FretRocker

Dan Erlewine troubleshoots fret problems with the tiny straightedges that became the Fret Rocker tool.
http://stewmac.com/shopby/product/3770

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• stewmac
• stewartmacdonald
• Dan
• Erlewine
• 3770
• fret
• rocker
• buzz
• leveling
• troubleshooting

[kaleluk31]

again i think 22.50 plus shipping is to much to pay for a peice of metal with stright edges

[MutantBanana]

I'd rather cut up some old rulers to length than pay so much.

[Sparta2310]

stewiemac is always overpriced, no thank you. Half your price and you would more than double your sales! It only cost a buck or less to make I would guess

[PernaCamargo]

@thereagauze 

[wnpikoso]

so if you want to check every fret on the fingerboard, you start with the first three, pivoting on the 2nd fret. the next step would be pivoting on the 3rd fret and taking 2 and 3 as a reference, and checking 4th's fret height.

then you move on pivoting, one by one right? it seems to me that taking 3 random consecutive frets would not work to get a straight fretwork.

another way could be marking the buzzing frets and working around them, asuming the rest nearby has the proper height.

[LedWolf7]

made this with a piece of aluminum

fast free tools!! hell yeah

[azfryguy]

I found an old 12" steel ruler and cut it to four different lengths. It was very old and had dents and was bent so I took to my bench grinder and used the sides of the wheel to make it straight. I held it up against another ruler and anything else that was flat and checked if any light got through. It did not! I love Stewmac and will always buy there product but you can make your own assuming you have a 12 steel ruler, some form of a grinder and a cut off disc or some other way to cut it.

[2004wjc]

Just use a credit card.

[rollingstopp]

sounds like the name of a band--fret rocker

[thereagauze]

everyone complaining about the price: a lot of this stuff is not made for hobbiests. If you charge $75 an hour to fix guitars it's not worth wasting any time making one.

for the hobbiest I'd say take a few short lengths of metal and work them flat on sand paper stuck to a sheet of glass or a granite slab.

[donepearce]

Be aware! This will rock on low fets too - or rather on the fret next to a low fret. So if you find a fret that rocks, check each side to see if what you actually have is a low fret rather than a high one. The chances are 50:50 each way.

[stevenmiles]

I have one of these and it's worth the $22.50 as far as I'm concern. My time is money and the time it'd take up cutting a perfectly good straight edge to use as a rocker is hardly worth it. My shop is set up for easy access to tools, neatness and use of quality equipment at hand. I've seen other shops and the attitude translates into the finished product. I'd rather use matches to start a fire than rub two sticks together. Better yet, buy a lighter.