Raised fret issue

DirtySteve

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Hey guys/gals, I have a Warmoth neck that the 18th fret is popped up in the middle. It's not very much, in fact you cant even see it by looking at it, it's just enough to slide the corner of a piece of paper under, but it's raised enough to cause a lot of fret buzz all the way down the neck. A tech tapped it back down for me when I had the guitar set up, but it popped back up. I also tapped it back down myself and it popped up again.

How do I fix this? The neck is unusable because of it. I've read about using a thin super glue and clamping it with a capo, but that sounds cheesy to me and it's over the heel part of the neck so I can't do that anyway. I'm worried about using super glue, if it sets before I get the fret seated then I'd really be screwed. Is there even enough space to get super glue in there?

Wondering if anybody has any advise? I tried to get a pic, but you can't see it in the picture either.
 
This is the neck, Wenge with rosewood fretboard. It's not on a guitar right now because of this issue, but I want to use it for another project so I need to fix this fret first.

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Man that sucks.
You could try to use #10 super Glue. Then clamp it down. Since its over the heel, get a block of wood to cover the 18th fret and clamp the wood down on the fret board at the closest possible position on the fretboard. I'm thinking you could get it as far as the 15th fret maybe?
That should hopefully put pressure on the 18th fret.

I would first test the block to see if it's even possible and gives enough pressure to keep it seated.

My 2cents.
 
DirtySteve said:
Hey guys/gals, I have a Warmoth neck that the 18th fret is popped up in the middle. It's not very much, in fact you cant even see it by looking at it, it's just enough to slide the corner of a piece of paper under, but it's raised enough to cause a lot of fret buzz all the way down the neck. A tech tapped it back down for me when I had the guitar set up, but it popped back up. I also tapped it back down myself and it popped up again.

How do I fix this? The neck is unusable because of it. I've read about using a thin super glue and clamping it with a capo, but that sounds cheesy to me and it's over the heel part of the neck so I can't do that anyway. I'm worried about using super glue, if it sets before I get the fret seated then I'd really be screwed. Is there even enough space to get super glue in there?

Wondering if anybody has any advise? I tried to get a pic, but you can't see it in the picture either.
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Frets are glued when they don't cooperate...
The wood dried out and the fret slot changed size ever so slightly.

Send it back to Warmoth.
 
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Is there a gap between the fret and the board? If so, the fretcshould be reglued. You can use super thin, wicking CA glue and a hardware store clamp with padded jaws.
 
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Amp Mad Scientist said:
Frets are glued when they don't cooperate...
The wood dried out and the fret slot changed size ever so slightly.

Send it back to Warmoth.
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It's been too long to send it back, I've had the neck for at least a year now, maybe longer. It was like that when I installed it, but I don't know if it came from Warmoth that way or if it happened due to climate change after I got it.
 
syscokid said:
If it's a bolt on neck, do it right and remove the neck. #10 super glue is thin and will get absorbed through capillary action at the gap. Then clamp down. What would Robert Herndon do?
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So you're saying I don't need to get under the fret to glue it, the glue will just suck in there if I just squirt some along the edge of the fret and then clamp it?
 
DirtySteve said:
So you're saying I don't need to get under the fret to glue it, the glue will just suck in there if I just squirt some along the edge of the fret and then clamp it?
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The glue has a very thin viscosity, super glue in general gets absorbed into porus materials creating a bond. The wood will suck it up, you will actually see it go under the fret. Just dont squeeze too much in or it will get messy.
 
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