in what condition was the trust rod before you hammer in fretwire.so my cuestion is does are you fretboard was perfectly flat befeore hamering on frets?
@milance2111 It doesn't matter what your neck is doing when you push in the frets....
The fret only covers such a small area of the board and if pushed correctly will always go all the way down til they hit solid wood and seat. I generally don't even check what the neck is doing when I fret. The neck only needs to be perfectly flat when doing the stuff you see here in this video and when sanding the fretboard BEFORE fretting.
@verhoevc ok,ok thats the answer i was expect,one more question,you cut a slot for the frets,after you flaten the finger board,what is happening with the trust rod (lets say its a two way hot rod)is it trus rod completely loose?And whats better, Fret/Fingerboard Leveler that has length same as neck or sorter
@milance2111 If your neck is not level when strings are removed, then I would probably adjust the rod so that it is level before you start to fret the board.. Because you will use the truss rod to counter-act the string tension on the neck, you want your neck to be straight.
If you are making your own guitar then you generally dont have the truss rod adjusted when you fret the neck, and if you have made the neck right, it should be perfectly level..
I have recently got a made in Indonesia Ibanez, and I'm getting a lot of fretbuzz. I've set it up properly, adjusted the truss rod, action, everything. I used a straight edge and some of my frets seem uneven, not to mention my intonation could be better. If I do this (or have it done) leveling and crowing process, would this boost the playability of my guitar and allow smoother and lower action?
Hi Chris, great vid - as you know, my Dueling Dragons guitar is at the painter, getting the clear coat (Urethane) finish, and I need to do this process upon it's return, so I have some time to watch vids like this - I am also a bit more curious about setting the neck straight before this procedure, with adjusting the trussrod and possibly using sandbags to add weight to get the neck straight beforehand. also going to be using a vacuum for keeping all the metal scrapings from getting on finish.
Nice tutorial, i do pretty much exactly the same process except when i re-crown i re-sharpie and I tip the crowning file left and right parallel to the fret and try to maintain a very fine line of sharpie (around half a mil) on top, that way i can't possibly alter the height of the frets.
@Gplumbz : great tutorial: except i fully agree that REMOVING the crown sharpie line will only work if you have a gentle touch and a crown file that does not cut aggressively. if the line has GONE you cannot be sure by how much which undermines the point of expensive leveling bars and associated attention to detail. leaving a half mil feather thin line seems like the right way to go, as you suggest Gplumbz..those TOPS are the SAME height as when you completed the leveling bar sequence.
@nickseckler Nope. Took a high school woodshop class and insisted on building one. Well that failed miserably. So then when I was on my own in college I bought a minimal amount of tools and gave it a go again. It's all up hill from there. You can follow said college build, my first finished guitar, in a how-to eBook on building with minimal tools on my site at muxguitars com
@Prostheta Might not be youtube. This could be my own evil-doing actually hahahaha. Never professed to be a tech guy :P I have a Sony handycam with mini DV, so I'm guessing it takes better than 240p. I think what's up is when I export from iMovie I've been taking iMovie at it's word and exporting as "web streaming" compression...
in what condition was the trust rod before you hammer in fretwire.so my cuestion is does are you fretboard was perfectly flat befeore hamering on frets?
milance2111 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@milance2111 It doesn't matter what your neck is doing when you push in the frets....
The fret only covers such a small area of the board and if pushed correctly will always go all the way down til they hit solid wood and seat. I generally don't even check what the neck is doing when I fret. The neck only needs to be perfectly flat when doing the stuff you see here in this video and when sanding the fretboard BEFORE fretting.
verhoevc 1 month ago
@verhoevc ok,ok thats the answer i was expect,one more question,you cut a slot for the frets,after you flaten the finger board,what is happening with the trust rod (lets say its a two way hot rod)is it trus rod completely loose?And whats better, Fret/Fingerboard Leveler that has length same as neck or sorter
milance2111 1 month ago
@milance2111 If your neck is not level when strings are removed, then I would probably adjust the rod so that it is level before you start to fret the board.. Because you will use the truss rod to counter-act the string tension on the neck, you want your neck to be straight.
If you are making your own guitar then you generally dont have the truss rod adjusted when you fret the neck, and if you have made the neck right, it should be perfectly level..
woznotstoz 1 month ago
@verhoevc and a forget thanks for the answers,you helping me a lot.
milance2111 1 month ago
use a special automotive low-tack masking tape. can be stuck for days without tempering the surface
seasonedtoker 2 months ago
well done dude. i enjoyed this vid
purelojik 2 months ago
Uh!! This looks so intimidating...im just gunna go to a luthier :(
Heisenberg85 4 months ago
how many hours,days did you spend on that work???Thanks
vanzXcyRus 6 months ago
I have recently got a made in Indonesia Ibanez, and I'm getting a lot of fretbuzz. I've set it up properly, adjusted the truss rod, action, everything. I used a straight edge and some of my frets seem uneven, not to mention my intonation could be better. If I do this (or have it done) leveling and crowing process, would this boost the playability of my guitar and allow smoother and lower action?
9000Ryan 6 months ago
Hi Chris, great vid - as you know, my Dueling Dragons guitar is at the painter, getting the clear coat (Urethane) finish, and I need to do this process upon it's return, so I have some time to watch vids like this - I am also a bit more curious about setting the neck straight before this procedure, with adjusting the trussrod and possibly using sandbags to add weight to get the neck straight beforehand. also going to be using a vacuum for keeping all the metal scrapings from getting on finish.
VirgilGuitar 8 months ago
superb! thankyou so much!
SuperGuitarpractice 9 months ago
Nice tutorial, i do pretty much exactly the same process except when i re-crown i re-sharpie and I tip the crowning file left and right parallel to the fret and try to maintain a very fine line of sharpie (around half a mil) on top, that way i can't possibly alter the height of the frets.
Gplumbz 1 year ago
@Gplumbz : great tutorial: except i fully agree that REMOVING the crown sharpie line will only work if you have a gentle touch and a crown file that does not cut aggressively. if the line has GONE you cannot be sure by how much which undermines the point of expensive leveling bars and associated attention to detail. leaving a half mil feather thin line seems like the right way to go, as you suggest Gplumbz..those TOPS are the SAME height as when you completed the leveling bar sequence.
peakhouse 7 months ago
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Gplumbz 1 year ago
How did you get into luthiery? Did you go to school for it?
nickseckler 1 year ago
@nickseckler Nope. Took a high school woodshop class and insisted on building one. Well that failed miserably. So then when I was on my own in college I bought a minimal amount of tools and gave it a go again. It's all up hill from there. You can follow said college build, my first finished guitar, in a how-to eBook on building with minimal tools on my site at muxguitars com
verhoevc 1 year ago
Hey Chris - what resolution did you videos start out in? I'm surprised that YT is kicking them down to a paltry 240p!
Prostheta 1 year ago
@Prostheta Might not be youtube. This could be my own evil-doing actually hahahaha. Never professed to be a tech guy :P I have a Sony handycam with mini DV, so I'm guessing it takes better than 240p. I think what's up is when I export from iMovie I've been taking iMovie at it's word and exporting as "web streaming" compression...
verhoevc 1 year ago