How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

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If one of my sales or customer service people posted this or had this attitude they would be shown the door. If a person is willing to part with their hard-earned money for our products or services they are treated with the utmost respect, period.
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And yet I turn away work all the time. I think you people are missing the point - a client is a VIP who gets the best in personal treatment and attention. It's the difference between going to the Y to work out, or having a personal trainer.
 
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ICTGoober said:
And yet I turn away work all the time. I think you people are missing the point - a client is a VIP who gets the best in personal treatment and attention. It's the difference between going to the Y to work out, or having a personal trainer.
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My clients range from Fortune 500 companies that cut me huge checks to Mom and Pop, family companies. I treat them all the same and all with respect. When people buy my product or service, they are all V.I.P.s
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

Apparently you guys think I kick lowly students to the curb.... I don't. I call them clients because I respect them. Why can't you figure out that client is a step up from customer. Generic to specific, OK?
 
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A client is a customer who keeps coming back to do more business.

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Demanic said:
A client is a customer who keeps coming back to do more business.
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That's how I tend to think of it and, in his unique way of dismissing the value and competence of anyone who isn't him, I think that's what Goober is trying to get at, as well.
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

I could just tell you.... But it's more fun to spin you guys up. Besides - I know a couple here can figure it out, and not say anything.
 
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Well, sometimes it is fun to stir the pot.
And back to the op: I seem to recall fixing a dinged fret with gorgomite. You just have to be careful not to scallop the fretboard in the process.
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

back to the op: I seem to recall fixing a dinged fret with gorgomite. You just have to be careful not to scallop the fretboard in the process.
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Man, I tried that stuff and just can't handle the smell. Plus, it's hard to clean off the oily stuff it leaves behind. I used it twice and gave the rest away.
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

Why does everyone jump on Goob each time he posts

He is the same dude all day every day
Accept him or not
But there is no need to fill every thread with this nonsense
 
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ehdwuld said:
Why does everyone jump on Goob each time he posts

He is the same dude all day every day
Accept him or not
But there is no need to fill every thread with this nonsense
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I agree, but how can you ask Goob not to post such "nonsense" anymore? We want to promote free speech (to a point) in this forum.
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

I'm not sure what you mean about this 'burr' under the 2nd string. is it a high spot or a low spot?

When I think of a 'burr' I'm thinking of fibers of metal that remains after you cut a piece then you clean it off with a file.

It almost sounds to me you're describing a vertical groove that the string has worn down through the years. depending how deep it is, a fret level might not fix the problem and you're looking at a complete refret.

Just not sure what the op is talking about.
 
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We want to promote free speech (to a point) in this forum.
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The whole point of the 1st amendment (Free speech), is that ALL speech is allowed, whether you like it or not. You actually are saying to promote free speech by not letting me speak. Do you see how stupid that is?

Lemme tell you something, I only recently removed you from my "ignore" list. That's all YOU have to do if you don't want to read my posts anymore. And I'm seriously considering adding you BACK to the list.
 
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ICTGoober said:
The whole point of the 1st amendment (Free speech), is that ALL speech is allowed, whether you like it or not. You actually are saying to promote free speech by not letting me speak. Do you see how stupid that is?

Lemme tell you something, I only recently removed you from my "ignore" list. That's all YOU have to do if you don't want to read my posts anymore. And I'm seriously considering adding you BACK to the list.
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My post was meant to be a joke. You can't see that? Are you really so narcissistic that you can't see that and appreciate the humor in it?

OMG!!! Are you really serious? Or is this a joke? 1st amendment???!!! What!? This is a private forum with its own rules. Yes, we DO promote free speech UP TO A POINT. bUT there ARE limitations on what you can and can't say...re-read the forum guidelines. You'll receive an infraction for political statements and rude name-calling to name a couple.

And for your information, if you think that the 1st amendment gives you the right to say anything you want, you are sadly mistaken and missing the point of the entire Bill of Rights. Even our right to "liberty and the pursuit of happiness" ends where it infringes upon those rights of another.

I know about the "ignore list". You think that's a threat to add me back to your "ignore" list? Well it isn't. You can ignore me all you want...I would appreciate that. But, no, I don't want to put you on my ignore list...I get a kick out of seeing you make a fool of yourself. When you call us "doofus", or refer to your customers as "schmucks" and "nobodies", when you call Aceman an "ass" for his opinion about Gibson (he actually had a very valid point, by the way) you are exercising your "free speech" to prove who you are. This is good for us to know.

So let this be the end of our feud. Let's not make this so personal. You keep posting your opinions as if they were fact, and I'll keep posting how you are wrong. You keep calling us names, and we'll just keep looking at that as a reflection of who you are. You keep thinking horribly about your customers or clients (or whatever you want to call them), and again point out to us who you really are.

If I could give you any advice (which I know you wouldn't accept anyway because of your personality disorder) it would be to mature in your thoughts and opinions of others as if they weren't all subordinate to you. You may find that you will get along with others much better and wouldn't have to call them names or "ignore" them.

Just saying.
 
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Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

If the "burr" is actually a groove, filing would make it worse. Replacing the bad fret is the best way to fix THAT.

If the "burr" is a raised sliver of metal, then filing is indeed the best fix.
 
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You say I post nonsense. That's a lie. You say you were joking, but you haven't in the past and you weren't then. You say you want to end the feud. There never was, it was all in your mind. If you want to end anything, go right ahead. I helped OP, he thanked me - but you had to spin up some almighty ****storm over a fret. I'd say you are the one with the personality disorder.
 
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Typical self-satiating narcissistic comment. I would have expected nothing less. I HOPED for a more mature attitude, but I guess it's not gonna happen.

YOU say it's a lie, so it MUST be true.
YOU say I was not joking, so it MUST be true.
YOU say there was no feud, that it was all in my head, so it MUST be true.
YOU say you helped the OP, so it MUST be true.......... But in which post did you give such a magnanimous offering to Diego? The one where you said that you do that repair alot, but only offered the advice to "take it to your luthier"? The same post in which you called Bob an "ASS"?
YOU say I spun up a "storm over a fret", so it MUST be true. ....Which post(s) specifically are you referring to? The one where I gave advice to only have the bad fret replaced? The one where I warned that doing a complete fret leveling job would lower the action of all his frets? The one where I recommended filing of that one fret if the "burr" was a raised sliver of metal? The same one that I clarified my advice to replace the fret if the "burr" was a nick or groove in the top of the fret? Where is the fallacy in any of my advice to Diego? Where is the "spin" or "almighty ***storm" that I created over a "FRET". Only in response to YOU. Get it?

Yes indeed, if you say something, it must be true. You seem to be the ultimate and ONLY authority on anything...and especially how to handle all of your schmuck nobody customers who keep you in business and keep bread on your table (great respectful and appreciative attitude you've got there, buddy).

I haven't the time right now, but, if you don't mind, I'll begin praying to you next Tuesday for a hamburger today.
 
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