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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:41 pm 
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Good tip on the wrongly sized wire.

You can greatly reduce chipping when pulling frets by wetting a finger and running it on both sides of the fret to be removed. Once the fretboard is damp anything that would normally chip simply lifts a tad making it a piece of cake to press back in place and thin CA.

That's a David Collins tip that helps me pretty often.


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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:33 am 
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Similarly, I have this same problem. I fretted one guitar in its entirety with tremendous difficulty (then went back and refretted with different wire) and then when I finally smartened up to check it, most of the tube of wire I have is 0.024"

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:46 am 
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Thanks for that tip Hesh, I will put it to use soon.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:02 pm 
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Todd,

Great "heads-up". Also a great tip to always check the tang measurement.

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