What does fretting out mean?

[Engulund]

What does it mean when someone says that they 'fret out'?

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[Teotwawki]

Post by Engulund
What does it mean when someone says that they 'fret out'?

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Post by Engulund
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[Ricky W. Hunt]

Post by Engulund
What does it mean when someone says that they 'fret out'?
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It's when one the frets stops the string from being able to vibrate usually
due to a warp in the neck or a fret that needs working on or having the
action set too low.

[smeghead]

My understanding of the term is...when you are bending a note up, the note
should continue to ring out during the bending process. When, because of
misadjusted frets, neck, etc. the note gets cut off as you bend it, that's
called "fretting out". The vibrating string actually touches one of the
frets further up the neck, which causes it to stop vibrating.

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What does it mean when someone says that they 'fret out'?
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[Adam Childers]

Fretting out, I believe, is when you pull a string off the fret board. Like
say you bend your string so far that you pull it off the the fret board.
That is what I have always called in and no one has ever disagreed and has
alway understoof what I meant.

Post by Engulund
What does it mean when someone says that they 'fret out'?
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[Patrick Keenan]

Post by Engulund
What does it mean when someone says that they 'fret out'?
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It's not a clearly defined term. Some people mean that the string hits a
fret above the one they are playing. This interferes with the string
resulting in rattling or deadening.

There are a number of possible causes for this, including lifting frets,
improper dressing, damaged strings, action too low or neck too straight (or
too bowed, with the bridge too low to compensate) etc.

It can also refer to the string 'choking' when being bent. This generally
indicates that the action is too low and/or that the fret dress hasn't been
done properly. However, unless the action is very high, if you push a
string 'over the horizon' it's going to choke when it runs into the next
fret. If this is unclear, bend a string and look closely at the geometry.

Because the term is not clearly defined, it's best to ask the person using
it what they mean at the time they use it.

HTH
-pk

[crow]

"fretting out" is the phenomenon of the string hitting a higher fret while
bending. Most prevalent on vintage style fender necks with a 7" radius.
Flatter radius necks were designed specifically to deal with this problem.

jepp

[Keith Adams]

Actually a good question with good answers that are all viable.You've got to watch it though because if you keep asking questions
like that and get back the answers you did...soon you'll be a walking talking encyclopedia and accused of being a know it all.

"crow" <***@peoplepc.com> wrote in message news:eXTYc.6310$***@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...
"fretting out" is the phenomenon of the string hitting a higher fret while
bending. Most prevalent on vintage style fender necks with a 7" radius.
Flatter radius necks were designed specifically to deal with this problem.

jepp

[Rob]

Post by crow
"fretting out" is the phenomenon of the string hitting a higher fret while
bending. Most prevalent on vintage style fender necks with a 7" radius.
Flatter radius necks were designed specifically to deal with this problem.

and of course you can do it if you yank the string down off the fretboard
and towards the back of the neck....sounds bloody strange!

Rob.