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Hey all,
In all my years of working on guitars, this is a first.
I have a dead fret. #10, only on the E string just doesn't ring true.
I've recrownded it, buffed it, worked the frets around it, and can't get it to sound like the note around it unless I press REALLY hard all right up next to the fret.

This is on a new instrument.

Any suggestions before I go drastic and relevel the whole fretboard will be appreciated.

(I tried a few searches in the archives, but didn't see anything quite like this.)

Thanks,

Dave Livermore

Sounds like a loose or unseated fret end to me.

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...which can usually be fixed with some CA glue.

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As stated check to see the fret is seated well and check the next fret and the neck relief. Finding the cause can be a pain. Also don't be afraid to change the string. I had a similar situation. I had a wear mark on the string that made it sit too low . Look at the underside of the string wear it touches the fret. Once you go through the obvious reasons , you have to look at the odd ball stuff.

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Kent and Arnt and John,
You are DEAD on right with the dead fret. I found another one too, and upon looking REAL close at them, both frets are loose over the binding on the fingerboard.
I can't wait to get home and put some super glue on them to check out if that takes care of it or not.

THANKS SO MUCH! I thought I was going mad (at least more crazy than usual.)


Dave

It WORKED!
I can't believe how easy that fix was.