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Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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By the way, I'm absolutely slower than a professional would be.

But, I have all the tools and I know how to use 'em. I can do most guitar repairs, but there are some I'd shy away from today - even if I've done them in the past. Resetting a set-neck is rough. I can do it, but it ain't gonna be pretty. If I fuck up, it's gonna be a mess. Replacing frets? I can do it, but you're better with a professional - especially due to the time. Along with that, fretboard repair is limited to just what I can safely clamp and glue.

I can fix a broken headstock - so long as I have enough gluing surface. I have the tools to really repair one that's toast, but I'm not comfortable taking a router to a headstock and neck.

I can do all the electronics work anyone might need done. If it's just replacing pickups, that's not a problem. I've routed a cavity for adding a battery so that the guitar had active pickups. I'd not want to do that often, but that can be done pretty easily with a jig and a plunge router.

I could fix a bridge that has come up, and probably could build a new one and intonate the saddle properly - but I'm sending that shit out, even if I have no money.

The list goes on... Pretty much any instrument can be made playable - but the value of the instrument is often less than the cost of repairs. A good luthier will let you know before they even do an iota of work on it.

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I won't rush you!

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I do have all the right tools and I know how to use 'em.

I did buy a cheap set of tools when checking how cheap it was to get into guitar, and those would work well enough - but slowly and you'd have to be pretty careful. The biggest issue with those tools is they didn't have good files - especially fret files.

Don't get me wrong, those files will work. It's just that a new person may very well fuck things up, possibly making it worse.

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I have not had any fret problems