Andy Eagle ( Guitar repair tech for 30 years )

[Eagle]

Yesterday I knocked my SG 50s tribute (no neck binding) from a flimsy stand. It took a forward nose dive and didn't play 12th fret notes anymore afterwards. After some panicked troubleshooting I determined that the 13th fret came loose and is sticking out a bit.

Just press it back in with a fret press and apply some super glue on both sides of the fret? (that's one area of guitar maintenance I have never done so far).

I ordered this one from Amazon, hopefully it can do the job:

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Yes that will reset a fret but you may need a light dress also to get it perfect.

 

[TravisG406]

Ah thank goddess I was worried this thread would have to be renamed

Andy Eagle ( Guitar repair tech hasn’t logged on for 30 years )​

 

[Digital Igloo]

Welcome back, Andy!

You have any tuning/setup tips for hacks like myself who rely on capos too often (because we're too busy at our day jobs to actually practice guitar)? Y'know, besides "Play more"?

 

[Eagle]

Welcome back, Andy!

You have any tuning/setup tips for hacks like myself who rely on capos too often (because we're too busy at our day jobs to actually practice guitar)? Y'know, besides "Play more"?

The main thing is be very careful how you put your strings on and tune UP to pitch. No more than twice around the post and no overlapping or knotting. Just a sharp right angle bend in the string at the point where it goes through the tuner.
This is 90% of people’s problems. More than any tuners or badly cut nuts. Get this right and broken backlash budget tuners will stay in tune near perfectly.
And Thanks.

 

[Blix]

Good to see you back Andy, missed you.