Least favourite guitar maintenance task?

[JamesHealey]

Fret work, re-frets and stoning.

by FAR my least favourite and labour intensive job as a guitar tech.

[MDV]

I dont mind fret dressing. Quite like it actually.

I've only done one refret. Hated it. Need to work on my technique too - got em level and 90% flush with the board but the edges werent so good.

[WezV]

steinberger transtrem set-up officially  wins the prize for most awkward set-up job.... possibly made worse by the accuracy of my stobe tuner - i wish i still had a cheapo one around here

me and gwEm spent yesterday debugging his and i think we can both call ourselves transtrem experts now. at least 4 hours worth or tuning and detuning trying to get it working intune at all positions!!

[gwEm]

steinberger transtrem set-up officially  wins the prize for most awkward set-up job.... possibly made worse by the accuracy of my stobe tuner - i wish i still had a cheapo one around here

me and gwEm spent yesterday debugging his and i think we can both call ourselves transtrem experts now. at least 4 hours worth or tuning and detuning trying to get it working intune at all positions!!

that was a truly a pain in the arse. however, hopefully the marathon 4 hour tuning job will be alot shorter now in future!

[Muttley]

Intonation on a floating trem, definitely.  I'm cr@p at intonation on anything, but on a those it's particularly nasty.

I know people hate changing the strings on floating trems, but I generally just change one string at a time until they're all done, so it's very easy to get it back in tune afterwards.  I used to use an old cassette box to rest the bridge on and change them all in one hit, but that doesn't work on my Jem with it's recessed floating bridge, so one string at a time works best for me.  :)

[Bradock PI]

Least favorite is fixing this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_TUMkDuQ1M

[MDV]

Least favorite is fixing this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_TUMkDuQ1M

I really havent the slightest clue why anyone would do that.

[Bradock PI]

Actually as I posted that I did think hours of work and skill to make and 10 seconds of mindless cr@p to break!

The first people to do this sorta thing were rebelling and sorta cool - when The Who smashed up their gear they ended up flat broke. Nowadays I think its crass and pointless. Peeps that do this have no respect for what they held in their hands - no if they smashed up some other things they had held maybe that would be payback.

oops sorry for thread /hijack

Back on topic posted other becuase I know my least favorite task will be removing scratches which is hopefully the worst damage any guitar I own will face, I am afraid I am not a fan of the worn brigade.

[MDV]

I dont think its even worth pontificating over - its just mindless destruction, no matter your socioeconomic situation, or the time period.

I also dislike - correcting twists in necks. If possible at all, its irksome. And and slow. I always worry that I'll wait too long while its under a countered load :lol: (like a weekend too long!)