What is fret sprout and how to fix it.

[@GraemeCampbellMusic]

This is really helpful Ben. My LP Junior has fret sprout and I’ve been deliberating tackling it myself.

[@tinkerbell4896]

Right on Ben, really like the good camera angle showing the roll over to feather in the fret end. Nice touch! Rock on Brother!!

[@tinkerbell4896]

Ha! I got a heart! It's been a minute, hasn't it Brother?! Hope you're doing awesome!!

[@HenryMusic255]

Could a nail file work for filing down the fret edges?

[@Rico__B]

Just found this ... Great video Ben. Thanks for posting!

[@BenCoombs]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheDeedeeFiles]

Very helpful. Happy Friday.

[@Charles75N]

Up close and personal fret sprout with Ben Combs. Great video!

[@ColinStuart]

Glad to finally see/meet you Ben! From the Western Slopes of the Rockies, in Colorado.

[@BenCoombs]

Cheers Richard!!

[@AQMusic10]

Great and simple explanation. Thanks

[@-jeffk3339]

Thanks Ben - good tutorial.

[@harleyhexxe9806]

That's a good video Ben for guitars that have trimmed fret tangs. Unfortunately, I have a MIM maple neck Strat that I bought 6 years ago new, and they didn't trim the tangs short. Consequently, they stick out of the sides of the neck. The frets themselves end at the edge of the fretboard, so that isn't an issue. I think I would be better off taking this to a Luthier to have that fixed without damaging the clear finish on the neck. I'm not sure if it's polyurethane or acrylic, it's glossy whatever it is. Thanks for posting Ben.

[@BenCoombs]

It would be poly paint. Cheers Harley!!

[@rickycompton2610]

Great video Ben it’s an easy job but a lot of people are afraid to do it I think this video should put them at ease.

[@RickRomanelli]

Nicely explained. Thank you Ben.

[@jaydiemusik]

Thank you! My 2018 fender mim deluxe strat has fret sprout… wich his really bad because it’s the best Guitar i‘ve ever played (and has a huge emotional value). But they don‘t do these Necks anymore, sadly.

[@petebrown3715]

Midwest as well Ben like here in Chicago. Between the polar vortex, the winter that starts in January and goes to May..lol. The dampness in March,April and May as well... Great video, simple explanation and great tips. Thank you Ben.

[@labgames4377]

You are a great teacher!!Great explanation

[@BenCoombs]

Thank you!!

[@wademiyataki9221]

My solution to fret sprout is no frets. No frets, no fret sprout!😁

[@WillieD7]

I’ve got that same mini Batwing Cab deck! Although mine is in worse shape with a bunch of dumb stickers…

[@Frank-nKansas]

Thanks Ben. stewmac has the files for around $16

[@Rico_B]

Great video Ben. Careful…your about to compete with McKnight…lol Cheers!

[@ryanx7170]

I realy Should get a fret guru file cool vid bro also randomly bought a Jackson today just though I'd add that 🤘

[@BentTom]

Great video. Really informative.

[@StratBurst92]

Excellent video. You remind me of the actor Jeff Daniels.

[@BenCoombs]

Thanks! 😃

[@astarothgr]

I was kind of slow to get what "that jungle site" was, lmao! Cheers!

[@TheDogPa]

I thought it was the green stuff growing in the dirt around the frets. Learn something new all the time...lol.

[@SuperJiggawhat]

Nice work man

[@Absolut3mayh3m]

The old banana sticker guitar! wow have not seen that one in a while

[@Terry3Gs]

Fret Sprout .... the distant canadian cousin of the Alphalpha Sprout. ;) :D

[@bretfaulkner]

awesome.God bless.

[@BenCoombs]

Thank you

[@jayk.6077]

Good information, well presented and to the point! Subscribed! Keep up the good work sir.

[@BenCoombs]

Thanks, will do!

[@davidmacleod9313]

If you file the fret edges down, what happens when the humidity returns? Shouldn’t you protect the wood and finish with something? I can just see a slip...ugh!

[@BenCoombs]

The wood doesn't swell enough that it becomes an issue with the frets. If you happen to remove any finish off the neck and want to seal it I find clear nail polish for laquer or clear poly on a small brush.

[@davidmacleod9313]

@@BenCoombs for nearly 50yrs I have never had an issue with fret sprout until now. Weird. Thanks for the response. With regards to the finish; that doesn’t worry me really, I am an actual journeyman painter. Lol My ‘74 SG’s neck was so gritty and sticky most of the time that I decided to refinish just the neck and when I had the neck stripped down to bare wood, I just left it! It feels so good and smooth not to mention slippery. I’m never selling it anyway because it was broken at the headstock by a stoned drummer at a showcase gig, of all places. Stumbled over my cord and,...well.

[@NicoSimonPrincely]

Won't humidifying the guitar fix this or reduce this. Shouldn't that be done first before filing? Especially on an Acoustic? I have an acoustic that has been stored in a case and now has fret sprout. That's a major sign that it's dried out too much. I would think humidifying it would be the first step, then work on the frets if it still needs it.

[@tonedefaudio7957]

7:40 hey, what if the frets are lifting at the edge?

[@BenCoombs]

They would need to be hammered down or replaced if they won't stay down.

[@The.Adam.D]

That string action gave me vertigo 😂

[@Charles75N]

Hold's up well.

[@yetimatzenightcat8702]

Fret Sprout... Homer would say ... Wa Waa Waaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@davidmacleod9313]

You talk to us like we’re idiots! Wait.....never mind.

[@BenCoombs]

I'm just an idiot trying to teach fellow idiots lol!! Cheers!!

[@Gearjunkie35JasonBallou]

#MillionViewBen

[@cowboy7x]

Hell, sometimes, weather or neck movement has nothing to do with it. Just buy a new "Players model" Tele or Strat from New Mexico and you get a fantastic, great playing guitar with decent action but terrible fret end cutting and dressing from the factory. My new Tele is one such victim. It looks like it was snipped without ANYTHING else done to it. So....."be your own guitar tech"! I 'gots' me my own file for such surprises. (As they would say in olden days).

[@Tiggerinas]

Considering you were going to get right into it, why didn't you? Final three minutes would have sufficed. Useful but for all the flannel.

[@BenCoombs]

It takes more than three minutes to do all the frets. After shooting this I spent 90 minutes working on them.

[@bernynhel]

Try so and so? Maybe whatstheirname has one? Where's frickin link for the fret file? Lame.

[@BenCoombs]

This isn't a paid demo. I'm here to give some advice, not sell a product.

[@flyingpickle508]

🐦😖🎸🌱

[@jonathanribnick1420]

Bud is definitely Canadian

[@BenCoombs]

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