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

Diego

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One of my guitars has quite a large burr on the 17th fret, right on top of the 2nd string. It's quite annoying as it ruins bends and playability.

I'm no tech, although I wire and do the basic setup on my own and I'm comfortable with that. But I don't mess with frets or nuts at all, that's where I usually take my guitars to a tech.
Is there a foolproof way I could fix this? It's just that burr on that fret that needs to go.
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

Stop buying Gibsons usually takes care of that.
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

Stop buying Gibsons usually takes care of that.

GIVE IT A REST. All it does is make you look like an ass.

In answer to OP's question - take it to your luthier. Believe it or not, fixing one fret is trickier than fixing all of them. I do it often for my clients, but I have to be careful not to damage the other frets while rectifying the problem.
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

GIVE IT A REST. All it does is make you look like an ass.

In answer to OP's question - take it to your luthier. Believe it or not, fixing one fret is trickier than fixing all of them. I do it often for my clients, but I have to be careful not to damage the other frets while rectifying the problem.

Thanks! I'd heard that as well. Guess I'll do that.
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

The best way to fix it is to replace that fret.

Leaving it in and just trying to fix it means a complete fret level job, leaving you with lower frets (especially the higher ones if the fret job tapers down toward the bridge end of the neck).
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

The best way to fix it is to replace that fret.

Leaving it in and just trying to fix it means a complete fret level job, leaving you with lower frets (especially the higher ones if the fret job tapers down toward the bridge end of the neck).

Possible, but you are assuming a lot.
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

I do it often for my clients, but I have to be careful not to damage the other frets while rectifying the problem.

I dont even care about adding answers already mentioned but " Clients" is a more suited word for Lawyers and fake Tit-Butt-Lip doctors . here in the guitar world Customer would be the Friendlier term but hey , what do I know ?
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

Customers are schmucks who ask stupid questions and waste my time.

Clients don't waste my time, and bring wads of cash when they want my services or parts.

Customers are nobodies, and clients are somebodies.

Clients don't call me to be friends, they call me because I kick ass on the bench and their gear. I don't waste their time, either.
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

Customers are schmucks who ask stupid questions and waste my time.

Clients don't waste my time, and bring wads of cash when they want my services or parts.

Customers are nobodies, and clients are somebodies.

Clients don't call me to be friends, they call me because I kick ass on the bench and their gear. I don't waste their time, either.

Thanks God you are not a proctologist. :fing2:
 
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Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

Customers are schmucks who ask stupid questions and waste my time.

Clients don't waste my time, and bring wads of cash when they want my services or parts.

Customers are nobodies, and clients are somebodies.

Clients don't call me to be friends, they call me because I kick ass on the bench and their gear. I don't waste their time, either.

You have such a narcissistic attitude about everything.
 
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Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

Customers are schmucks who ask stupid questions and waste my time.

Clients don't waste my time, and bring wads of cash when they want my services or parts.

Customers are nobodies, and clients are somebodies.

Clients don't call me to be friends, they call me because I kick ass on the bench and their gear. I don't waste their time, either.

This is the kind of post that would make me never bring gear to you for service. I don’t care how good you are...smh
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

Possible, but you are assuming a lot.

"A single fret with a huge burr"

Where is the "assumption"?

Did you not bother to read the heading? Or even the OP's original post?

Have you ever had to repair a guitar with a single fret damaged like this?

Would your normal repair job be to do a complete fret level to remove the burr from a single fret?

You actually have customers (not "clients") who PAY you for your work? I'd expect that most of them, that DO pay you, have asked for a refund. You forgot to mention THAT.
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

Well, it might be just me, but I'd give it a go if I were you... What's worst tat can happen? You eff it up and then you can still take it to a luthier. In case the frets were initially level, then you sand/file the burr, polish and buff the fret and you're good to go (of course do the homework regarding the job: tape the fretboard, tape the pickups while filing metal etc). If you sand/file in very small increments and only on the spot of the burr, there's not much harm you can do. And like I said: if the end result suck, off to the luthier it goes. But seeing a picture would be really helpful, as we might unintentionally give bad/misleading advice!
 
Re: How would you fix a single fret with a huge burr?

Customers are schmucks who ask stupid questions and waste my time.

Clients don't waste my time, and bring wads of cash when they want my services or parts.

Customers are nobodies, and clients are somebodies.

Clients don't call me to be friends, they call me because I kick ass on the bench and their gear. I don't waste their time, either.

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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