Learn how to find string buzzing as it relates to high or low frets. Frets are a common cause of guitar string buzzing and it is often the fault of a low fret, or a high fret, which can be worn or defective or installed incorrectly. We will discuss the tools of the trade to help you troubleshoot the problem easily and even give you free PDF electronically downloadable plans from our Free Plan Section in our Plan Shop.

Fret Rocker Fret Repair Tool Source: Fret Repair; Repair Tools & Jigs Fret Rocker: This is a simple to make took, if you have the proper equipment to make them that is. What The Fret Rocker Does: The fret rocker is designed to span 3 frets at one time. Since the fret spacing varies as [...]

Fret Installation – Glued-In Frets Source: Fret Repair Fret Installation – Glued-In Frets: The process of gluing in frets vs. pounding them is involves differences which are radically different. With the gluing process, we need to devise a clamping arrangement which will allow us to securely hold all of the frets in at one time. [...]

Fret Tang Nippers Source: Fret Repair Fret Preparation – Glue-In Frets To prepare the frets, prior to the gluing process, we first have to measure each fret channel in length, cut the frets to length, and shape and store them in a orderly manner. Measure Frets for Unbound Fretboard: To measure the frets accurately on [...]

Dremel Rotary Tool for Routing Fret Channels Source: Fret Repair Fretboard Preparation – Glued-In Frets: Since this is a rather involved procedure, I have split the fret installation into several bit-sized articles. In this article we will cover what is necessary to prepare the fret slots for the gluing process. Tools and Materials Needed: Dremel [...]

New Fret Job – Is Gluing Necessary Source: Fret Repair New Fret Job – Is Gluing Necessary? When frets are placed into the fretboard under factory conditions or in the shop of a luthier, they are installed with known factors such as proper fret channel slot widths, paired with proper fret tang gages, resulting in [...]

Fret Removal – Glued In Frets Source: Fret Repair Tools and Materials Required: Reworked Soldering Iron: Reworked End Nippers: Guitar Top Protector: Fret Removal – Glued-In Frets: There will be many occasions when you will yank on the frets with your fret removal tool and you may wonder how the frets were driven in so [...]

Fret Finishing for the Bound Fretboards Source: Fret Repair Fret Finishing – Bound Fretboards: This article finishes up the discussion of fret installation of frets on bound fretboards. You should be sure to read the first article in this series – Fret Installation for Bound Fretboards. That link in the the article listing below. Articles [...]

Fret Installation for the Bound Fretboards Source: Fret Repair Fret Installation – Bound Fretboards: Replacing the frets on a guitar with a bound fretboard presents itself with a much more challenging task than that of an unbound fretboard. Please read the article Fret Finishing for Bound Fretboards for the final steps in this fret repair. [...]

All the steps involved with finishing the frets on an unbound fretboard are discussed here, including trimming the frets, rounding them, smoothing and polishing processes and installation of the net and final setup.