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I got the book "How To Make Your Guitar Play Great" for xmas, but haven't had time to read it. May break it out and see if it can help as well.

Thanks again.

Jason]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Crank-N-Jam https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dead-frets/#post-151826 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dead-frets/#post-151814 Sat, 14 Jan 2006 00:40:49 +0000
1) Neck relief. If the neck is flat it could be causing the strings to hit adjacent frets so check the relief. Fret a string at the 1st and 14th frets and measure the gap between the bottom of the string and the top of the 6th fret. Should be 10 to 15 thousandths.

2) The action could be low. Without fretting any strings measure the gap between the bottom of the string and the top of the 12th fret.Reasonable range for an acoustic is 4/64" (1.59 mm) on the treble side and 6/64" (2.38 mm) on the bass side.

3) High frets. Use a straight edge that will reach over 4 or 5 frets and place it over the frets and see if any are high. if you find any high they can be gently tapped to see if they seat. If not then they will need to be filed down.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nils https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dead-frets/#post-151814 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dead-frets/#post-14598 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:51:41 +0000
Any suggestions on what I can do? The guitar isn't really worth an expensive fix, so I'm hoping there is something I can do myself. It's an AJ-1, BTW.

Thanks.

Jason]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Crank-N-Jam https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dead-frets/#post-14598