VINTAGE 1959 FENDER STRATOCASTER GETS A REFRET! SHE SO FINE!

Big thanks to joel @jw.restoration
A great friend with a wealth of knowledge.
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[@CruchyMode]

Just being real.. I watch this channel and it brings me to earth, its like chilling with an old friend. You dont put on, stress the lighting or background. I think the greats of old would have the upmost respect for your style. As do I. Much respect to you Boss!! Thank God there are people that are just into guitar with no concerns of being a supa star 💫

[@justinrayguitars6024]

I personally prefer pressing in the frets rather than hammering them in. Great job!

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

With ya. I dont like hammer time myself!

[@emanuelbaa1560]

thats intro!!! that toneeeeeeee!! big, open and airy sound

[@dezionlion]

A lot of people are gonna want to do what you do, thanks for showing them why expert luthiers are worth their time and money

[@williamelmore4676]

Nice job Nik!

[@327ewok]

nice intro crazy how good electrics can sound acoustically

[@jeffreyvargo7963]

Great tone with no amp a sign of a monster guitar !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah.........keep up the great channel

[@southpaw335]

Hey Nik, looks fantastic man, sounds great too. Thanks for letting us see the master at work.

[@lousekoya1803]

Great video Nik ,...........so I guess the way to go is nickel for warmer tone !

[@davidwile1277]

Great stuff man...i also use stainless steel simple because i don't wanna do another refret..my uncle has 4 pre cbs strats all original with replacement necks because he doesn't want to refret them because of value...he also told me stainless steel is no good 😕

[@BRADCOOKMUSIC]

Great video Nik I have to say there is Something very therapeutic about watching a guitar refret job. I’m Really happy for you mate 👊🏼

[@_RLP]

Joe rocks. Great upload, man. Cheers

[@jasonramblas336]

It’s crazy how resonant that guitar is even without an amp it sounds glorious!!

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Thats one thing i look for!

[@cjsterlace]

​@@theriffwniksevigny5473 would you say that's the number one thing you look for when playing a vintage strat? (besides playability obviously)

[@petedazer3381]

Nice guitars, good chops dude.

[@tommyhegel]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@soupcw4565]

wonderful! Thanks for the video!

[@duanewelsh5611]

Thanks for the insight into the process.

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Thanks for the interest!

[@christophersambuco9414]

Thanks for another awesome video. I just took my first couple of shots at leveling and crowning the frets on a couple of my Partsocasters and it didn't come out too bad. Maybe I'll try a re fret soon

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Good work!

[@boutilierroger]

Great video dude! Informative, and Joel that man is a wizard on the set up! Looking forward to seeing the tele series hope your doing well.

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Thanks roger! Stay tuned my man!

[@bluesyjazzcat31]

Great info on the video. Im prepping for a refret myself - I’ve got a spare neck I’m going to practice on first. I don’t know what it is about those old boards but that old rosewood always looks amazing

[@MarkRawling]

Great stuff! PRS frets have a school bus top too, almost flat in the center. Some people think it's just to make them last longer. Did Joel say that it was for tone - and you thought it made them sound warmer? Very interesting!

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

No so much on the crown = tone. More on the playability and efficiency. Maybe the cleanliness of the surrounding note

[@rlgdestroyu]

Used the same fret on mine. Love it.

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Its really great

[@fatyoshi5422]

I just found your channel and it’s sick Wanted to ask you something tho, where can I find a Guitar like that and how did you get yours

[@Johnny1.0]

Great video as always!

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Thanks my friend!

[@druwk]

Great post! Going to be dressing my frets on my Warmoth Frankenstrat. I have reshaped the back of the neck, and really love the profile. There’s a little high spot on the 18th fret, and I want to have the fret ends kind of like teardrops with rolled fretboard edges. The bevel from Warmoth is really good and reasonably smooth, but the frets are tall and grab the flesh on first knuckle, on my first finger if I’m working on my bends. I’m playing more with a wraparound grip, and I’m looking for a more comfortable feel? Totally invaluable to watch a master reshape the fret ends! Giving me courage to try...have to remember to have PATIENCE

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Diamond files help alot

[@troyalcorn9459]

I want to get a project guitar and do a refret I do have a fret press and most the tools I need hopefully soon thanks for the video Nik.

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Good luck!

[@simonpritchard4614]

Extremely interesting as always! 👍 Just wondering why you didn't go stainless again with your preferred bevel to slow the need for the next fret job (especially after being concerned about the slot life etc)? How long did your stainless frets last? Cheers and thanks for your great content 😎🎶🎸

[@xanadewnick123]

Could you just make a edge of tool with less degree of bevel? That hand work on the ends looked tuff. I like (hot dog) ends also. Love the videos. Way to go keep it up.

[@5150show]

Awesome

[@jeremybatson5712]

Love this guy Joel, gently chastises you for 2nd fret job being on your baby, comparing it to engine rebuild on priceless Yanko. Too much! This guy is as straight as they come and clearly a master at his craft. Guitar sounds great, glad you played it acoustically so we could really hear it without coloring. Nothing beats experience and it sounds like you were able to soak quite a bit up....in a future video some young gunslinger will be asking you for guidance and calling you master throughout.

[@rym5225]

Did you clean up the extra super glue with acetone or careful razor blade scraping? It's cool seeing jw on video

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Was barely any to clean. Not much is needed and if sent in properly, is pretty great. Any spots were rubbed away with a small piece of steel wool

[@windowsoflife]

I have a Strat w medium jumbo frets. I like jumbo frets but not sure how they work on a Strat. Thoughts on getting a Warmoth roasted maple neck w stainless jumbo frets?

[@horsevinyl]

Hi Nik, I enjoy your vids. I've got to have a Strat refretted too. Which size and what brand did you put on? Thanks a lot.

[@neelpatkar3446]

Great vid! What does one do when the board cannot take anymore refrets?

[@ryanwalsh2455]

You cry. A lot.

[@Dad-Gad]

Seeing as though most of your guitars have rosewood boards , do you notice the difference when you play a maple because I'm torn between the two .

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Yes and I will do a video on just that real soon

[@CNCTEMATIC]

Dude what size fret wire is this? Sorry if I missed it. Getting my Strat re-fretted at the moment so curious about this stuff. (PS, I have to agree with your boy there about doing your second fret job on a 59 Strat!)

[@batoli20]

Regarding the nut. In theory, surely what it’s made of doesn’t come in to play when you are fretting, no?

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

To me, its the first thing the string passes through

[@Dad-Gad]

My bone nut on my rosewood neck feels and reacts completely differently to my maple neck with the standard nut .

[@ryanwalsh2455]

Doesn’t sanding the board also sand down the inlayed dot markers? I feel like if they were all aged and yellowed, sanding them would make them appear white and new looking again and not match the rest of the patina/wear. Curious how you think about that.

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

So as stated. We arent really using pressure or force. Not try to dig in. I see the concern, but much of a fret job is a feel thing. Just the wrap up at the end. They still look old! Thanks for the interest!!

[@ryanwalsh2455]

The Riff w Nik Sevigny Hey makes sense to me! Makes me feel better about getting a refret on my Mustang (‘66)

[@JOE-PEARL]

Quick question so I’m on a budget and was thinking of ordering a Squier Classic Vibe and putting 59 pickups in it along with Fender Tremelo or should I go with the AliExpressSRV relic guitar and put 59s in that guitar with tuner lockers and tremelo. I been seeing those with alder bodies . Anyway any suggestions? Thanks bud

[@Livelaughlimpbizkit]

Hey dude if you're still looking avoid the Ali express guitars, 90% of the time they need a TON of work. The squier classic vibes are awesome guitars out the box

[@bjstein4242]

curious why you were running a 9.5 radius gauge down the neck when a 59 should have a 7.25?.. or am I thinking this wrong?

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Holding a camera and i just grabbed it to illustrate the smoothness of the board

[@bjstein4242]

@@theriffwniksevigny5473 got you! I just thought I was seeing things. Lol

[@wayneranson8763]

Damn... those are some tasty licks man!

[@ryanwalsh2455]

Now I know that the sanding didn’t really affect how much wood gets taken off the fingerboard, but man it always hurts me to see a sanded neck like that. I understand its only best for the playability of the guitar. My 66 mustang has original frets and beautifully worn spots on the neck. I know that when it does have to get re-fretted (sometime soon) they will most likely sand down the board like you did to yours and I just feel awful about ruining some of that patina and wear. Maybe most of the divots will still be intact, but it still irks me. Something so perfectly beautiful about an untouched fretboard thats been worn in for almost 55 years.

[@JIMISTONED]

Did you get it regretted already?

[@ryanwalsh2455]

JIMISTONED not yet. Honesty they have life left in them, no playability issues so far. Its one of those things where id rather sacrifice originality for playability, 60’s mustangs dont hold anywhere near the value of a strat or even jazzmaster. And im no collector, im a player! I had it professionally set up and it plays like a dream 100% original.

[@thedonrizzguitar]

🥇🥇🥇🥇

[@meltedwheeliebin]

A level and re-crown video without any masking tape or Sharpies. You keep saying the action is high, why is it high?

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Sharpies right on the frets. Crown files have a safe edge. I like it high, the fret is high to begin with. It plays effortlessly

[@paullindsay9451]

9.5" radius??

[@Hereweare75]

What size frets are these?

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

58/110

[@guycalleddave]

I like bone nuts like anybody, but they only make the open strings sound better, because once you fret you're taking the nut out of the equation.

[@drippinglass]

Nickel frets wear out too fast for me.

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Yes! Way faster than stainless haha

[@klauscottonswab2322]

Yoga

[@theriffwniksevigny5473]

Yoda