretwork with some cheap POS's I have around the house. Thanks.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I have not tried it, but I understand that the instructional videos from StewMac are pretty good. I think their website also has info sheets you can download. www.stewmac.com
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | There's also some guy on Ebay who sells DIY fretwork kits for $12.95. I would assume they come with instructions.
Good luck, and go slow,
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Location: SoCal | Contact StewMac and get their catalog. You (all of you) may never order anything, but it's real interesting to go through and a great reference source to have. |
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Location: North Carolina | Thanks for the info! I'll check out stewmac. Yeah, I do plan on taking it slow. I tap alot and my frets are in near constant need of work. It would be nice to be able to do it myself. Thanks for the tips.
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Location: Indiana | This looks like a nice page. I love this website. It's taught me a lot.
FRETS.COM When Frets Go Wrong
If I had the time and money for all the tools, I'd love to build a guitar from one of the fine Stewart-Macdonald kits. |
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Location: NJ | The StewMac catalog IS great!
(If even just for "bathroom reading") :D
While reading through it once, I got the lame-brained idea of possibly ordering one of their resonator-guitar kits. Then I sobered-up and said:
"Yeah!, you work INSANE hours, live in an apartment, are a divorced father, and play out just about every weekend! . . you've got PLENTY of time (and space) to build a guitar!!!
Seemed like a good idea at the time. :rolleyes:
I've since decided that if I'm gonna get a resonator, I'm gonna look for a beat-up, old National to start with. Seems I've been bitten by "the bug"! DAMN that cwk2!!! :D |
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Location: Netherlands | I have been thinking about assembling my own custom tele, even calculated it.
At $ 900,- I would have a thinline tele, maple/ebony neck, solid alder body, gold hardware, P90 neck p/u, tele bridge p/u and for 200 dollars more i could install the ghost piezo system including a blending pot.
Too bad i don't have 900 dollar at the moment.
It's fun to read their catalog and.
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Location: Scotland | Cliff, a brand new National will be way cheaper than a beat-up old one. Cheaper still, buy one of the many imported copies, pull out the hub-caps they use as cones & have some OMI or Quaterman cones installed. While the end result wont have the mojo of a vintage National it'll take a very good ear indeed to tell the difference soundwise from the real thing. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | One of the very good sites that was revealed here was Newport News Repair shop she has advice on doing many types of repair. |
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Location: NJ | cliff
I have an off brand resonator I can let you have cheap. e or call me |
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Location: NJ | Maybe I'll just bring an empty case on the next Tour and attempt to abscond with that really NICE "palm tree" O'Resonator!! :D |
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Location: SoCal | Clifford:
Bring your slothead. I'll make certain that you have room in that case, when you go home, for a resonator. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Hmmmm. Honor among thieves? |
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Location: Ct./ USA | Come to the fan club tour and request a frettin tour, you'll learn all ya need about Ovation fret jobs.
OH CMS Man, you now lazer guy. |
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