Members Cwizzy Posted May 14, 2009 Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 hi the problem is when i'm bending on the e or b string higher than 16 the string hit the 21 fret an either dies or sounds like i'm pressing the 22. fret what is my problem and what can i do about it?? //Ilfeldt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cwizzy Posted May 14, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 no one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted May 14, 2009 Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 How high is your action at the 12th fret? (measure from the string to your fret) You may have a high fret at f22 or so that needs to be leveled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benricci Posted May 14, 2009 Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 no one? Might want to give it more than 14 minutes....also, sounds like you need a fret level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cwizzy Posted May 14, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 my bad i'm just little impatient by nature:D is a fret level something i can do myself or do i need to take it to a shop? btw the string height is about 1,44mm at 12 fret and a only a little lower at 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Patuney Posted May 14, 2009 Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 Time to give it to an expert, unless it's a crap guitar. Then take a hammer or a file to that high fret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cwizzy Posted May 14, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 ok thank. it's an gibson sg so i think i'll take it to a shop. are there anything waranty for these kind of things it's only one and a half years old?? //Ilfeldt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benricci Posted May 14, 2009 Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 ok thank. it's an gibson sg so i think i'll take it to a shop. are there anything waranty for these kind of things it's only one and a half years old??//Ilfeldt If you are the original owner, and you purchased it from an authorized dealer, then you should be covered by the warranty: http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Support/WarrantyRegistration/GibsonUSAWarranty/ Did you ever register the warranty with Gibson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members naboutboul Posted May 14, 2009 Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 Yea. Gibson should cover it. Go to their site and give the customer service a call to set up the RMA. You have to ship it to them which is a pain but they ship back with FedEx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cwizzy Posted May 14, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 no here in Denmark the stores handles all the shipping and waranty issues with the company for you. all i have to do is take it to da shop. //Ilfeldt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benricci Posted May 14, 2009 Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 My bad. Didn't see that you were in Denmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted May 14, 2009 Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 If you have some basic tools and are handy with them you can do it yourself. You can check for the high fret with a short straightedge that spans just three frets. If it rocks, you've found the high one. If you don't have a straightedge, make one by cutting up and old credit card. You can make a "file" with a piece of hardwood about an inch wide (20-30 mm?) by 6-8" long and some very fine 400 grit sandpaper. Make sure the piece of wood is perfectly straight, glue the sandpaper to the wood. You can run this across the frets side to side, very lightly, following the curvature of the frets until you've knocked down the high fret. You can mark the tops of the frets with a sharpie so you know when you've leveled them. You'll need to crown the tops of the frets you've leveled. You can use small hobbie files or just use the sanding block you made to round the edges, then roll up a piece of sand paper and run it up and down the length of the fretboard of that area... that will just hit the edges, rounding them. This is a quick and very dirty way of doing it, and I wouldn't recommend it for an entire fretboard, but for just a couple of frets you can manage quite nicely. Before getting the "correct tools" I was able to get my guitars to play quite nicely with these crude, makeshift tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cwizzy Posted May 14, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 np benricci. i don't think i'll start fret leveling on my gibson since that would be the first time and i'll never forgive myself if i mess up. //Ilfeldt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted May 14, 2009 Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 Plek it and be happy forever (or until a refret) hmm you may have to visit Sweden though... GuitarLabs Scandinavia ABContact person: Hans, Ricky & UlfArvid Moernes vaeg 37168 46 BrommaSweden Phone: +46 8 644 94 80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mid Life Crisis Posted May 14, 2009 Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 ...or you could just raise the action at the treble end of the bridge just a touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cwizzy Posted May 14, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 250 dollars!?!? is it worth it? //ilfeldt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cwizzy Posted May 14, 2009 Author Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 but if the waranty covers are there any reson not to?? //Ilfeldt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Jcat5150 Posted May 14, 2009 Members Share Posted May 14, 2009 I would work on the action man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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