High E String Keeps Slipping Off Fretboard (Could the Nut Be slotted Wrong?)

[Tollywood]

Find a reputable fret guy, pick out your favorite frets, and you will be all set. What frets do you think you will get?

 

[garywright]

That looks much more complete. I think the guy who did mine was just inexperienced

Okkk..was it you ..or a “friend”

 

[RedneckJunky]

Okkk..was it you ..or a “friend”

It sure wasn't me. If I screwed it up, I'd ask for help but not hide

 

[garywright]

can you post a pic of the entire fingerboard showing the fret ends

 

[wildschwein]

I hate this. It was happening to me recently on a guitar after I changed the nut for a pre-cut one. The spacing for the high E was a bit off so I filled the slot with super glue, let it dry then scraped and sanded flush before recutting the slot slightly higher/colser to the B string. We're talking about the thickness of a couple of pieces of paper but it translates to a big difference when playing across the whole fretboard.

On another guitar I had the high E often being caught on about the 7th or 8th fret ends. After some filing down I manged to stop that.

 

[RedneckJunky]

In my case it looks like maybe the Luthier precut the frets too short instead of cutting them to overhang the board slightly then filing them to be flush. Really a pretty sloppy looking job

 

[NINFNM]

Fret ends look certainly bad, but not enough I think for a slipping off problem. Fret surface looks OK until they reach the binding

 

[garywright]

Fret ends look certainly bad, but not enough I think for a slipping off problem. Fret surface looks OK until they reach the binding

I’m only seeing a pic of the first and last fret …how are you determining this ?

 

[garywright]

can you post a pic of the entire fingerboard showing the fret ends