Hey Brandon. If you play alot of chords and not alot of bends, regular sized frets are fine. Some like the largewr frets for better feel while bending. There may be other points some will share.
Yep even with 6105 frets notes can go sharp if you are heavy handed (fingered).
If your guitar has stainless steel frets that is the problem.
I was repeatedly breaking the high E at the 12th f...
...ed to detune the tension is correct when setup and in tune. More crucial in my opinion is to protect the frets with some hard material between the strings and the frets so the pressure from the string...
... neat to design one. Mine sit on their stands for the most part. Some in cases. If in a case protect the frets from getting those impressions on the frets which happens in storing this way. leftbob...
... section on fretless playing. One of my first ever 'customisations' of a guitar was to rip the frets out and try and play fretless. Good fun and nice easy slides etc. Only lasted a few weeks...
...re at your guitar while you play.
They serve no purpose other than helping beginners learn where the frets are at. Like letters on your keyboard. Theyre useless for somebody who knows how to type....
...39; event;
Its a nice guitar; very strong pickups and great neck. I'm normally not a fan of 24 frets, but its fun to play fast runs up/down the neck when it seems like you have a mile of fre...
......my first finger is going on the sixth string..but my third finger barely reaches the fifth string two frets up..rather then it ends up holding the fifth string just one fret up...can anyone tell me...
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Also the 5th and 4th strings (calling the fat one 6, forgive my lack of musical knowledge ) hit the frets when fingered 3 or 4 frets down, this buzzes, does this mean the action or neck needs adj...
...of the Gibson ? Thanks and Happy New Year to all.
It sounds as though the problem occurs because the frets are lrger (higher) on the LP than are the frets on the Fender.
The only cure (if you ...
Frets, that just too cool!
...d apply carefully in multiple applications if necessary. Reason being is you dont want to get any in the frets slot because this can have adverse effects on the compression which holds the frets down....
He also tuned down a semitone (hence playing some stuff in Eb) and had bass guitar frets fitted to increase sustain.
...ed to lower the action to the same as my other guitar aswell but when i do, the strings buzz against the frets when the strings are bent at around the 12 fret and above.
What my guitar tutor said....
While Somewhat a Tricky Job
A Luthier Has The Right Tools
And Get The Right Tool For The Right Size Frets You Choose
Keep In Mind Some Of These will Cost You http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tool...
SGs are quite tricky to play up in the high frets if you have large fingers as its a short(ish) scale guitar and the gaps are quite small. Thats what I find anyway
...or my elegtric guitar and when I started putting them on and picking at each individual string the top 3 frets make buzzing sounds but the rest sound fine. Why does this happen and how do i fix it?...
Ha! That's great... 'white dots on some of the frets. ?????'
His girlfriend, Myrtle, has a website, too... http://www.j-walk.com/music/myrtle/myrtle.htm
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I have recently started playing guitar. Although I m pretty sure that my finger positions on the frets is ok and strumming is fine too..but still my chords sound very different as compared to ...
...make a guitar play more tunefully across the whole neck, the strangest one I've seen looks like the frets have been bent at random and thrown at the neck. The fact that we set the intonation at a...
...fine. Sometimes thought, especially if I play it in a specific room in my house, it buzzes on one of the frets...It doesn't do that if it is in its usual place ,and only buzzes on a certain fret....
...tom inlays eventually but I'm not set up to do it at the moment, bear in mind that it will need the frets removing for any work to be done underneath and will not be a cheap job whatever. It look...
.... Slide up to the D note and then with your third finger play the B on the high E string. Slide down two frets and playthe C (on the G string) and the A (on the high E string) and then slide down anot...
... good. The pickup is a POS but ok. I think it could actually be usable for a beginner if the end of the frets weren't so sharp. As you slide your hand along the neck they catch your fingers. I&...
... i think)......
Yeh its kewl, and only cost me 99 quid downside is the neck is a bit thin across the frets..........
... For It Unless You Have At Least
a Grand Investment In Your Guitar
Its Usually Caused By The Samll Frets On The Guitars And Some Have That Flat Surface
Which Generates The Problem
Hope Thi...
.... If you keep them in their case get those plastic fret protectors to prevent the indents that happen to frets when stored with prolonged pressure from the case pushing the strings against them....
...problem you will cause by having the bridge too low will put the strings too low to the pickups and neck frets closest to the guitar body, besides preventing use of the tremolo bar, as it's inten...
...
the strings and the fretboard so over the long haul you don't get those nasty indentations on the frets you see often in guitars being sold. I talked to this guy who owns a guitar museum of sor...
...earing type) and mega-gigantic fretwire installed with the cute little intonation kinks in the first few frets. Did I say the fretwire was big? I was wrong..... it was ginormous!...
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