I got some new stuff over the last year or 2 and have no idea if I have posted them

[rahbro]

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This one is the oldest of the bunch. It used to have a gold foil siameese cat on it but I rocked too hard and it's gone.

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This is a 150 dollar Amazon company called Westcreek. It rules. Left it stock.

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I liked my first gretsch so much I bought this one for Emerson. It just hangs on the wall in her room at this point. Maybe someday.

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This is a 180 dollar Amazon company called Redid. It's my first ever semi hollow. When you play F# on the highE sting it's just goes plunk. BUT ALL THE OTHER FRETS WORK GREAT!!! no idea how to fix this.

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And my purple jaguar with mustang pickups just because.

[Nick]

Use a short metal straight edge ("fret rocker") to see if that 2nd fret on the Redid is high. If so, get a cheap fret level, fret file and some fret erasers and go to town until it's good. If it's just stuck out, press or hammer it back down.

I just had to do this to a friends chibson Tom Delonge signature and I was so mad at that thing I swore never to work on a bullshit import without a brand name ever again. Got it playing decent in the end though.

[rahbro]

Use a short metal straight edge ("fret rocker") to see if that 2nd fret on the Redid is high. If so, get a cheap fret level, fret file and some fret erasers and go to town until it's good. If it's just stuck out, press or hammer it back down.

I just had to do this to a friends chibson Tom Delonge signature and I was so mad at that thing I swore never to work on a bullshit import without a brand name ever again. Got it playing decent in the end though.

so you think the fret up the neck is too high? didn't think of that. i figured the nut was fucked.

[Bacchus]

I've had high frets on cheap guitars before and I've usually sorted it by putting something to protect the neck (an off cut of wood, or even a book) over the fret and firmly tapping it with something heavy.