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  Fret dressing dilemma

  Posted by Alex Q Guitarworks on November 13, 2024 at 4:04 pm

  Ladies & Gentleman,

  I’m at the stage where I should do the frets dressing on a new build but all the frets are seated correctly, with a tollerance on each fret of about 0.05mm. In fact once adjusted the nut and neck relief, every frets sound perfectly.

  First time this happen in more than 10yr and I honestly don’t know what to do. Logic tell me that I should still crown/re-crown the frets. Or…what?

  • This discussion was modified 7 months, 3 weeks ago by  Alex Q Guitarworks.

  Alex Q Guitarworks replied 7 months, 3 weeks ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Elaine S Hartstein Hartstein Guitars

  Member

  November 14, 2024 at 7:10 am

  If it’s playing perfectly I see no reason to dress the frets, just a nice polish. I would, however, change your salutation to “ladies and gentlemen”.
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    Alex Q Guitarworks

    Member

    November 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm

    I was taught that the factory crown isn’t perfect. Even if I don’t need a fret dressing, as said, I was asking in fact if perfectioning the crown is still necessary. But is just a supposition of mine since this scenario has never happened to me.

    About the salute, isn’t something I did with intention to offend anyone.

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