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Probably sandwich/candy related ;~))
Fractal Talk
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@DrewJD82
Couldn't help but think of you...
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Preset: https://g66.eu/images/presets/cc-presets/Money_Lead_1_Brit_Floyd.zip
Couldn't help but think of you...
Brit Floyd Money Lead Preset | Fractal Friday
Preset: https://g66.eu/images/presets/cc-presets/Money_Lead_1_Brit_Floyd.zip
Preset: https://g66.eu/images/presets/cc-presets/Money_Lead_1_Brit_Floyd.zip
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@DrewJD82
Couldn't help but think of you...
Brit Floyd Money Lead Preset | Fractal Friday
Preset: https://g66.eu/images/presets/cc-presets/Money_Lead_1_Brit_Floyd.zip
Preset: https://g66.eu/images/presets/cc-presets/Money_Lead_1_Brit_Floyd.zip
Just so happens I recently got a black pickguard for my OG MIM Strat I need to re-fret.
(before anyone says it, it's a 1-ply guard, that's just the protective film, not a middle white ply you're seeing)
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Hahahah well, I attempted my first and second re-frets on it and stopped partway through 2nd when it was looking exactly like the first. It just dawned on me right now what I did wrong; I didn’t buy a sanding beam and after installing went right to a fret rocker where I inevitably found all the frets unlevel and sanding them individually just made more uneven spots, I thought I could sand my way out of it, but the frets have less material than the original frets I removed that were 25 years old!
I now have a goal of making @Eagle so impressed with my fret ends he comes back to the forum.
AlbertA
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Do you have a fret press? Or just hammering them in?Hahahah well, I attempted my first and second re-frets on it and stopped partway through 2nd when it was looking exactly like the first. It just dawned on me right now what I did wrong; I didn’t buy a sanding beam and after installing went right to a fret rocker where I inevitably found all the frets unlevel and sanding them individually just made more uneven spots, I thought I could sand my way out of it, but the frets have less material than the original frets I removed that were 25 years old!
I now have a goal of making @Eagle so impressed with my fret ends he comes back to the forum.
Yeah a sanding beam is very useful - what did you get?
How are you taking care of the fret ends?
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I have all the cauls and I have a heavy duty drill press, now. I hammered them in originally, both times. And I likely did a shit job at removing any excess material from the slots.
Another mistake I made back then was buying all the tools on Amazon and the files I got for the frets just chewed right through them. I did get a decent Stew Mac crowning file and I believe I have a Stew Mac fret-end block/jig, but the files I used to dress the ends just ate them up. I don’t have to cheap out on anything moving forward so I’m just going with Stew Mac and Music Nomad files, beams, finishing materials.
Definitely worth the loot.
I know they say its poor form to blame your tools. I don't do that, I guess. I just praise really good tools.
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Hahahha well, there’s certainly credence to that because if you have to blame your tools, it’s still on you who decided to purchase them!!!
I hadn't actually thought of it like that... wise man!
Its been years since I've bought a shite tool. If I fuck up... its ALL on me.
AlbertA
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Nice - I had the Music Nomad crowning file but I prefer the Fret Guru diamond dagger as it seems to leave a narrower center line.
I also watch out for StewMac 50% sale here and there and accumulate fret related tools that way.
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I definitely need to keep an eye out for those sales as well. I made a spot in my apartment I can put a table/bench and rather than buying a ton of pedals this year I just want to stock up on tools for repair/modding.
This is good!
Therapy! A definite happy place for me.
I ain't no Eagle... but I can getter done!
So many decent cheap guitars to play around with these days.
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Has anybody here ever tried one of these Hosco fret crowning tools?
https://www.philadelphialuthiertool...ltimate-fret-crowning-optimizer-ufo1-1-1-1-4/
The concept seems really solid to me, but before I spend $100 on a tool I will use maybe 3 or 4 times in my life, I would like to hear more feedback than what I have found online.
https://www.philadelphialuthiertool...ltimate-fret-crowning-optimizer-ufo1-1-1-1-4/
The concept seems really solid to me, but before I spend $100 on a tool I will use maybe 3 or 4 times in my life, I would like to hear more feedback than what I have found online.
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I haven’t, but I’ve ordered a bunch of stuff from Philadelphia Luthier Tools before and get the idea they don’t mess around with junk. Seeing a $100, japanese-made fret file on their site is like seeing a $12K Fender Custom Shop Strat on Wildwood’s site, not out of place at all.
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We need to have a talk about your food choices, Brock.
(says smoker of real cigarettes!).
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Hahahha well, there’s certainly credence to that because if you have to blame your tools, it’s still on you who decided to purchase them!!!
Hahaha! Who's the tool that bought that tool?
James Freeman
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I love the Parametric EQ block.
