Frets 'popping' out

[lukep]

I have a bass that on the 12th, 11th and 10th frets the frets are sticking out, the 12th is the worse though making the 11th fret almost unplayable due to fret buzz. Is there any way I can repair this without going to a luither?

Heres some pictures

http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/s..._/DSCF1138.jpg

http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/s..._/DSCF1134.jpg

http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/s..._/DSCF1130.jpg

[Nick Kay]

Remove the strings, lay a cloth over the afflicted area, get a hammer, and lightly tap down the offending frets. Tap being the key word there - it really doesn't take much force at all. This is actually a fairly common problem in environments where humidity and temperature vary drastically over the seasons.

[mokeanL]

finish removing all the frets! plenty of how to videos on youtube for defretting

[ByF]

If tapping them down with a hammer doesn't work (if they spring back up) you can glue them down with superglue. Dan Erlewine's "Guitar Repair" book has a good description of how to do it.

Glueing the frets down is easy--the tricky part is NOT getting glue all over the fretboard and neck. There is a technique to that.

Ed

[T-Bird]

Hi.

A bit hard to tell from the pics, but to me it seems that the problematic fret end has been hammered straight already. If that's the case, no gimmic will keep the bass playable for any significant amount of time.

The best way (always) to repair lifting fret ends is to remove the fret, re-radius it to match the fretboard, and reinstall.
Anything else is a band-aid fix really.

Regards
Sam

[lukep]

Today i took it to a luither and he said the same thing as t-bird.
thanks.
-Luke

[andk5591]

I have done the super glue bit on an ancient Vox neck and it held up for years of heavy playing until the neck finally started delaminating. Got the tip from Erlewine as well...