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Dan Erlewine's
Dan Erlewine's Fret Basics
Fret Basics focuses on quality fret dressing and refretting for the small shop, using basic tools. Dan describes it this way: "With basic tools and simple skills, you can do excellent fretwork. This tape shows you how."
Each DVD is 2 hours. Sold individually or SAVE $15.00 when you buy the set of all three DVDs (Fret Basics, Advanced Fretting, Vol. 1, and Advanced Fretting Vol. 2)
"Watch this video before you invest in fret tools, and you'll know what to buy." — Dan Erlewine
See details below
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Save $15 when you order Dan's set of all 3 DVD's, which include:
| The focus of this video
Quality fret dressing and re-fretting with basic tools, on a budget, and in a "home-shop" situation.
Information covered
- Understanding and adjusting truss rods and their effect on a guitar's neck easy ones and hard ones...
- Forcing a "hard-to-adjust" neck to meet your standards
- Simple straightedges and leveling tools (how to make your own notched straight-edge)
- Leveling & dressing frets on a tabletop with simple support
- Complete refrets on both bolt-on electrics and set-neck acoustics
- At-home neck-jigging on a tabletop (without the Erlewine Neck-jig) a good job results!
- Fret removal and fretboard "chip repairs"
- Choosing an appropriate fretwire measuring, bending, shaping, and finding the "right fit"
- A wide selection of fret-installation techniques explained nutshell versions of techniques used in repair shops world-wide
- Every Stewart-MacDonald fretting tool (except for the Erlewine Neck-Jig) are demonstrated in action
- "Hammer-in Fretjob" at its best!
- All types of glues which might be used for fretwork are described in detail
- Dan shows, details, and uses his choice of "basic fretwork tools"
- Fretting a bound fingerboard on an acoustic guitar
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This DVD is not "region-specific," and is intended for worldwide use.
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February 7, 2008
I have two books by Mr. Erlewine and I've just bought his Fret Basics DVD. I think it's amazing to have you all there. My ultimate project will be to make my own guitar and I'm studying all about that now thanks to you. |
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Shown on page 95 of our latest catalog.
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