Post by Rusty on Feb 15, 2010 22:29:55 GMT -6
Ok I'll do a bigger and more in depth article on the Portal Tech section in a few days, but I thought I would post a quick how to on here.
There is no reason a man should play a bad playing guitar. I spent less than $50 and have done 3 of my own. So lets get started.
First you don't have to remove the strings, I didn't. Just loosened them,pulled to the side and secured with tape to keep them out of the way.
Next you will need to remove the nut.
Next at Walmart, in the tools. 3' aluminum ruler. I cut it in half. Laying it on the fretboard I marked the location of the frets with a pencil,then filed them out with a file so it would clear the frets.
Now with the notched straightedge,stand it up across the fretboard,and adjust the trussrod until the fretboard is flat. No light between the wood and the ruler anywhere across the fretboard. (Don;t skip this step!)
Once the board is flat, mark the top of all the frets with a sharpie
Once the tops are marked, you take the beam sander. Mine is a 18" level I gout for a few bucks at harbor freight, some elmers craft glue and a roll of 320 emerycloth. Glue the emerycloth on the rail with the elmers. Now working from nut to bridge,sand longways the length of teh neck until all the sharpie marks are gone,and all the blemishes disappear. The Peavey had some deep fret wear and I had to sad it twice to get it flat.
Now that you have hte frets all flattened you have to round the tops. Here is where you need the recrowning file, I got mine at Grizzly.com for $35. Working across the frets,file until you feel the fret smoothing out,and the marks you put in with the sanding beam are all gone. You can tell when it starts to run across smooth. Be sure to protect the fretboard with tape during this process.
Now with some 1000 grit sandpaper I had lying around I sanded the edges of the frets to remove any scratches and then the tops to polish them.
Now with my dremel and a polishing pad, I used some rubbing compound,nad did a final polish on the frets,then cleaned it all up and put hte strings back on.
You will have to adjust the trussrod and string height and you're ready to go. Hope this helps a little.
There is no reason a man should play a bad playing guitar. I spent less than $50 and have done 3 of my own. So lets get started.
First you don't have to remove the strings, I didn't. Just loosened them,pulled to the side and secured with tape to keep them out of the way.
Next you will need to remove the nut.
Next at Walmart, in the tools. 3' aluminum ruler. I cut it in half. Laying it on the fretboard I marked the location of the frets with a pencil,then filed them out with a file so it would clear the frets.
Now with the notched straightedge,stand it up across the fretboard,and adjust the trussrod until the fretboard is flat. No light between the wood and the ruler anywhere across the fretboard. (Don;t skip this step!)
Once the board is flat, mark the top of all the frets with a sharpie
Once the tops are marked, you take the beam sander. Mine is a 18" level I gout for a few bucks at harbor freight, some elmers craft glue and a roll of 320 emerycloth. Glue the emerycloth on the rail with the elmers. Now working from nut to bridge,sand longways the length of teh neck until all the sharpie marks are gone,and all the blemishes disappear. The Peavey had some deep fret wear and I had to sad it twice to get it flat.
Now that you have hte frets all flattened you have to round the tops. Here is where you need the recrowning file, I got mine at Grizzly.com for $35. Working across the frets,file until you feel the fret smoothing out,and the marks you put in with the sanding beam are all gone. You can tell when it starts to run across smooth. Be sure to protect the fretboard with tape during this process.
Now with some 1000 grit sandpaper I had lying around I sanded the edges of the frets to remove any scratches and then the tops to polish them.
Now with my dremel and a polishing pad, I used some rubbing compound,nad did a final polish on the frets,then cleaned it all up and put hte strings back on.
You will have to adjust the trussrod and string height and you're ready to go. Hope this helps a little.