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Did a refret on my guitar, and ruined it.
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点评：Had my Strat regretted. It was a difficult job to get the last several gets out due to them being down to wood, so I decided to pay someone to do them. The guitar was there for 4½ months. While this is a long time I was more interested in the job being done correctly than fast: it was neither. I think it likely sat for most of the time it was there, and when I finally started to make a big deal of wanting it back, he just banged it out.
When I got it back he told me the nut didn't need to be replaced, which made no sense. It had been Plekd previously, and they had taken way too much fret off(which was why they were so low). None the less, when the machine does the fret leveling it also does the nut. So the nut that was on it when I brought it in was cut really really low to match the frets. When I tried it quickly there, it seemed okay. As soon as I changed the strings however, the Low E/A & D string were literally laying on the first string: it was unplayable. Beyond that there was fret buzz in a couple spots and the fret ends were not lined up.
I contacted him and told him the issue, which at the time wasn't a huge deal: a new nut and take a couple frets down a hair. I never heard back from him. After hearing nothing I just decided to take care of it myself. I shimmed the nut as a temp fix and left the frets, I played it once in a while but didn't want to play it too much. After a couple months the fret buzz in those spots got worse, and suddenly new spots started to buzz. Within a a few weeks it was utterly unplayable. The buzz turned into just dead spots where all vibration stopped.
I ended up doing a levelling myself (I've done countless levels over thirty years). It checked out with the straight edge and fret rocker: they were level. I crowned and polished them, then put on new strings.
Once I had it strung up, it started to buzz…AGAIN. And just like last time, the more time; the more buzzing. That's when I noticed the last fret wasn't seated properly and would have to be replaced. Sent him a message: heard nothing back. It sat in it's case for months.
A few months ago I was hired to build a couple amplifiers for a player. I spent some time with him after getting them dialed in and using his Strat, which made me want to use mine.
I decided to just do another leveling to get it playable. The same thing happened.
Now in the fullness of time and having Really taken a look at it, I knew the problem. He didn't do the refret how it is supposed to be done.
He just pulled them out, sanded the parts that were really torn up so it didn't look horrible, dropped the frets in and leveled them. He didn't sand down the entire board, and where he did you can plainly see is too flat, so he didn't use the correct radius.
The problem isn't that the last fret isn't seated properly, it's that none of them are. The reason why it wasn't bad when I first got it back was because it was still summer: the wood swells and the frets stay in place. It started to buzz badly in winter. Anyone who's owned guitars knows that when you have the heat running the wood shrinks a little. All those levellings I did were in the winter. They'd seem fine when I first checked it, but as soon as I start playing they start to sink deeper into the fretboard, and they get low spots.
So now here I am: facing having to pay for a refret to fix the refret I just paid for. I reached out to Sean and laid out what was going on, he knew the guitar right away…and that was the last I heard from him. I contacted him again and asked if he'd make it right, clearly he has no intention on doing so.
This wasn't a $200 import guitar, it's a $2300 American signature line, that's been unplayable after I shelled out $300 for a refret that left the guitar worse off than when it needed the original refret. So I'm faced with either having to do another refret, with each one having more wood being removed. My other choice is to replace the neck entirely. If I want to another Eric Johnson neck, they start around $700.
Everyone has a bad day, I'd be willing to chalk it up to that. I'm pretty sure instead of refinishing the fretboard, he just threw some wax on there, buffed it, because when I got it back it didn't look bad. As soon as I pulled the tape off that I put on to protect it when I did the first leveling, there were tons of tool marks and chipped wood that hadn't been visible. I suspect the nut was also filled in so that it seemed okay when I got it, but as soon as I replaced the strings it was clearly too low. There's no way he just missed that.
Take your instrument there at your own risk. I bought this guitar new in 2008, then sold in 2010 to buy the new model. Within a few months I knew that it was "The One," and I had made a mistake. I spent the next several years trying to buy it back. After a decade I finally got it back. And it's coming up on a a year and a half since it's been playable.
When I got it back he told me the nut didn't need to be replaced, which made no sense. It had been Plekd previously, and they had taken way too much fret off(which was why they were so low). None the less, when the machine does the fret leveling it also does the nut. So the nut that was on it when I brought it in was cut really really low to match the frets. When I tried it quickly there, it seemed okay. As soon as I changed the strings however, the Low E/A & D string were literally laying on the first string: it was unplayable. Beyond that there was fret buzz in a couple spots and the fret ends were not lined up.
I contacted him and told him the issue, which at the time wasn't a huge deal: a new nut and take a couple frets down a hair. I never heard back from him. After hearing nothing I just decided to take care of it myself. I shimmed the nut as a temp fix and left the frets, I played it once in a while but didn't want to play it too much. After a couple months the fret buzz in those spots got worse, and suddenly new spots started to buzz. Within a a few weeks it was utterly unplayable. The buzz turned into just dead spots where all vibration stopped.
I ended up doing a levelling myself (I've done countless levels over thirty years). It checked out with the straight edge and fret rocker: they were level. I crowned and polished them, then put on new strings.
Once I had it strung up, it started to buzz…AGAIN. And just like last time, the more time; the more buzzing. That's when I noticed the last fret wasn't seated properly and would have to be replaced. Sent him a message: heard nothing back. It sat in it's case for months.
A few months ago I was hired to build a couple amplifiers for a player. I spent some time with him after getting them dialed in and using his Strat, which made me want to use mine.
I decided to just do another leveling to get it playable. The same thing happened.
Now in the fullness of time and having Really taken a look at it, I knew the problem. He didn't do the refret how it is supposed to be done.
He just pulled them out, sanded the parts that were really torn up so it didn't look horrible, dropped the frets in and leveled them. He didn't sand down the entire board, and where he did you can plainly see is too flat, so he didn't use the correct radius.
The problem isn't that the last fret isn't seated properly, it's that none of them are. The reason why it wasn't bad when I first got it back was because it was still summer: the wood swells and the frets stay in place. It started to buzz badly in winter. Anyone who's owned guitars knows that when you have the heat running the wood shrinks a little. All those levellings I did were in the winter. They'd seem fine when I first checked it, but as soon as I start playing they start to sink deeper into the fretboard, and they get low spots.
So now here I am: facing having to pay for a refret to fix the refret I just paid for. I reached out to Sean and laid out what was going on, he knew the guitar right away…and that was the last I heard from him. I contacted him again and asked if he'd make it right, clearly he has no intention on doing so.
This wasn't a $200 import guitar, it's a $2300 American signature line, that's been unplayable after I shelled out $300 for a refret that left the guitar worse off than when it needed the original refret. So I'm faced with either having to do another refret, with each one having more wood being removed. My other choice is to replace the neck entirely. If I want to another Eric Johnson neck, they start around $700.
Everyone has a bad day, I'd be willing to chalk it up to that. I'm pretty sure instead of refinishing the fretboard, he just threw some wax on there, buffed it, because when I got it back it didn't look bad. As soon as I pulled the tape off that I put on to protect it when I did the first leveling, there were tons of tool marks and chipped wood that hadn't been visible. I suspect the nut was also filled in so that it seemed okay when I got it, but as soon as I replaced the strings it was clearly too low. There's no way he just missed that.
Take your instrument there at your own risk. I bought this guitar new in 2008, then sold in 2010 to buy the new model. Within a few months I knew that it was "The One," and I had made a mistake. I spent the next several years trying to buy it back. After a decade I finally got it back. And it's coming up on a a year and a half since it's been playable.
翻译：如果我的 Strat 后悔了。由于最后几张已经精简到木头，要完成最后几张是一项艰巨的工作，所以我决定花钱请人来做。吉他在那里放了 4.5 个月。虽然这是很长一段时间，但我对正确完成工作比快速完成工作更感兴趣：两者都不是。我认为它可能大部分时间都在那里，当我终于开始大肆想要它回来时，他只是把它撞了出去。
当我拿回来时，他告诉我螺母不需要更换，这毫无意义。以前是 Plekd，他们太烦恼了（这就是为什么他们这么低）。尽管如此，当机器调平琴品时，它也会调平螺母。所以当我把它放进去时，它上面的螺母被切得非常低以匹配音品。当我在那里快速尝试时，它似乎还可以。然而，一旦我更换了琴弦，Low E/A & D 琴弦实际上就放在了第一根琴弦上：它无法演奏。除此之外，有几个地方有品丝嗡嗡声，品丝末端没有对齐。
我联系了他并告诉了他这个问题，这在当时并不是什么大不了的事：一个新的螺母和一根头发上的几个烦恼。我从来没有收到他的回音。什么也没听到后，我决定自己处理。我将上弦枕垫片作为临时修复并留下品丝，我偶尔弹奏一次但不想弹奏太多。几个月后，那些地方的音品嗡嗡声变得更糟，突然间新的地方开始嗡嗡作响。几周之内，它就完全无法播放了。嗡嗡声变成了死角，所有振动都停止了。
我最终自己进行了升级（三十多年来我已经完成了无数级别）。它检查了直边和品丝摇杆：它们是水平的。我给它们加冕并抛光，然后换上新琴弦。
一旦我把它串起来，它就开始嗡嗡作响……又一次。和上次一样，时间越多；越嗡嗡声。那时我注意到最后一个品格没有正确就位，必须更换。给他发了一条消息：没有回音。它在盒子里放了几个月。
几个月前，我受雇为一位播放器制作一对放大器。在让他们拨入并使用他的 Strat 之后，我花了一些时间和他在一起，这让我想使用我的。
我决定再做一次调平，让它可以玩。同样的事情发生了。
现在是时候了，真的看了看，我知道了问题所在。他没有按照应有的方式去做。
他只是把它们拉出来，用砂纸打磨真正撕裂的部分，这样看起来就不那么糟糕了，然后把品丝放进去，把它们弄平。他没有打磨整块木板，你可以清楚地看到他打磨的地方太平了，所以他没有使用正确的半径。
问题不在于最后一个品格没有正确就位，而是它们都没有。我第一次拿回来的时候还不错的原因是因为当时还是夏天：木头膨胀，品丝留在原地。冬天开始嗡嗡作响。任何拥有吉他的人都知道，当你有热量运行时，木头会收缩一点。我所做的所有这些平整都是在冬天。当我第一次检查时，它们看起来还不错，但一旦我开始演奏，它们就开始深入指板，并且出现低点。
所以现在我在这里：面临不得不支付 refret 来修复我刚刚支付的 refret。我联系了肖恩并说明了发生的事情，他马上就知道这把吉他了……那是我最后一次听到他的消息。我再次联系他，问他是否会做对，显然他无意这样做。
这不是一把 200 美元的进口吉他，它是 2300 美元的美国签名系列，在我花了 300 美元买了一个转板后，这把吉他变得比需要原装转板时更糟，这让吉他无法演奏。因此，我面临着要么必须进行另一次重新加工，每次都要移除更多的木材。我的另一个选择是完全更换琴颈。如果我想要另一个 Eric Johnson 的脖子，它们的起价约为 700 美元。
每个人都有糟糕的一天，我愿意将其归咎于此。我很确定他没有修补指板，而是在上面撒了些蜡，擦亮了它，因为当我把它拿回来时，它看起来还不错。当我拉下我在第一次找平时贴上的保护胶带时，我发现有大量的工具痕迹和木屑，这些都是看不见的。我怀疑螺母也被填满了，所以当我拿到它时看起来还不错，但是当我更换琴弦时它显然太低了。他不可能只是错过了。
将您的乐器带到那里需要您自担风险。我在 2008 年买了这把吉他，然后在 2010 年卖掉了，买了新型号。几个月后，我知道那是“唯一”，而我犯了一个错误。在接下来的几年里，我一直试图把它买回来。十年后，我终于找回了它。自从它可以玩以来，它即将推出一年半。
当我拿回来时，他告诉我螺母不需要更换，这毫无意义。以前是 Plekd，他们太烦恼了（这就是为什么他们这么低）。尽管如此，当机器调平琴品时，它也会调平螺母。所以当我把它放进去时，它上面的螺母被切得非常低以匹配音品。当我在那里快速尝试时，它似乎还可以。然而，一旦我更换了琴弦，Low E/A & D 琴弦实际上就放在了第一根琴弦上：它无法演奏。除此之外，有几个地方有品丝嗡嗡声，品丝末端没有对齐。
我联系了他并告诉了他这个问题，这在当时并不是什么大不了的事：一个新的螺母和一根头发上的几个烦恼。我从来没有收到他的回音。什么也没听到后，我决定自己处理。我将上弦枕垫片作为临时修复并留下品丝，我偶尔弹奏一次但不想弹奏太多。几个月后，那些地方的音品嗡嗡声变得更糟，突然间新的地方开始嗡嗡作响。几周之内，它就完全无法播放了。嗡嗡声变成了死角，所有振动都停止了。
我最终自己进行了升级（三十多年来我已经完成了无数级别）。它检查了直边和品丝摇杆：它们是水平的。我给它们加冕并抛光，然后换上新琴弦。
一旦我把它串起来，它就开始嗡嗡作响……又一次。和上次一样，时间越多；越嗡嗡声。那时我注意到最后一个品格没有正确就位，必须更换。给他发了一条消息：没有回音。它在盒子里放了几个月。
几个月前，我受雇为一位播放器制作一对放大器。在让他们拨入并使用他的 Strat 之后，我花了一些时间和他在一起，这让我想使用我的。
我决定再做一次调平，让它可以玩。同样的事情发生了。
现在是时候了，真的看了看，我知道了问题所在。他没有按照应有的方式去做。
他只是把它们拉出来，用砂纸打磨真正撕裂的部分，这样看起来就不那么糟糕了，然后把品丝放进去，把它们弄平。他没有打磨整块木板，你可以清楚地看到他打磨的地方太平了，所以他没有使用正确的半径。
问题不在于最后一个品格没有正确就位，而是它们都没有。我第一次拿回来的时候还不错的原因是因为当时还是夏天：木头膨胀，品丝留在原地。冬天开始嗡嗡作响。任何拥有吉他的人都知道，当你有热量运行时，木头会收缩一点。我所做的所有这些平整都是在冬天。当我第一次检查时，它们看起来还不错，但一旦我开始演奏，它们就开始深入指板，并且出现低点。
所以现在我在这里：面临不得不支付 refret 来修复我刚刚支付的 refret。我联系了肖恩并说明了发生的事情，他马上就知道这把吉他了……那是我最后一次听到他的消息。我再次联系他，问他是否会做对，显然他无意这样做。
这不是一把 200 美元的进口吉他，它是 2300 美元的美国签名系列，在我花了 300 美元买了一个转板后，这把吉他变得比需要原装转板时更糟，这让吉他无法演奏。因此，我面临着要么必须进行另一次重新加工，每次都要移除更多的木材。我的另一个选择是完全更换琴颈。如果我想要另一个 Eric Johnson 的脖子，它们的起价约为 700 美元。
每个人都有糟糕的一天，我愿意将其归咎于此。我很确定他没有修补指板，而是在上面撒了些蜡，擦亮了它，因为当我把它拿回来时，它看起来还不错。当我拉下我在第一次找平时贴上的保护胶带时，我发现有大量的工具痕迹和木屑，这些都是看不见的。我怀疑螺母也被填满了，所以当我拿到它时看起来还不错，但是当我更换琴弦时它显然太低了。他不可能只是错过了。
将您的乐器带到那里需要您自担风险。我在 2008 年买了这把吉他，然后在 2010 年卖掉了，买了新型号。几个月后，我知道那是“唯一”，而我犯了一个错误。在接下来的几年里，我一直试图把它买回来。十年后，我终于找回了它。自从它可以玩以来，它即将推出一年半。
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