{"id":1043,"date":"2012-05-07T16:57:15","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T16:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2012-05-07T16:58:43","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T16:58:43","slug":"where-fret-sprouts-come-from-and-how-to-deal-with-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/article\/where-fret-sprouts-come-from-and-how-to-deal-with-them.html","title":{"rendered":"Where Fret Sprouts come from and how to deal with them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/article\/where-fret-sprouts-come-from-and-how-to-deal-with-them.html\/attachment\/3100283076_8fb934480a_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1052\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1052\" title=\"3100283076_8fb934480a_b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/3100283076_8fb934480a_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/3100283076_8fb934480a_b.jpg 591w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/3100283076_8fb934480a_b-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/3100283076_8fb934480a_b-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/3100283076_8fb934480a_b-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last we went over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/tips\/cleaning-your-fretboard.html\">how to clean your fretboard<\/a>, noting the importance of keeping the moisture level of its wood consistent.<\/p>\n<p>When dealing with wood you have to remember that it&#8217;s a dynamic material. It can swell when the moisture level is too high, and it will shrink when the moisture level is too low.<\/p>\n<p>When a fretboard shrinks, you run the risk of &#8220;fret sprouts.&#8221;\u00a0Fret sprouts are when the fretboard shrinks, leaving the frets on your bass jutting out from the fretboard.<\/p>\n<p>If when you run your hand down the sides of the neck you get jabbed by the frets, well you&#8217;ve got fret sprouts, my friend.<\/p>\n<p>You have a couple options when it comes to fret sprouts. By either way, the first step is to reevaluate where you are keeping your bass. If your fretboard is shrinking, it&#8217;s too dry. Do your instrument a favor and move it to a more hospitable location.<\/p>\n<p>Next, if it isn&#8217;t too bad, you might want to just wait and see if the fretboard rebounds to it&#8217;s regular size.<\/p>\n<p>If your frets are still sticking you, you might have to break down and file down the frets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fret sprouts can be a nuisance. We take a look at why they afflict your bass and what you can do to treat them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}