Members bobbtoz Posted April 30, 2006 Members Share Posted April 30, 2006 I noticed when playing a couple of days ago the edges of the frets were sticking out of my guitar neck. I know the cause of this is wood shrinkage. Can anyone give me some hints on how to take care of this myself. Not looking to drop it off at a guitar tech and wait two weeks, unless I have to. Thanks Bob T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members exposeenmity Posted April 30, 2006 Members Share Posted April 30, 2006 could be caused by low humidity. Try raising the humidity level where you store your guitar if you can. If it doesn't get better after a couple days, I don't know what to tell ya besides take it to a tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dorkstar1 Posted April 30, 2006 Members Share Posted April 30, 2006 This is a bit off topic, but I didn't see your hotcat 30r listed in your current gear. Do you still have it? If not, what happened with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danyeo Posted April 30, 2006 Members Share Posted April 30, 2006 Originally posted by bobbtoz I noticed when playing a couple of days ago the edges of the frets were sticking out of my guitar neck. I know the cause of this is wood shrinkage. Can anyone give me some hints on how to take care of this myself. Not looking to drop it off at a guitar tech and wait two weeks, unless I have to.Thanks Bob T. My suhr i used to own had the same problem. Frets that stick over the edge bug the hell out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ratter Posted April 30, 2006 Members Share Posted April 30, 2006 A tech will just file them down for you. I suppose you could do it yourself, somebody will chime in with the proper file to use, technique, etc. Me, I don't have the gonads needed to take a file to a guitar neck. And yeah, it's just the low humidity. If it's not too bad, bringing the room up to the proper humidity level and keeping it there might reverse the problem. It will definitely prevent it from happening again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members argh Posted April 30, 2006 Members Share Posted April 30, 2006 dude just take a nail filer (metal) and file it down carefully. I did it myself on the top of the fret to eliminate fret buzz and it wasn't very difficult. just give it slow even strokes as to not cause any damage to the actual neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Veee number 2 Posted April 30, 2006 Members Share Posted April 30, 2006 Your guitar is way to dry - humidify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackwater Posted April 30, 2006 Members Share Posted April 30, 2006 Play the {censored}er till it wears down...isn't that what everybody else does:confused: or get a file either way that {censored} will go away if you touch her enough....unlike girls:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bobbtoz Posted May 1, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 1, 2006 Originally posted by exposeenmity could be caused by low humidity. Try raising the humidity level where you store your guitar if you can. If it doesn't get better after a couple days, I don't know what to tell ya besides take it to a tech. Right after I posted this I went to check the guitar out (I had not played it for several days). I made some previous adjutments in the humidity level and it worked. The neck feels fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bobbtoz Posted May 1, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 1, 2006 Originally posted by dorkstar1 This is a bit off topic, but I didn't see your hotcat 30r listed in your current gear. Do you still have it? If not, what happened with it? I sold that to a fellow formite about 5 months ago. Every now and than I touch base to see how he likes it. He still digs it. I miss the {censored} out of that amp. I could see me purchasing another some day. Right now I have a Splawn QR on the way. If that doesn't sound good at semi-low volumes than I'll be looking for something else. Its really difficult to beat the shiva I have. That amp has seen many amps come and go, but nothing has kicked it in the dirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tone Bone Posted May 1, 2006 Members Share Posted May 1, 2006 Originally posted by Veee Your guitar is way to dry - humidify. +1 I had the same problem with my Anderson. The tech who works on my guitars gave me a good tip to avoid this kind of thing: take a small tupperware container, poke holes in its lid, and put a damp cloth in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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