Yep, strings off and a few strokes with the little dohickey device (little bone) that comes with the recharge kit, a quick polish with steel wool and strings back on.
15 minutes work, 5 minutes restringing.
Yep, strings off and a few strokes with the little dohickey device (little bone) that comes with the recharge kit, a quick polish with steel wool and strings back on.
15 minutes work, 5 minutes restringing.
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
Ok....getting one!
Gavmeister
Get Two! I would recommend the Katana, I got the Bass version and it is amazing... will upgrade from the Lite for Guitar version soon as well.
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
I got the guitar one from the website you posted. I think that s the Katana?
The one with an adjusting knob on the end is the Katana.
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
Ok, i got the right one but i think I fluked getting that right as I could only find the Katana's and could not find any of the other equipment. Only when i went back now I got to the full page!
Hi DB, Gav and others.
I was just about to start a post about fret levelling tools, but decided to have a look in the forum and found this thread.
So, before this thread I had already brought a diamond flat file from Carbatec when I was in there 'playing' (similar to http://luthierssupplies.com.au/produ...roducts_id=564) and my plan had been to use that to level, and then to buy something like this to re-crown:
http://luthierssupplies.com.au/produ...roducts_id=307
SO, for starters, would that work?
I'm sure I could always return the diamond file if absolutely necessary, or I could keep it and instead of the fret files above just buy a radiused block, assuming those two things are basically interchangeable?
If so, for my ST-1 what radius block do I need?
Also, I happen to have an electric plane and router, so surely I can craft my own block? I can find quite a few sets of instructions online for how to do this, but they all look over complicated to me. Surely if I knew the profile I needed to achieve I could just make parallel passes with the router, slightly adjusting the plunge depth for each pass until I came to the centre of the block, and then replicate it symmetrically on the other side?
Thoughts on the best way to go? I'd spend the extra money on a technofret/rectify master/katana if Gav/DB were to tell me that its not only brilliant, but bloody easy to use.
The Katana is bloody brilliant and easy to use!
The frets are best re crowned with a proper fret file, you will need the narrow guage one to do this properly.
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
Return the flat diamond file and get a credit! I still use the radiused blocks only because i have been too lazy to look at the Katana video! DB is right about the fret crown...use your refund to buy the 300 grit offset file from Stewmac....
The Pit Bull Guitars have a 12' radius....
Thanks gents. I'm starting to get a little time and budget conscious, so would these do the same job as the stewmac offset file. They're less than had the price and will get to me much quicker. http://luthierssupplies.com.au/produ...roducts_id=307
To be honest Gav I haven't watched the katana vid, and had thought it both levelled and recrowned and was thus a one-stop toy, I mean tool.
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