Fixing Guitar Fret Buzz : Re-Crowning Guitar Frets

[MrGoat62]

My face is hurting from frowning....GOD, make him stop........

[guitarslim56]

Scary!

[Nevermindrock4ever]

Die u old man killing guitars!!!!!!!!!!!

[vaiology79]

I have loosen the strings and now I'm going to put something in the way to elevate them high enough, in this case I'm just using............ my bar sander. WTF !?

[mwa59104]

This guy is a butcher!!!

I always use a masking tape. I'm sorry but his approach is just callous.

My prep from start to finish takes longer than the whole process.

[mwa59104]

This guy is a butcher!!!

I always use a masking tape. I sorry but his approach is just callous.

My prep from start to finish takes longer than the whole process.

[redfenderguy]

@WatchPlayDownload HE SCARES ME

[redfenderguy]

THIS IDIOT SHOULD BE BLOCKED FROM YOUTUBE

[sinbindinchin]

surely the frets should be leveled before crowning

[sinbindinchin]

@sinbindinchin

Ah didn't realise he had

[christianfff]

@WatchPlayDownload hahahaha

[MistaVista1]

Yes, because before crowning one fret it's vital you run a bar sander up the neck to flatten and destroy any frets above the one you're working on...

[Hoopermazing]

I just filed down and recrowned an offending fret (on a cheap guitar I'm giving to a kid) with a needle file and a piece of 300 grit sand paper taped around my index finger. It worked like a charm. I finished up by polishing that fret and all of the others with a wad of 0000 steel wool.

Of course, before I attempt this on my other guitars, I'm getting a crowning tool from Stew-Mac... & a radiused block.

[EvoPogo]

wasnt helpful...as usual!

[enterthetoucan]

Wouldn't it be better to take the strings off so you don't snap them? good video though

[LeakyMeat]

That would mean having to re-string the guitar everytime you wanted to check if your adjustments where acceptable.

[TheMasenko]

Why do the frets need to have a rounded form? I could make the string buzz when you bend it doesnt it? shouldnt they be flat?

[plumbercorey]

@TheMasenko

too much flatness on a fret will cause buzz and intonation issues, you only want the string touching as little of the fret as possible.....plus if they were all flat, after time with alot of vibrato the edges would become sharp as all hell

[TheMasenko]

i meant not in width flat, but in length, so if you look at the neck from the pickups, shouldnt be the neck flat in width ? becasue if you would bend the string towards the central line of the neck, and the frets were bowed, then the distance between the fret and the string would become shorter and shorter, causeing the sting buzz, or mute.

[plumbercorey]

ahh, I hear what yours saying now....yea, some necks are flat, some are slightly concave and some are bowed a bit. Ive got guitars with all kinds of neck shapes and tend to notice a bit of buzz with really really intense bending on a bowed neck but like I say, there are plenty of neck styles

[Hoopermazing]

@TheMasenko Not necessarily. I have begun to ramp-down the frets on my electric guitars so that the frets above (closer to the neck pickup) the 12th one are progressively, but ever so slightly, lower the farther you go. That enables me to have extremely low action without the upper frets chattering even when I'm playing aggressively.

[SpiritAssasin]

that guitar is cool

well done dude

[peskypesky]

i'm unclear as to why so many people are critical of this guy's videos. is it funny because he has gray hair? is that funny?

i find the videos informative, but i do agree with people who complain about their brevity.

[greenxgreenman]

where can i find the crowning tools?

[analogmatt2000]

you can get them from stewart-macdonald.

[tropicaljosiah]

Im not sure if this is supposed to be a comedy video or not...

[konaboy74]

Very helpful set of videos, cheers m8