The Most Beautiful Frets for Your Guitar| Black Frets

[@LegsON]

So glad to hear Roundabout!) Brilliant work. I've NEVER seen black frets before, SUCH a unique look.

[@mr.k1t]

Thank you!

[@rainonwires]

You seem to always make the most high quality string nuts ever.

[@svenjansen2134]

Like it's his 'shtick'. I think he's a great builder overall, the patience of a Saint lol

[@svenjansen2134]

Really great videos Sir. I appreciate no background music, it distracts and we want the working noises. Thanks for your videos!

[@mr.k1t]

Thank you!

[@Mike-Olds-1]

Awesome 👏 Your thinking outside the box approach answers the what if questions in the repair and restoration of guitars 🎸 👍

[@mr.k1t]

Thanks!

[@yashchittal]

Need this in life please, boss you're too good❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@The_Blyatman]

I’d love to see frets made of like a CPM-3V or an M4 Tool Steel. They both have extremely high toughness and good wear resistance, frets made out of them would probably last forever lol.

[@mr.k1t]

There is a lot of carbon in this steel, I'm afraid corrosion will start

[@MrDracolucassos]

@@mr.k1t even more for people with acid hands like me :D

[@Slippindisc]

Benchmade will then sell them for $300 a fret

[@ДмитрийПутинцев-щ4и]

@@mr.k1tа если их покрасить? Чтоб краска не облазила можно использокать "хард ту бафф" (из мира граффити), который не всегда со стёкол то выводится. Краска будет защищать торцы ладов и счистится только сверху, где постоянно будет контакт со струнами и ржавчина там не появится. ... или почему предложенный мной вариант не рабочий?

[@mrSidko]

О, це ж Line 6 Variax у мене точно такий тільки білий, правда без таких крутих ладів :) Випадково натрапив на Ваш канал і він - ТОП!

[@mr.k1t]

Дякую😉 Прикольні гітарки, дають змогу відчути якісь радикально нові відчуття від гри

[@mrphenomenalgaming9147]

just so uk I am watching you from beginning , keep growing mate :)

[@mr.k1t]

Thank you! i`m trying🙂

[@davep7745]

Wow it looks like a fretless guitar Brilliant! Good job 😊👍

[@mr.k1t]

Thank you!

[@DragonBiscuit]

That was so satisfying to watch 😊

[@mr.k1t]

Thank you!

[@JaRew]

I wonder what these would look like on a solid black ebony fretboard. Is black on black metal?

[@mendietaski1388]

Beautiful, and a clarification. This guitar has no magnetic pickups, but a piezo pickup instead. This is why he installed batteries for the preamp. Amazing sound!

[@mr.k1t]

Thanks!

[@paracore4313]

Tusq frets seem like a logical progression lmao

[@mr.k1t]

It could be🙃

[@DavidColex]

They have a black teflon coating which would erode quickly

[@Livelaughlimpbizkit]

Never knew that's how you guys get the super glue to come out in such small quantities. Feel dumb now haha. I was also looking up the smell from making a bone nut because I figured it's horrible and the apocalypse now part came up 😂😂😂

[@TruthIsTheNewHate84]

Obsidian might make a good fret material. I saw the glass fret video and obsidian is black volcanic glass. I think theres other colors too.

[@hanovergreen4091]

Very cool!! Subscribed. Was wondering WTH you were doing with the fret blanks at first :) Great Job and look forward to more. Best Regards and Best Wishes!

[@mr.k1t]

Thank you!

[@joetheman74]

YEAH, Just slam that shit up on the table. Throw it!

[@erikspooner6518]

Beautiful build. How do you amplify the nylon strings? I’m assuming that is what that chip was, but I am not familiar with it.

[@xNero911]

Its a Variax, so each one of the saddles is a piezo pickup. Line six uses this to do all sorts of crazy stuff with each individual string.

[@Vykk_Draygo]

Piezo pickups translate vibrations at the bridge to an electric signal. It doesn't require metal strings, since Piezo pickups aren't magnetic.

[@mr.k1t]

Everyone is right

[@davedavem]

Great job! The smoke machine at the end made me laugh 😂

[@mr.k1t]

Thank you! It's part of the show😄

Tungsten carbide frets please. When I was young I researched the shit out of materials 😂 and came to the conclusion of that being the perfect fret and bridge material. I was probably wrong.

[@mr.k1t]

How do you suggest I process this?🤔

@@mr.k1t it is a challenge. May I say a silly idea? There might be a way to make them from dust to the right shape. Then diamond files. I'm terrible at actual DIY stuff.

[@Nems271]

You could buy 1/16 in tungsten carbide bar. You could get someone to water jet the rough shape and use a grind wheel for detail.

[@DavyWayne13]

I’d have those on a slide guitar they look great 😊

[@jackycoudray6029]

Nice ! Now you have to do "random" stone fret 😁

[@mr.k1t]

I choose which mineral is better now🤔

[@ezekielarmstead7871]

This was so cool! Do gold frets next!

[@mr.k1t]

it's too expensive for me right now😉 Maybe in the future

[@yargnad]

Have you tried using an ultra hard wood for frets? Like lignum vitae or Australian buloke. I've read lignum vitae is self oiling, so I was wondering how it would affect string bends. Might be super smooth.

[@mr.k1t]

I'm planning to try ebony, but I don't think it's the best option due to the moisture on the wood.

[@gaborszpisjak1874]

That was so cool! Can you link the type of pickup you used?

[@mr.k1t]

Thanks! It’s “Line6 variax bridge piezo”

[@15111936]

Winter is coming. What kind of heating system do you have there?

[@mr.k1t]

This is one of the strangest questions in recent times.

[@hypno5690]

I think it is a joke in reference to the common joke "temperature is what effects sound" meme in the guitar community

[@svenjansen2134]

Rocket fuel fires

[@BobbyCulpepper.srv3fender]

What are you wiping on right before your scrape the glue off the side of the fret

[@СтефанЗадунайський]

Чудова робота!

[@mr.k1t]

Дякую!

[@ajf24011978]

Your videos are very good, it occurs to me that you could make gold frets, I didn't see anyone who has done it on KZbin, they would look very beautiful, it would give the guitar a class and the gold may have the same hardness as the original frets

[@mr.k1t]

Thanks! It's too expensive for me now Maybe in the future or if somebody order it.

[@edwinmasias6903]

Awesome

[@bikerdani875]

Can you do epoxi resin frets? 🤔

[@mr.k1t]

Yeah, but it's too easy

[@bikerdani875]

@@mr.k1t well i think so!

[@cidn.1209]

That looks nice. Would look awesome on an Ibanez RG

[@mr.k1t]

I wouldn't, I used these frets with nylon strings

[@dancurtis461]

would it be possible to anodize aluminum for black frets?

[@mr.k1t]

Firstly, aluminum is also quite soft. Secondly, Anodizing is a thin oxide film on aluminum that has changed its color, two or three passes of the string on it and this layer is ruined.

[@mr.k1t]

Now, I would make it from a black mineral, from agate or perhaps tourmaline

[@dancurtis461]

@@mr.k1t I think that would more than awesome. sounds like an insane amount of work though, but I would to see (and hear it).

[@EbonyPope]

Ultra jumbo frets. Oo

[@Anistrix]

Would bamboo frets work?

[@mr.k1t]

Too soft

[@erichodnett4475]

I would love to order some for a PRS Tremonti. Where do I get them?

[@mr.k1t]

I’m in Ukraine, if you want to order something, you can write to me in instagram

[@curtis2308]

The Line 6 guitar is my most hated guitar. But I can respect this upgrade to the frets. They seemed quite high though?

[@EbonyPope]

Should have done that with an acoustic instrument. Only this way you'll hear the full difference between normal frets and bone.

[@mr.k1t]

Maybe in the future

[@RelicGuitarCollector]

It is advise also for bass guitar sir.?

[@Nik-SAV]

Black onyx is hard enough and could be a good alternative.

[@mr.k1t]

I`ll try it

[@olduhr3857]

maybe next time damascus steel frets in the same style?😏

[@mr.k1t]

Or maybe Damascus fretboard?🤫

[@e_j_]

oxidised blackened stainless steel frets would be cool using a bluing method

[@mr.k1t]

yes, but the coating is very thin, it will not last long

[@kitmoore9969]

How low could you set the action and relief?

[@mr.k1t]

There is now 1mm on the first string and 1.25 on the 6th

[@kitmoore9969]

@@mr.k1t 🤯 Great work!

[@LuisEduardoBraschi]

How are you changing the chords at the ending?

[@lone-wolf-1]

Have a crazy idea: refret with barbed wire, flatened by hammering and worked in into the wood. Then cover it with a layer of eproxy and put normal frets in. Uhmm…. maybe a dumb idea…🤔 Oh well, I comment anyway😝haha

[@mr.k1t]

Double frets, really crazy😅

[@JeffGillis-lv1rz]

What is the name of this fret wire? Where can I buy them?

[@Slippindisc]

Did you put gun blue on them?!

[@joshmore7175]

What about brass frets?

[@mr.k1t]

They are soft. They were often used on Soviet guitars

[@xxitz_pr0gxx631]

Aren't those guitars pretty rare these days? Either way, it looks really cool!!!

[@ZAULGOMez]

Do titanium frets :D

[@nickalderman5943]

this makes me want to try anodizing stainless steel fret wire.

[@mr.k1t]

I wanted to try it, but the anodizing is too thin and is erased by the strings very quickly

[@Soyzonar]

great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! theyre are made of?????????????????????

[@mr.k1t]

Buffalo horn

[@kapatadimitri666]

try cutting up welding glass ... black !

[@Dinocelisaandtonni]

Con que lo pegan?

[@TimothyYshurakhuno]

Ebony Frets? Like fretless but with frets😂 should be great for a bass

[@mr.k1t]

I would try it on a bass ukulele😉

[@TimothyYshurakhuno]

@@mr.k1t i bet it will be cool 😎

[@RedStone576]

wait what hidden pickup?

[@MrDracolucassos]

Maybe other way around? Titanium?

[@mr.k1t]

Already in progress

[@massimotogni]

What if..... Pickup on 12th fret

[@mr.k1t]

What if the whole neck is a pickup?🤔

[@guitarua5361]

Вітаю! Ви в Україні знаходитесь? Я хотів обслужити у вас свою гітару.

[@mr.k1t]

Вітаю! Так, Київ, звертайтеся

[@guitarua5361]

Можна ваш контакт будь-ласка

[@pedro-e-o-lobo]

Excelent work! You just kinda butchered roundabout tho

[@mursicman]

black frets matter

[@alexcorona]

Please don’t make a mockery

[@Yucky774]

@@alexcoronashut up

[@drlt9241]

​@@alexcoronaplease don't be offended by comedy.

[@altelephono3373]

​@@drlt9241please don't 'please don't be offended by comedy'😂😂

[@STAY-GOLD-VINYL]

@@alexcoronathey made turned it into a mockery. Shameful

[@intersanctum]

Ben Woods Nylocaster is much better than the Malmsteen Nylon Stratocaster.

[@mr.k1t]

I haven't tried either one

[@intersanctum]

@@mr.k1t You can listen Ben playing Malmsteen Nylon Stratocaster, and his modded and improved Nylocaster on his channel.

[@pefren777]

думав, що канал американський, поки не побачив ті українські субтитри

[@DrMurdercock]

I know whats wrong with it. It aint got no pick ups in it