https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:44:47 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/paged/2/#post-242497 Mon, 14 May 2007 08:24:58 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion astonefox https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/paged/2/#post-242497 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/paged/2/#post-242496 Mon, 14 May 2007 07:48:53 +0000
If the fret is kinked, it is a lost cause. You must replace it. I have yet to be able to straighten a kinked fret. Easier to replace it!

I don't recommend pulling or replacing frets on a Fender style maple neck if you have never done fretwork. It is very easy to pull chips up off the fretboard and ruin the slots if you don't watch out and do it the right way!

Sometimes you can superglue a popped up fret back down in place but this also takes some experience!

Doing fretwork is very tedious and painstaking work but a lot of times it can really transform a good playing guitar into something great! It takes a certain touch and you have to start with a really good setup.

Most shops will charge about $20.00 USD for a single fret replacement, this includes pulling the fret, repairing lifted chips, resetting the new fret, leveling and then profiling and recrowning. A bargain!

This is one reason to get a good stand or put the guitar away in its case.

Frets are pretty hard, I don't think that anyone can play or push down hard enough to damage them, unless your fingertips are like a ball-pien hammer! :lol: Most of the time you see wear when you do a lot of bending or after years of steady playing.]]> Guitar Players Discussion racetruck1 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/paged/2/#post-242496 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/paged/2/#post-242486 Mon, 14 May 2007 06:00:49 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion astonefox https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/paged/2/#post-242486 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/paged/2/#post-242481 Mon, 14 May 2007 05:21:11 +0000 Hi,

I don't think that there's much doubt that what we can see there has been caused by an impact. Guitar strings aren't that soft and they're made to stand up to hard playing. I think it would be difficult to deliberately recreate that amount of distortion without hitting a string with something a fair bit more solid than a finger or plectrum. From the picture, it certainly looks like the string had been hit hard from above, rather than worn in some way from below. That can happen in all sorts of ways, and you might not have even been there when it fell, or whatever.

I know that my own recollection of previous events is always a bit unreliable when it comes to the fine detail (we're all like that - just ask any doctor, detective, engineer or repair person how accurate their customers' descriptions of prior events are.. :P :wink: ). So why not start afresh and monitor them closely from now on. If you see any new examples that look similar take another picture and post again. Maybe somebody will have some more ideas. It may be that you are getting other things happening that look somewhat similar in some way, but are caused in other ways. (unless you have a sneaky brother, friend, cat, dog, etc who keeps knocking your axe over... :shock: ). Or maybe you really are just an ultra tough player who somehow mangles their strings. :shock: It would be interesting to follow the mystery and see what you discover. Just because I can't do that to my strings doesn't mean you can't... scary thought though... :P

Good luck with it anyway. :)

Cheers,

Chris]]> Guitar Players Discussion Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/paged/2/#post-242481 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/paged/2/#post-242479 Mon, 14 May 2007 04:56:07 +0000
What "finish scratches?" I'm going to change that string, and yes my nail does get caught on that fret when I run it across.

Thanks so much for the help!]]> Guitar Players Discussion astonefox https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/paged/2/#post-242479 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/paged/2/#post-242467 Mon, 14 May 2007 03:49:55 +0000 It looks like (to my tired eyes anyway) that the wall of the fret has....
Like the finish or plating is chipping or flaking off of it.
Can you see that????
Maybe I'm just seeing things.
I looked at my frets for anything similar to that, and saw no such comparison.
It may be nothing, though I was thinking that it was a result of the impact.

Ken]]> Guitar Players Discussion CitiZenNoir https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/paged/2/#post-242467 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/#post-242465 Mon, 14 May 2007 03:41:04 +0000
Run your fingernail along the fret in question and see if your fingernail catches anywhere, if it does, then get that fret dressed. If there is a notch or groove in the fret, it will catch the new string and ruin that one if it is not leveled. Again, not a big deal for a luthier. IMHO, you don't need anything more than a new string.]]> Guitar Players Discussion racetruck1 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/#post-242465 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/#post-242459 Mon, 14 May 2007 03:29:02 +0000 looking at the string more.
It seems to be flattened on the top.
Mine get kinked - sorta sticking up.

It would seem that you're all correct.
Looks to have struck something.
Also the fret itself... some heavy damage there.
I've never seen that before.

Ken]]> Guitar Players Discussion CitiZenNoir https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/#post-242459 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/#post-242457 Mon, 14 May 2007 03:21:39 +0000
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1554/guitar2xt8.jpg

If you look along the line where the string would go if it hadn't been pulled aside, there is what looks like a dent in the wood which appears to show the imprint of the string (right alongside one of the grain marks in the wood, about one fifth the way up from the lower fret wire). It looks an awful lot like the result of a pretty severe blow that has pushed the string hard enough against the neck to both flatten a string that much, and also dent the wood.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/#post-242457 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/#post-242456 Mon, 14 May 2007 03:17:49 +0000
Hopefully everything gets straightened out.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Kevin72790 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/what-makes-my-guitar-string-rip-like-this/#post-242456