![]() Take a look at the second picture to see how I put the tape on. The tape should cover the wood but not the frets themselves, leave a space so that you can work on the fret. If you keep them on you may risk filing the strings and sawing them clean off.Īfter the strings are off of your guitar, take your tape and place two strips on the fretboard where you will be working so that the file doesn’t take a chunk out of the wood. The first thing you will need to do is loosen and remove all of the strings on your guitar. It was really annoying because if I played anything near the 12 th fret I would get string buzz, so here is how I fixed the problem. The 13 th and 14 th frets were a bit too high and I needed to file them down so that the notes would ring out clearly. I suggest that if you are learning how to do luthier work you should also use a cheap guitar before testing this out on the real thing. My Pyle-Pro PGAKT39 Acoustic guitar has pretty much become my project fixer-upper guitar, if there is something I want to learn I use that guitar to test it out on. Black marker- You will use this to know how much you file down. Steel wool- I actually found the dollar store stuff will do just fine. You can get a small set of cheap needle files for under $10 on Amazon to fix minor details. The Nicholson file had three sides and no handle it will get the job done perfectly. Instead I used the Nicholson 6″ black diamond taper file for about $4.21 at Home Depot. Fret file- You can buy the luthier version but they are very expensive. Make sure that the card is even because you will use this to balance on the fret to tell if they are even. Credit card- Anything small flat and square. ![]() Before we get started there are a few items we need to complete this task: I recorded my notes of everything I did to find what worked from what didn’t. I am nothing more than a guitar hobbyist. I’m going to start by saying that I am not a professional luthier I simply learned how to do the following by trial and error. ![]() ![]() In this article I’m going to share with you how to file down those annoying high frets on your guitar to get rid of those pesky dead zones. ![]()
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