Tell me what you think about my new repair blog

[Justin]

Hello all,

So I have been working on a repair blog through my stores website and I would like to know what some of you think. I only work on it a little at a time. Mainly when I have real interesting jobs, or time. I would like to hear any sort of opinions you would like to offer, good or bad.

Click here

http://musicvillageusa.com/blogs/blog

Thanks!

[Don Korth]

Interesting blog Justin and out of curiosity how do you like working with that stainless fret wire? I have never worked with it and have heard good and bad. Obviously the good is that one can get a lot of mileage out of them prior to needing a dressing or a refret but I have also heard it's a pain to work with from a techs perspective.

[Andrew]

I recently fretted an electric build with stainless, and its not so bad. You have to do a little more work but if you take the stiffness and toughness into account and adjust your methods youll have smooth sailing, and itll be worth the effort. Stainless frets polished up to a mirror shine play slick as glass, and look great on a lot of guitars. The only painful part for me was cutting them to length. Have a dedicated set of fret cutters, something sharp with a higher bevel angle and long handles for leverage. Youll ding em up for sure though, and man do those little pieces go flying if you let em.

[Justin]

Hi Don,

Thanks for checking out my blog. As far as stainless frets goes... They were a little rougher on my tools and hands, but really they worked pretty easy. I think the key is to prep the board really well and make sure frets have just a slightly over radius,  but not as much as nickel frets. The repair on my blog went pretty straight forward, but thats not always the case. I have had a few guitars that had stainless frets, that I did NOT refret, but had problems with the ends wanting to pop up. So I believe that stainless is a little more "Springy" than nickel, but worked very similar. 

[Paul Verticchio]

Good work & very nice blog, Justin. :)

I'm a photo essay junkie. Doing the repairs AND getting the text & photos posted to the blog is time consuming work. I appreciate your extra effort to document & share your experiences.

Kudos, man!!!! :)

[RETROROD]

I like it! I am always interested in documented repairs and seeing others work spaces.....always!

[Mark A. Kane]

Nice blog, Justin. BTW, here is the answer to cutting stainless frets:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00169YS0W/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_...

This is the best $23 you'll spend on tools this year.

[Luke Single]

Very cool blog. Clear concise. Nice pictures. Easy to read and understand. I book marked it so I can read your new ones.

[nathan clark]

Very cool!

[Justin]

Thanks everybody for the words of encouragement! I really enjoy documenting jobs. It does take up quite a bit of time, but well worth it. Once again, Thank you all!!

[Brian Stewart]

Nice blog, Justin!  I've been trying to do the  same for my website, but have not found the time!  As others have said, the pics and descriptions are great!