Country-Rocker Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hi All, I have found that on my 2013 SG Standard that the higher pitched E string catches under frets 1-9 or so. I examined it and it looks like the frets are just about the depth of a piece of typing paper too high e.g. it is not level with the binding. There are no gaps or sharp edges and the string does not slip off of the fret board. Could I or a luthier just file them down a bit to even the frets up with the binding? This is not a humidity problem as it has did this since I have bought it. I blamed it on my playing technique, but I was wrong. I work a lot and have not had much time to play this guitar. When I looked it over in bright light the other day, I understood why it is catching. Thanks, Freddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Man you can do it your self. I finished out mine with just plain fingernail emory boards. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country-Rocker Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Thanks bigtim!!! I thought as much, but I figured I better ask before I did it. I couldn't be happier with my SG and I am glad this is no big deal. Thanks, Freddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Please consider you probably will have to level down frets 10 to 22, too, in order to avoid choking notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 hang on there bubba louie... make sure you are working this with "the crown" of the frets in mind. you can hose your intonation on that spot of the neck... Caution is advised.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg50 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I would expect this to be covered by warranty. I would certainly ask my dealer before I got out a nail file or some other home remedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I would expect this to be covered by warranty. I would certainly ask my dealer before I got out a nail file or some other home remedy. Well do not knock it until you try it. You do have a good point about the warranty but I tell you if they do not go and exchange or actually fix the issue, I would go right ahead and get on it. If they do not exchange it and they have any kind of luthier on sight all he is going to do is get a radiused block and go over the fret board about 10 times with different grits and hand it back to you. The guys at Gibson spitting them out about 300 per day or more per each station is just pulling rate to keep his quota per day or he losses pay. I have seen other so called pro luthier set ups and such and I promise you my fret work, even though are with emory boards are hands down just as a good as a pro set up level job ever has been. Plus I have machine fabrication 18 years experience and emory cloth plays a major role in finishing or levelling a number of tooling dies and such in the field. But since emory cloth is not readily availble everywhere, fingernail files can be cut to a certain width and has 2 sides, a rough one and a finer one and cost about 3 bucks for 10. The is enough for about 4 good fret jobs if you know what your doing. Go for it, just do like I said and take your time. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country-Rocker Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 I will just take a tiny tiny bit off...just enough to keep the E string from catching underneath the fret. I will take it for a full set up very soon, including a fret dressing. I'm only really using it for my Doosr/Joy Division obsession and composing new material. I don't think I am going to be damaging it or hindering my very horrible electric playing skills by doing this. Thanks, Freddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Mac Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Am I missing something? I don't get how filing the crown of a fret will fix it from catching under an edge/end of a fret that is lifting. I've slaved with a fret-end file on a cheaper guitar to fix sharp ends that catch strings and feel lousy, but I'm not getting how this filing of the frets will address his problem... Is there any detail image or illustration one can post on here because I just can't seem to wrap my head around this? I've seen luthiers use a soft-strike hammer pounding frets back down setting frets to solve a lifting fret issue along with fret-end filing at the very edge only... But if there's some real simple technique for this I'd like to see it too because I'm sure I could use the tip... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Am I missing something? luthiers use a soft-strike hammer pounding frets back down setting frets to solve a lifting fret issue try this 1st !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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