Matt Rayner Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Today. Removing frets from a heavily-varnished Stratocaster maple neck. Just one or two slips of concentration with the old the scalpel knife. No major damage, but I think the neighbours might have learnt some rather colourful English vocabulary. Any coffeehousers care to share any recent profanity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 f*C* no 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwal³ Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 shitbuggerbastardpiss*****fart /goodluck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Gotta show some pics! No pics? Never happened!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Forgot to add... My wife thinks I have the most vulgar mouth. I seem to have a talent for saying very profane things at the worst possible moment. But being a educated street man, I know I can't hold a candle to some of you mofo's!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 What the **** is he jabbering about? 🤔 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Rayner Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 Try again. Last post got nuked by admin! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Who the ***** thought that asking bandlab to organise the cakewalk users social event was a good idea? 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 I can see on the 21st fret that looks like a little cracking. Is that the spot that got all the language going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Rayner Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 Grem, Lucky 13 got me started. 21 resulted in much louder, longer, descriptive profanity as I thought I was home and dry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 @Matt Rayner due to the spam we have recently been experiencing you unfortunately used a banned word. As I see you managed to post refrazed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 50 minutes ago, Matt Rayner said: Lucky 13 got me started I can see that the varnish was very thick! Too thick. Did you do a "pre-cut" along the edge of the frets before pulling them up? Looks like you were doing a great clean job for most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 2 hours ago, Wookiee said: @Matt Rayner due to the spam we have recently been experiencing you unfortunately used a banned word. As I see you managed to post refrazed. Yes. You're not allowed to say ****, ****, *******, ****, ***, ************, *****, **** or Worcestershire here. 😜 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Rayner Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 (edited) Thanks Wookiee. Not sure what the offending word was! Anyway, no worries 🙂 Grem, the varnish on that neck really is thick. It's a 2019 Mexican Vintera Strat. I've done a few rosewood necks before and they're a piece of cake. This was my first attempt at maple. Why they varnish over the frets, I don't know. A production cost saver? I can't think of any other reason. I did indeed use a pointed-tip scalpel to cut between the fretboard and the fret, hence the scratches! I also used a soldering iron to warm up the frets. Today I found an alternative YT vid to the one I followed where the presenter used a round-tip scalpel and no iron. I think I'll try that next time - next time being the serious one, my dear old 86 Tele. Gulp.. Edited April 2 by Matt Rayner Name mix up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 (edited) 2 hours ago, Matt Rayner said: used a round-tip scalpel and no iron. Hummm, not sure why the round tip? 2 hours ago, Matt Rayner said: the serious one, my dear old 86 Tele. Gulp.. I know what ya mean. I have been practicing on the StewMac build. Learned a lot from that. But when I tackled my custom build... I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I overcame all the trials and today the guitar is in the best shape it's ever been in since it was built-in the mid 80's. And I learned a lot!! Then I had enough confidence to level/recrown/polish the frets on my 92 G&L Legacy. And I am happy to say that that's been my best work so far. Really proud of that job. And now I have a Roasted Maple neck with a 12" radius coming in soon that will replace the 16"radius neck on the StewMac build. The 16" radius is just too flat. I don't like it and am not comfortable playing it. I have my 2 Epiphone guitars that have set-in necks. And I want to level/crown/polish those frets but I am still hesitant about it. Back on topic: Muta.......!!! Edited April 2 by Grem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Gregy Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 "expletive-laden outburst" One of those got me booted from the Air Force. The fact that not 1 but 2 first sergeants were present might have been a factor. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 42 minutes ago, 57Gregy said: "expletive-laden outburst" One of those got me booted from the Air Force. The fact that not 1 but 2 first sergeants were present might have been a factor. You would have probably been promoted if you had been in the Marines... 😁 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Rayner Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 Grem. The chube dude said the pointed edge is more prone to digging into the varnish and going off on its own track -which I did experience. He also reckons it can more easily cut slivers of wood. I'm also wondering if the rounded tip wouldn't have more surface contact and offer a bit more resistance to slipping over the top of the fret. Especially when you're angled right down and trying to get in between the flat of the crown and the board just a little. I've done quite a few levelling jobs on set-neck guitars. It's not really any harder than a removable, just a bit more work taping things off and moving the ****er around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 7 hours ago, Matt Rayner said: Thanks Wookiee. Not sure what the offending word was! Anyway, no worries 🙂 Grem, the varnish on that neck really is thick. It's a 2019 Mexican Vintera Strat. I've done a few rosewood necks before and they're a piece of cake. This was my first attempt at maple. Why they varnish over the frets, I don't know. A production cost saver? I can't think of any other reason. I did indeed use a pointed-tip scalpel to cut between the fretboard and the fret, hence the scratches! I also used a soldering iron to warm up the frets. Today I found an alternative YT vid to the one I followed where the presenter used a round-tip scalpel and no iron. I think I'll try that next time - next time being the serious one, my dear old 86 Tele. Gulp.. As far as I could see, it was a word most foul, or even fowl, hated by many. What s a p p. A dangerous word wrapped in mysterious forces. It has been the favourite platform for the purveyors of nar c o t ics, certain vegetation, voo-doo d o l l s, l o v e sp e ll s etc. @craigb and that will be enough of your sauce, do you know how they make that stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Rayner Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 OK! Yeah, I took the photos in Wa-Ap. and they would've contained that name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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