string going under fret

[bruce]

new to forum, i have a used [ebay] Epiphone Les Paul standard,small e string going under fret.
I have mastered everthing i put my mind to from masters of their arts or skill. I have repaired other part of electric guitars, but i don't want to mess up any part of this ausum paint job.

[Ron Frazier]

You havent told us much about the problem. I assume you mean the string is hooking the end of a fret. Is that what is wrong?

Ron

[Mike Kolb]

If Ron has the problem pegged right, you might want to put in a new fret and dress. If the end is just sitting proud, you can tap it down and quickly run some watery superglue under but there's a risk of spoiling that particular frets radius. If the string just barely catches (and you like the fret otherwise) you could try a dab of medium-viscosity superglue at the end (making sure it runs under) then filing the end just as you would when dressing after a refret... the idea being to fill-in any area where the string wants to catch. Not an unusual problem.

[Ron Frazier]

If it is just one fret you could try hammering just the end down hard. I would clamp a flat board to the fingerboard with 1/8 inch strips that I taped to the edge of the fingerboard clamp tight the full length of the board then tipping it on its side wick super glue on the end of each fret, spray with accelator then remove the clamps and dress the frets as always.

Ron

[bruce]

it is all the frets, i also was thinking about glue or a filler ,thanks,

[Mike Kolb]

Wow... the string (high-e, I'm guessing?) catches on ALL the frets? Maybe it's time to visit your friendly luthier for a complete fret job. It sounds as though the guitar's been refretted at some point, and not terribly well. Probably time to start over.

[Jeffrey L. Suits]

I've seen this more than a few times w/ Asian import guitars, all the fret ends lifting. I'd suggest pushing each fret end down by whatever means, touching a fine pipette w/ thin superglue there so that it will wick into the joint, and following w/ another fine pipette and superglue "kicker". You may well end up with some slight to moderate level issues to deal with, as well.

[Mike Kolb]

I had another thought in the middle of the night.. Check to make sure the string spacing isn't such that the high-E is too far over on the fretboard.

Not that the string should "catch" anyway, but a combination of lifting fret ends and too-wide string spacing would be a recipe for what you're describing.

[bruce]

~S~ sirs,The glue did great, had to do it 3 times, so no one can see it. Angus Jr. said wow ,feels right, thanks killers!