Members adambomb Posted June 16, 2007 Members Share Posted June 16, 2007 what does it entail, and what would the ball-park price be , to have a shop remove the frets, flatten the radius of the stock Fender fingerboard and re-fret with new wire? the guitar sounds like god, but the fender radius is just too rounded.....i don't like buzz unplugged when i bend ya know? sounds pretty straight-forward, remove frets, shave radius, refret.any one have knowledge in this endeavor? thanx adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Johny Posted June 16, 2007 Members Share Posted June 16, 2007 It would probably cost more than a new neck from warmoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adambomb Posted June 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted June 16, 2007 It would probably cost more than a new neck from warmoth. i got a feeling you're right. i wonder what neck pocket dimension my tom delonge has.it's the fender one seafoam green, seventies headstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darkstorm Posted June 16, 2007 Members Share Posted June 16, 2007 Not only is the previous poster right about it being cheaper to just get a warmouth replacment neck with the desired radius. It'd be wiser to get replacement neck even if that would cost more. Cause flattening the fretboard also entails making it thinner in that area. Not a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratAttackJack Posted June 16, 2007 Members Share Posted June 16, 2007 Really? I thought the radius could be changed during the refret alone without actually reshaping the fretboard...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matter-Eater Lad Posted June 16, 2007 Members Share Posted June 16, 2007 I suppose you could do that but then you'd have frets that are tall on the ends and short in the middle. Like having Jumbo-Medium-Jumbo frets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Promit Posted June 16, 2007 Members Share Posted June 16, 2007 This sounds like a terrible idea. Just pull off the neck, sell it, and get a new one to your liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarMasterNot Posted June 16, 2007 Members Share Posted June 16, 2007 Really? I thought the radius could be changed during the refret alone without actually reshaping the fretboard...? Yes, the radius of the frets themself can be changed without even refretting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted June 16, 2007 Members Share Posted June 16, 2007 Planing the fretboard is a very common, and often necessary, step in refretting. Lots of set neck guitars, and old guitars in general develop a hump at the neck joint that has to be planed out. It's obviously more labor intensive to change the radius, but it is done from time to time. You biggest risks all depend on how the neck is constructed and how flat you want to go. The inlays may be planed off if they are too shallow. Fretboards should be thick enough to protect the truss rod cavity, those are usually damaged when people try and reshape the back of the neck. Cost? Well a refret averages $175+ for a rosewood board and $250+ for a maple. With the extra labor of planing the board, repairing inlay, and possibly refinishing a maple board I would expect the cost to increase by atleast $75-100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluelegacy Posted June 16, 2007 Members Share Posted June 16, 2007 If it's not time for a re-fret, I'd go the new neck route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted June 16, 2007 Members Share Posted June 16, 2007 I recommend flattening the fretboard just where it meets the body. This isn't as complicated as you'd think. Usually it's done when you refret. After you pull the old frets, it's usually a good Idea to even out the fretboard with radiused sanding blocks. You basically sand with the original radius at the nut and gradually use flatter ones when you get toward the body. This creates a multi-radius neck which is a vast improvement over a single radius neck. Think of the fretboard as the face of a cone instead of the face of a cylinder. Because the strings are converging as they approach the nut, a conic fretboard face provides a more acurate an lower action than a cylindrical one. It also means you only have to sand part of the fretboard to a new contour instead of the whole fretboard. Using a few different radiused blocks at different locations on the neck and blending them together is probably all you'd need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CocoTone Posted June 16, 2007 Members Share Posted June 16, 2007 I wanted the same as you, and ended up replacing the neck with a WD 12'' radius. Made all the difference in the world. CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matter-Eater Lad Posted June 16, 2007 Members Share Posted June 16, 2007 Look at Allparts. Really good necks and much cheaper than Warmoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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