Author Topic: Frets and the unhappy bear (Read 1770 times)

effclef · « **Reply #45 on:** March 17, 2005, 02:32:35 PM »

Roger, good job! I hope your job situation improves soon, but at least you can be happy playing that beautiful bass again, while you wait.

EffClef

dwmark · « **Reply #46 on:** March 17, 2005, 03:34:50 PM »

Thanks from me in advance. After following this one, I noticed that the frets on my Epic 6 have sprouted (I might have ignored the nicks on my hands until Summer, when the frets would have unsprouted--probably would have taken a couple of years before I figured it out). One problem--I DON'T DRINK BRANDY (will vodka work?).

lbpesq · « **Reply #47 on:** March 17, 2005, 05:34:16 PM »

Roger:

If you are going to keep a Dragon, you have to expect to clip its nails. I'm glad the operation was a success and the patient recovered. Next time, try a good single malt scotch.

Bill, tgo

essencetimestwo · « **Reply #48 on:** March 17, 2005, 09:09:49 PM »

Congratulations on the fix. It wasn't that hard was it. Just the thought of taking any sharp tool to a bass that valuable would make me puke. Not the Jim Beam Black that I have grown a taste for. Smooth and rich American bourbon whiskey without the price to match. Try it someitme if you can find it.

88persuader · « **Reply #49 on:** March 17, 2005, 10:03:22 PM »

Wow talk about a long chain! ;-) Well I'll put in my two cents. I JUST had the same problem with my SC Standard .... the ebony shrunk a little and the frets got sharp. While changing my strings this evening I decided to do the filing job. I couldn't find a proper file so (get this) for the heck of it I pulled out my finger nail clippers and used it's file to very lightly filed one fret. To my shock and delite it did the job without harming the wood of the neck at all. So I dress the frets on the whole bass using a mini finger nail file! It came out perfect with not so much as a mark on the neck! Believe it or not I'd suggest trying this if your frets are a little sharp because of neck shrinkage. A regular metal finger nail file isn't that rough but apparently was rough enough to take care of the problem I had ... maybe it'll work for you?

88persuader · « **Reply #50 on:** March 17, 2005, 10:16:26 PM »

Well i tried something a little ... different! Tonight while changing strings on my SC Standard I decided to file down the ends of my frets because like most of you the eboney had shrunk a little and the fret ends had gotten sharp. Well I couldn't find my files so before giving up and deciding to do it later ... for a laugh i pulled out my finger nail clippers which has a small nail file attached. I very carefully filed one fret with the nail file only to find out it did a fantastic job ... and didn't leave so much as a mark on the neck! (And it was easy!) So I went ahead and did the entire bass (filing) with the fingernail file attached to a cheap finger nail clipper. It only took around 20 minutes, it didn't leave so much as a mark on the wood of the neck and now my frets are as smooth as the day I 1st got my bass new. After doing it I think I'll do it that way if or when every i need to do it on other basses I have. A REAL file can harm the wood easily if you're not careful but the fingernail file is not that rough ... frankly I'm surprised it worked at all ... but it did! Just goes to show ya ... sometimes thinking out of the box is a good thing! ;-)

88persuader · « **Reply #51 on:** March 17, 2005, 10:19:17 PM »

Sorry about the kind of double post ... I thought I lost the 1st one so i wrote it again.