Epiphone Dot Studio Fret Work

Don't expect to get hand dressed frets with a $300 guitar. But with a lot of time and effort, you can make this an excellent guitar.

Prep is EVERYTHING here.  You don't want to get steel wool in the pickups, and you don't want to damage the fretboard with polish.  Take your time, and do the job right.

• Remove the strings

• Tape the pickups with Painters Tape

• Bag the body

• Level with a radius block to be sure all frets are level.

• Tape the fingerboard and sides

• Using 0000 Steel Wool, polish each fret

• Using compressed air, remove all the steel wool dust

• These were so rough, I also did a run of 600 grit emery paper and then steel wool again

• Polish the frets with a Dremel and small buffing wheels.  I used two grades of jewelers rouge to polish. (don't polish a single fret too long, as it will heat and maybe loosen the frets).

• Remove all the tape.  I also treated the fingerboard with Stewart MacDonald's Fretboard Finishing Oil (Click Here)

• String it up and play!  The bends are smooth as silk now. No fret buzz and all fret ends are dressed.

Remove the strings completely.	Tape the pickups up when working with steel wool!
I bagged the body to keep steel wool out	tape up the fingerboard.
Tape the sides also	Here are the stock frets, they are rough and feel terrible
More frets as received	These are only about a week old,
More unpolished frets	After the treatment!