How to Make a Homemade Electric Guitar : Fretboard Slots: Homemade Electric Guitar

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Learn how to cut v shaped notches for the frets when building a homemade solid body electric guitar in this video guide to making musical instruments.

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: January 20, 2008 at 4:37 am
Author: expertvillage

Length: 00:02:10
Rating: 5.00
Views: 3882

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Video Comments:
guitarpikz (July 11, 2008 at 9:47 pm)
this video doesnt show the fretting process....any one have any link?
theater40 (March 15, 2008 at 6:37 pm)
but u can use them for cutting also the degreees can be made by what u want some guitars have both sizes depending on the brand
MonsterburstSG (February 8, 2008 at 11:49 pm)
yeah and those small blue handled pliers are for pulling frets not cutting.
greyhall1 (February 8, 2008 at 5:11 pm)
Not to be a smartass but I wanted to correct you when stating the fret bevelling file was 45 degrees. It is actually 35 degrees. You can also re-straighten the fret wire and bend it again which will make it extremely strong but not everyone does it.
fbiguitarz (July 15, 2008 at 12:53 am)
You are correct that they come 35 degrees. Mine has been shimmed so that it is aprox 45. This way I can file the top of the fret to its finished position w/o risking marring the side of the neck. I then finish dressing the ends with small files. I use the puller pliers for cutting because the do not deform the end of the fret as do some of the larger flush-cut pliers. It does wear them out, but I think the finished product is easier to file and dress.