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One Low Fret: Replace the fret vs. re-level the entire board
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One Low Fret: Replace the fret vs. re-level the entire board
There’s a video on YouTube from Chris @ Highline Guitars who wants about “proper use of a fret rocker”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5swQMVDYaiQ
One thing that surprised me in the video was his suggestion that “your best option to deal with a single low fret is to re-level the entire board.” I commented “Why don’t you just replace/crown the low fret instead of taking the time to re-level/crown the entire board?” His claim that “it takes more time to replace the one fret” doesn’t seem logical. Re-crowning and polishing the entire board takes an enormous amount of time compared to doing one fret. The only potential justification for his statement I could come up with is “it may take more time to find exactly matching fret wire than to recrown the entire board.”
Thoughts?
Tim Henrion – Palm Coast, FL – Desciple of the ‘Church of Erlewine’
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Hey @ianloothgroup-com @guitarspecialistinc what do you think?
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I didn’t watch the whole thing, but the idea of people accendentally going after low frets because of the fret rocker has been something I’ve been on about for a while.
In gereral, when I level a board, if I have a rock at the 3rd fret, I level it with a beam that extends all the way to the end of the board. Once that area is rockless, I move down the board.
I only ever check 3 frets, I don’t level till I see marks on all of the frets, and I don’t really spot level anything without the leveling beam hitting all the subsiquent frets.
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Thanks, Ian! Very helpful. Much appreciated!
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