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[wagnerite]

If the frets wear out from normal playing after the warranty period is over, can i send my EBMM guitar to the factory to be refretted? does the EBMM factory refret non-EBMM guitars?

 

[Larry]

EBMM does do re-frets but only EBMM guitars and they will only re-fret a guitar with the same frets it originally left the factory with.

 

[JeffreyB]

why would we want the same worn out frets that it left the factory with?
(of course, I'm kidding)....BP's sick sarcasm is rubbing off.

 

[acwild]

Fret wear is a warranty item?

 

[lumberjack]

Fret wear is a warranty item?

No. The owner has to pay for the re-fret.

 

[paranoid70]

What is actually involved in a re-fret? Is it just simply knocking the old frets out and replacing them, or is there more involved?

Another newbie question (damn I ask alot of them) - how can one tell if their guitar needs a fret-job? What would be the noticeable difference when the job is completed?

 

[candid_x]

What is actually involved in a re-fret? Is it just simply knocking the old frets out and replacing them, or is there more involved?

Another newbie question (damn I ask alot of them) - how can one tell if their guitar needs a fret-job? What would be the noticeable difference when the job is completed?

I've never re-fretted a git, but in addition to knocking out old ones and inserting new ones, they need to be leveled and dressed/crowned properly. They need new ones when the old ones are too worn to set up well.

 

[Mick]

Fret wear is a warranty item?

What , you mean my car dealer wouldn´t take exchange my tires when they are down under warranty?

 

[Spudmurphy]

What is actually involved in a re-fret? Is it just simply knocking the old frets out and replacing them, or is there more involved?

Another newbie question (damn I ask alot of them) - how can one tell if their guitar needs a fret-job? What would be the noticeable difference when the job is completed?

This is an overview of what goes on
1. The old frets are removed - they have tangs in the base of the fret (below the level of the fretboard) so care has to be exercised when doing that, so you don't splinter the fretboard. A trick is to put some lemon oil into the neck so that it soaks in.
2. New frets are cut to size and bent to radius - they are either pressed in (remember the tangs?) or hammered in - we are not talking demolition hammers here!
3. The frets are leveled with a file (theres a video clip of tommyindelaware doing this on the forum)so they all sit in the same horizontal plain, and then crowned to give the fret back it's top profile.
4 the edges of the frets have to be dressed too so ya don't rip yer hands to shreds.
5 Re string the guitar, put the relief in the neck using the truss rod adjuster and there you have it.

 

[Larry]

You can tell if you need them when there are little grooves in the frets from the strings. Thats the big one anyways.

 

[ernie1966]

Here an action pic of the fretting station from the EBMM factory tour back in '05.

Also, I've had a refret done by EBMM, superb work.

 

[unclerico]

Ernie, wheres the factory at. That would be interesting to go check out the factory.

 

[paranoid70]

That's twice Spud answered my dumb newbie questions... thanks.