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I am mostly an amp tech, but mainly because there are more guitar techs! As a guitar tech I’m at the ‘engineer’ end of the range rather than the ‘luthier’ end - I don’t do refrets, finish work or many wood repairs, I concentrate on electrics, pickups, setting up, trem systems etc. I do do fret dressing though, and routing.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
And should I polish it with anything in particular?
Thanks again for your advice.
gutted for you pal.. the guy is clearly from the md ph1llips school of repair
some basic rubbing alcohol & a cotton wool bud & some patience will get rid of what glue a light scrape (as mentioned) leaves
has he scratched up/not polished the reseated frets either? or is it my eyes & shit phone?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Yes, I only noticed that today when I took the strings off. I'm trying not to get annoyed by it, but that's easier said than done
BUT, take very great care, or it will damage any binding, dots or other plastics it comes into contact with.
Also use it very sparingly, as if it were to wick under the fret & affect the glue there, it could cause it to unseat.
I'd stick with small amounts of acetone/varnish remover applied with a cotton bud, gentle scraping & don't rush anything.
yeah, don't fret (soz) about the frets, 10mins & some wire wool should get the minor marks out & get them shiny again!
(I'd tape up the board tho, unlike that guy)
I see on his website he's busy doing a fret dress on a 1960s Strat, so at least I haven't got that to worry about
Because he seems to be a self deluding amateur (sorry amateurs) chancer that has more self belief than talent.
Put it down to experience & better luck next time (ask here for recommendations first).
Will probably disappear in time with playing if you are not able to remove it all.
Next job is to look at the marks on the frets...
Thanks to everyone for their help.
There are loads of sites with advice on fret dressing, eg
https://www.guitarrepairbench.com/electric-guitar-repairs/polish-frets/
The following story has a comical element but its all true.
I had a ford focus once and had the wheels powder coated black.
I didnt fancy using chemical or dedicated wheel cleaner on them because they're either acidic or alkaline or just unnecessarily strong and I feared they would ruin the powder coating.
So about a month after I had them done I was late for a funeral and the car looked like ass.. It was a fast n furious kind of funeral and the cars would be right next to the grave... so I felt like I should at least clean it...
So on the way I pulled into a hand car wash. No word of a lie, the place was called 'CHAV hand car wash'.. in Chadwell Heath.
I immediately regretted my decision but specifically said to the bloke 'DO NOT spray wheel cleaner on my wheels' just spray the car down with water and shampoo it and dry it.
What did he do?
Sprayed fucking acid all over the wheels and left me 5 minutes sat in the baking sun while he dried the car in front off.
Anyway I left, got to the funeral and the wheels were no longer black. They were hazed, like a milky kind of effect over the top of them that buffed out with hard rubbing, but as soon as water or anything moist touched them (ie when you next washed them), the haze would just reappear.
So the next day I went back to Chav hand fucking car wash and asked to see the manager... the guy I'd asked clearly didnt speak English much, and he said hilariously 'you want job?' .
I said I do not want a job, I want the 'boss'. He understood that and got the manager.
The manager came over, couldnt mistake him, he was an actual chav. About early 20's, Dressed like one, spoke like one etc.
He kicked off 'fucking this, fucking that, you're fucking paying for this' at the bloke who'd cleaned the car the day before.
I almost laughed. The poor bloke's a hand car washer, I doubt he's gonna have several hundred quid ready to spray my wheels.
So I asked about their insurance etc, while the bloke who did the damage frantically tried buffing the damage out.. without any success.. by this point the paint/powder coating was ruined.
The manager promised he would have the wheels fixed and would contact me as soon as possible to arrange it.
A week went by. Nothing. I drove past, they were still operational so I wrote to them recorder delivs, demanding it be sorted, copied in the consumer rights peoples etc.
Another week went by, nothing. The letter had been signed for though.
So I drove back. The place was a ghost town. Fuckers had shut up shop and disappeared.