Clean it under warm water.

Good for starting fires.

You’ll have to take it to a tech then.

Antiquated way of thinking and doing stuff. Why make it harder than you have to? No need to mess around with extra magnets or taping off pickups if you use a modern buffing setup.

The smell still haunts me.

Not true. Nail buffing pads are the same as Micromesh which is fine for doing metals as that’s part of its design. You can easily get to a mirror finish with buffers in the same way you can with a micromesh pad. Steel wool is trash and it’s 2024, there are better materials for polishing that won’t result in fine metallic dust around that can short out pickups and electronics. Even synthetic steel wool is better

@@drgearaustralia The dust is the main problem that is true. BUT, unfortunately, it still gets you the best results. I'm saying this, BECAUSE I search for an alternative as well. I do feel you, man. And no, Micromesh is kinda weak as well. The thing with those is that they will polish frets, but not to the point of strings smoothly gliding on top of them, which is the best fret feeling and my goal. TBH, the micromesh finish will be fine for most people, BUT doing steelwool AFTER THAT will give you EVEN BETTER results. That is what I do. P.S.: I haven't tried those StewMac fret rubber erasers and what not, but I heard that they are not that good as well.

Whatever dude. You obviously didn’t watch the video or listen to anything I said so there’s nothing else to say. Besides, I can see old conversations we had several years ago and you’re not worth taking seriously and have no real standing for any criticism.

There’s gonna be more streams and videos coming up and I’m gonna try to start doing at least one a week with international times more suitable. I launched memberships yesterday and there’ll be a once a month stream for members to check out where it’s a little different with more direct interactions and such.

@@drgearaustralia Are you considering Patreon? They give you more of the membership dollars than Google. Plus they have a pretty cool app that allows members to chat with each other. I would happily add your and Brad's channels to my small list of Patreon memberships.

It’s always a happy Saturday when you’re working. 😅

However long a piece of string is. Everyone’s frets tarnish at different rates due to climate, playing time, amount you sweat, how often you change your strings etc etc.

And cheers to you bro.

Ah I’ll get around to doing some streams that more align with the UK/US when I get on top of things. Probably do some more q&a and tech talk type streams too.

How long is a lifetime? What happens if EQD goes under? What happens if they get bought out and the new company doesn’t want to keep honoring the warranties? A lifetime warranty means nothing if the unit can’t be repaired outside of the company.

@@drgearaustralia lol..just saying i bought a used plumes pedal last year and it broke somer how and i contacted them and i sent it to them and they sent me a new one. i had ne reciept or anything. but yeah it is a bonus being able to repair.even better when you dont

What? If you watched the video you’d know the issue was shorted power caps. These new Asian made models are made in an entirely different factory using different board fabricators.

Nope. Need files or sandpaper to do that.

Yes, we covered that in the live stream and did a test to see if there was a primary to secondary short which is also a known failure mode on these.

Old caps, in the bin. Life span of most electrolytic caps at that voltage is around 10 years. Beyond that, the chances of spontaneous failure rise substantially. Those bulges indicate the caps are well past their best before and should be replaced.

I’m in Tokyo today and fly out this afternoon from Narita. Currently in Kuramae.

Personal preference. It will prevent the bird being shined up if that’s not what you’re looking to do and also minimise the pads getting blocked up.

Then go make your own video on how install it and go have a sook elsewhere.

No idea what you’re referring to on the first part. These are to remove tarnish from frets and polish them to a shine. As for availability, have you followed what I said in the video and gone to some place that sells beauty supplies or performed a simple Google search?

@@drgearaustralia Thank you. Sorry, it is because I am not a native English speaker. I had refretted the instrument recently and, although I have been smoothing the fret ends for ages [I don't know if it is correct or not, to me, a "fret end" is the point where I cut the fret wire {with pliers} before inserting, each fret, into the fingerboard]) the fact is that I did not achieve to give a rounded shape to the fret ends (although I have been trying to smooth them with metal wool)... That is why I ended up watching this video, and I was wondering if those nail buffers could be helpful in order to smooth and give a round shape to the fret ends (basically that is why I sent my first message). Thank you again.

​@@drgearaustraliaSorry your answer was quite rude to be honest, I have the same issue but reading your answer, asking is pointless. So why do you ask viewers to leave a comment then?

@@gerardoromano3436 then you either didn't watch the video or read my reply to the commenter above. This is simply for removing tarnish from frets and polishing them, it's got nothing to do with refretting or removing burrs or excess material from the fret. If you find it rude then I'd say that's a cultural difference as I'm not a fan of having to pad out what I say with needless pageantry and being round about when being direct is far simpler. Ultimately I'm giving advice for free, so I don't owe anyone anything.

@@drgearaustralia it must just be a cultural thing. I'm American and didn't find your reply rude at all.

Usually at music stores that have repair departments on hand they have used parts in bins for sale. The ESP Craft House I visited the other day had bunches of random parts.