FINALLY Refretting And Pleking My 1963 Strat (Full Process)
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I’m a luthier by trade, and I was commissioned to refret a “one owner” ‘56 Strat. Customer’s ONLY requirement……”do not touch one spec of the original aged finish on the fretboard”. 😬
I approached the job with surgical precision, extracting each and every original fret with extreme care. I followed up with a perfect refret AND new bone nut, lightly aged to look original. Looked like I was never there. Needless to say, my customer was beyond happy…..he was genuinely emotional. It was actually his Dad’s guitar since new. ❤️
I respect an artisan of any field. It takes knowledge, passion, and respect to be good at any craft.
This was a cool story. Thanks so much for sharing.
I'm _not_ a luthier, and refretted my Telecaster myself! It didn't go as well as it could have done, but although the end result looks poor, even from a few feet away, it plays an awful lot better than before. I would never do this to someone else's guitar! He was wise to bring the Strat to a proper luthier.
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Where at? Someone such as yourself doing the most for the customer is RARE. I'd trust you with my guitars if what you're saying is true!!
Nick is my wife’s son. We are so proud of him! Thank you for such a great video! Job very well done
No way! He's my wife's son too! Small world!
That was so awesome of Nick to allow Robert to come in and record everything and explain it all. Really cool guy
I mean, it's the best advertisement they could wish for. If you're this good, the work you do really speaks for itself.
@@jannik19191Exactly!!
I'm not sure if you are braver, more foolish, or just enthusiastic...the last time anyone touched my 69 tele thinline was 1974 in Orange California, since then I've cherished every crack in the original finish and every mm of the original maple neck and it's original frets. It was abused by the original owner and I've felt like a caretaker ever since I purchased it for 150 bucks at a pawn shop while playing in Vegas... I'm 73 now and that guitar is still my favorite...it will stay, as is, until I pass or something extremely terrible forces me to modify it. To me, part of my tele IS it's age and that feel, as well as the sound...like me, we get older and our bones may be stiff but both of us get more and more unique and defined with each passing day...something I prefer to live with. Thanks for sharing. PS no suggestions for Nashville last time I was there the cheap bar owner only paid me 20 bucks so I left town after the gig.
I had my 67 Strat refretted once and it has held up great. Later on, I had my 72 Goldtop Deluxe refretted. I lost the nibs but it was a small price to pay for a great playing guitar. Aside from the refret, it's completely stock and an awesome guitar.
Therapy session complete. I think almost anyone can appreciate seeing a refret done firsthand. SWEET!
One of the best refrets I have ever seen on YT. This guy knew his stuff and shared things nobody else has.
My 1984 MIJ E62 Strat I had worn completely down, the board was wrecked with divots and needed flattened. The guys at Casino hooked me up with a luthier and I got vintage sized stainless-steel frets and I have never looked back. It made a barely playable guitar one I will never part with. Do it if it needs it. I could not be happier with how it turned out.
I had my guitars refretted at Bronson Guitar Works in Scottsdale. Those guys brought my guitars back to life
Refretting by a talented luthier is like getting a brand new guitar...only BETTER. My wife had my 1972 Yamaha acoustic refretted at Emerald City Guitars in Seattle back in 2006 for a birthday present, and the result was soooo good. They leveled the fretboard, filling in all the ruts I'd worn in it over the years. Installed new frets. Replaced the nut, and it played like a dream...still to this day. The fretboard edges were "rolled" from years of playing, and just felt so comfortable in my hands. I love this guitar and the work just extended the life.
Nick was such a nice dude huh Rob? He let you geek out and watch him while he breathed new life into that Strat that's older than you (and me). He was such a pro, I'm glad you made a new friend. Guitars and friends, 2 things you can't have enough of! ✌️❤️🎸🎶🙏
I prefer guitars to friends.
"It will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine." - Congrats, man, that looks flat out dreamworthy, jealous, but more than anything happy for you. I recently had my 2000 American Strat (had for 23 years now, bought with my childhood fastfood job) refretted with fatter/taller Jescar stainless steel frets, and a nice dark tine on the maple board, it's breathed a whole new life into that instrument. This however, this is truly special.
Cool video Robert, thanks for taking us along for the journey.
Go to The Pharmacy! Beer, brats and everything in between! My go to in Nashville!
When I had my 63 refretted, it was like electricity being invented lol. So much better than wore out originals
I’ve been following you for some time and have to say your new camera quality/editing is on point. Great work! Always love watching your stuff.
Had my 99 Strat and Gibson Les Paul Standard re-fretted at Sweetwater with Stainless frets. Pleking was part of the process and those guitars are soooo smooth to play. It's been almost 2 years and there are no signs of wear. Best decision ever.
Purty, shiny new frets! Thanks for sharing the process, too. I really do enjoy watching luthier activities like this, too.
What a beautiful guitar ❤
Both of my main guitars, a 2003 and 2007 Axis, are on refret number 3.
You’re such a nice person, Robert. The offer to Joe was lovely. Next level cinematography as well.
I live 2 1/2 hours away from Nashville....but I make the drive to Glaser's whenever I need anything done to my guitars. Those guys are pros and I have always been happy with everything they have done.
I’ve been going to Glaser instruments since 2018. Great group of guys, and i always learn something new walking in. Great video Robert!
If your Strat has the original frets and they are worn down to near nothing, yes, a refret will definitely change the feel. And if you install contemporary frets which are generally much higher than the originals, even more it will change the feel. I don't know what you or anyone else can do about it. I've had vintage Strats all my life but 10 years ago got a Strat-plus which has much taller, contemporary frets. It took a little time (couple of weeks) to get used to, but the guitar plays much better than the old ones, is a lot more resonant (could be just that one particular Strat) and "gives back" more. It sings more. It's true that the new Strat doesn't quite have the feel or vibe of the well-worn one, but on the other hand, the satin finish on the back of the neck sticks a lot less than traditional lacquer and even bare, worn-down wood. Stays in tune much better than crappy Klusons. I obsessed over old Strats for 35+ years. Today they don't do quite as much for me.
So soothing watching craftsmen...
I live in Nashville, there are a ton of good restaurants, but these are 3 of my favorites! Maiz de la Vida for Mexican (either the food truck or the tortilla shop), black dynasty ramen for ramen, and beared iris for beer!
Beautiful work! Was a pleasure to watch a skilled craftsman make easy work of an otherwise terrifying task.
Nick is a master of his trade. Top notch work for sure.
Therapy session? I thought I was the only crazy one! Even just simple maintenance does it for me. Every time I change strings I am polishing frets, cleaning up the fret board, polishing the body. OMG it is the most relaxing/zen thing ever. 45 minutes of total relaxation. And then the best part is that when you are done, your guitar is in fantastic shape and ready to rock again.
Really cool video. I could watch this type of guitar repair stuff all day long.
Just wow. Excellent work and the plek on top...outstanding
Nick is THE GUY!!!! I take all of my guitars to him. Glaser Instruments and the gentleman that work there are outstanding!!!!
Love these kind of videos and it's cool to see you doing one! Came out looking great!
Guys that can revive an old instrument like that are heroes 👍
I used to get my guitars plek’d at Westwood Music in LA. If you are near a music store that has the ability to plek your guitar, don’t hesitate. They play so well after the process. Maybe Robert could talk about getting his 63 strat plekd at the difference he notices.
I had a 52 reissue telecaster fender Japan refretted, reradiused, pleked, neck refinished and new bone nut installed. It transformed the guitar in the best way. So awesome.
I had a vintage Les Paul Custom refreted. It was a little scary and it was really expensive, but now it plays like butter. Totally worth it even if the guitar would have been worth more with the original worn out frets!
Excellent job!!!!
Saving the frets was awesome!! I was thinking that watching the video so I was so happy at the end that you did it.
Thank you so much Robert!
Oh my gosh, I had the very same thought about saving the frets!
This video was so satisfying to watch. Sounds like they did a great job.
I love watching repair videos like this. Thanks! :)
It is crazy to think that when Leo Fender designed his guitars with the bolt-on necks, he intended the necks to be disposable. His vision was that if a player wore out the frets on the neck, they would just buy and then bolt a new neck on. hehe. That is biggest piece of proof that Leo wasn't a player. It is remarkable that he was able to design such wonderful instruments as a non-player. He obviously did a lot of studying and talked to some really good players about what they wanted and what worked. I am not a Fender guy at all...but I have to admit, they are great guitars for the peopel that dig them.
I had my 77 Les Paul Custom re-fretted around 1999. The frets were absolutely flat. That is some really dark rosewood on your baby. Nice!!
Awesome production on these new vids! You're a great player and seem like great dude. Nice going!
Beautiful guitar. And awesome job by Glaser. And totally not weird to keep the old frets. You can make something with them I hope.
You're the man... As I was watching I was thinking Robert should be giving Jim a call out. And at 14:25, there it is..... Much respect to you, Sir!
So many players have not experienced a great refret and set up. Once you find the fret you like and have a talented tech/luthier do the work you will never go back. You will be bringing all your guitars in. I used to have any guitar I purchased automatically refretted to my specs. Too many players expect this type of magic out of the box.
Awesome video. I love nerding out to guitar work. Glad it came out great!!!!!
Joe’s guys did a plek on one of my teles and it made a huge difference. They are great. I’d recommend ML Rose for a burger place with a lot of beer options. As for downtown Broadway area I would recommend The Stillery. Go upstairs and it is more chill there. One of the best wood fired pizzas I have had.
Such a lovely dark RW fretboard, love it.
Awesome video! I have done a few of my own refrets, but it's nice to watch a real pro at work and to see their process.
Great vid! Thoroughly enjoyed it!
I'm liking the open grain and old school clay fret marker dots.
That Strat ooozzzes tone and sucess....
Very cool man excellent service
Sounds amazing!
I hear you on the ASMR tiip. I just get happy seeing frets made all shiny and precise!
Very Cool, Thankyou. So interesting seeing the process. Nice Work. Cheers
That rosewood board is just amazing!
Great video bro,and welcome to Middle Tennessee ,I live in Gallatin,there is a little place on the square called Swaney Swifts.I think you and your family would dig it .
I've been in Nashville for 11 years. Party Fowl in Donelson is great for Hot Chicken. China Cottage in Rivergate is some of the best Chinese Food and Robert Plant has been known to stop in periodically. Liz's Kitchen in Goodlettsville by City Hall is a great Meat and Three. I'm originall from Ohio too. Welcome.
Very cool video. And, congrats!
Love the Eric Johnson “Trademark” there at the end. Congrats on the refret. Hope it plays well for you.
There's this guy on TH-cam, his channel is twoodfrd if you're not aware of him and in one of his past videos he addressed the issue of having vintage guitars refretted or any work done to them. Basically his stance is "Cool, you have a pre-war Martin but the frets are shot and the action is like 1/2" tall... That's just a wall hanger!" ...get the work done and get that piece of history playing again!! Like Nick said here, if he'd put the original type fretwire in there it might have made the guitar unplayable to you, you have to make these choices sometimes and it's fine!!
If you're into this type of nerdery, twoodfrd is great, he's soft spoken, really chill and does fantastic work. A great channel to watch while doing mindless chores or working in the shop and having that as an inspirational backdrop. He also shares information about how the guitar gets into those issues. Sometimes an instrument might feel just a little off but you put up with it and then a few years later you end up with a bellied top or a crooked neck that could have been an easier save then.
Great work buddy!
Nice work. I love watching guitar luthier videos. Happy to see the Strat finally get new frets. ✌🏼
Congrats! Looks like you brought it to the right place! It sounds heavenly btw❤
@RobertBakerGuitar - Thank you for taking us all along on your refretting! Always great to see experts like Nick work their magic! Just wondering if you'd you considered stainless steel frets?
Great video! I could watch these types of videos all day long!! 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
That was a great watch! That is one clean guitar. Seeing the work done was fascinating!
The exact video I also like to see. Thank you so much Robert. I'll be putting the few guitar nerd friends onto it. The whole Plek idea has always scared me but after watching this I want my 67' Custom Tele with original totally worn out frets refretted & Plekked by Glasers. Pity I'm in Nashvilliquin (Deniliquin) Australia 😩
Congrats!! Looks absolutely amazing...
What a great shop . I made living repairing and building guitars and I would have loved to work in this shop .
This was a great video 👍
Sweet - I Had Nick refret my '60 tele last year and it is phenomenal.
Cool video. I've been contemplating trying a refret myself.....
Awesome video Robert thanks for sharing.
Thanks for keeping guitars alive! ❤️
Not some unplayable collectible.
An amazing process Robert... "But this is why I subscribed to your channel?"
This guy is very good at what he does! Thanks for posting this video Robert... ✌
haha that guitar deserves the best of everything. Plekking and refretting etc can feel kinda expensive when you compare it to the price of one's guitar. But the historic value of a 63 as well as the fact it has been with us over half a century really meaningful.
Love these videos
This is awesome!! Never had it done, but I've been thinking about taking my first guitar which is a 1980s Peavey T-60 lead. I know what everyone is thinking. It's junk, but not to me. It still feels so good in my hands. I must've gotten a good quality one. You can laugh, but the serial number is 001973. So I'm pretty sure they scraped making guitars. Years ago I bought this and my band mate Larry loved it so much, we went right back to the music store and he bought the same guitar only his was Woodgrain Gray and mine was White with Black pick guard. We got it back to my garage and we couldn't even keep it tuned. He immediately took it back, and I actually felt a bad. Like it was my fault. But it was just a bad guitar. Don't know if it's worth doing, but I'm gonna find out. Thanks for letting us watch this phenomenal process. It's something that I could never do. Wish I lived in Nashville, but I am an owner operator trucker so maybe I can have him do it. Later from Wisconsin!🤘💯🎸
Very good choice going with the wider frets. Professional work no doubt.
Very cool Mr Baker, over the past couple of months I completely refurbished my '90 Fender Squier HM IV neck thru. This included having to replace one of the EMG's, doing a half soldered and half plug in system to make the old 5 way switch work. But the hard part was I did a complete refret with jumbo stainless steel. It turned out awsome, I didn't even need to level the frets after I installed them. Man those fret ends are like a bag of razor blades when first installed! They were down to .030, now a fat .058 =D.
By the way, my first ever do myself refret. =)
Cool video! 👍
I had my father's '63 p bass refretted at 12th Fret in Toronto Ontario. No problems, they did an amazing job!
I bought a $99 clearance 335 style guitar from guitarfetish that was unplayable on arrival. I went and had it plek'd and setup. Now it has such low action that while my strat was in the shop for a month, it took me a week to stop muscling the 335 to play it, and it plays/sounds amazing, especially for what I paid for it. Easily compete with an Epiphone. Got the strat back, it's simply amazing now. Robert if you're ever in southern California, I'd love to hear you play my strat to get your opinion on it.
Cool video,thanks Robert,love you buddy !
They did a stunning job. The biggest thing that scares me is when people sand down the old rosewood fretboard. Glad to see they didnt need to do that with yours!!! I have a ‘66 mustang with original frets, and theyre gettin downnn there. Frets out a lot past the 12th fret. I’d absolutely love to have the same care put into refretting my guitar as they put into yours. Great video!
This might go without saying, but have you tried straightening the neck on that Mustang?
Excessive relief can cause fretting out in the upper register.
Just trying to help.
As soon as I saw your old frets all pulled, I thought, I'll bet he's gonna keep them. :)
Awesome, Robert!
I’ve got an 02 Taylor in the shop getting the first 7 frets redone. Bought it off a bluegrass guy. I’m ready to get it back!
He did a beautiful job. Congrats Robert! Such an amazing Stratocaster!
Tones in the hands and Robs got eeeem! Sick work
Great content. Nice to have someone who's happy to go about their (expert) work whilst explaining what they're doing. YT is awash with talented craftspeople who seem to feel it's their job to keep the processes a secret.
Thanks for this (both of you).
Great video man! Thanks! Which frets did you choose?
And I should also say that this is one gorgeous Strat. Mint pickguard, clay dots, and it sounds fantastic. Nice vintage patina without looking like a relic. Enjoy it!
That is a very clean looking 63 Strat
Great video, interesting. Enjoy !
this guy knows his stuff