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Michael
Thanks for the advice, I was thinking of purchasing a square section of aluminium for that purpose, I will give the level a go.
Decided to de-fret and fill the slots with contracting wood filler. I can play and intend to try some Shane Speel lessons.
Yes David so all the frets are levelled in a few strokes. The level I use is about a foot long
Michael
It was the top frets that were the problem. The only thing which worked was raising the nut but that raised the action too much.
Are you using the level as levelling block, along the length of the guitar neck?
David,seems a shame to defret (?) your guitar, I mark the tops of the frets with a felt pen then use a spirit level with a strip of abrasive glued to one edge to level the frets, when there is a bright line across all the frets they are level. Finish of by crowning, I use a tool from Chris Alsop. Again use the marker then the crowning tool until there is only a fine black line along the top if each fret then polish.
Reg, Michael
Hello good to hear from you, it has been quiet on the forum. I have not built much since December. Modifying my last build to fretless, as no matter what I did I could not eliminate the fret buzz.
Nice build Michael. I do miss the Pub!.
Greetings from north of the waal !
It's amazing what you get done when you can't go to the pub, new cladding on the garage, replace the leaking felt on the shed with lightweight tiles (should see me out).
Gallery where I normally sell my guitars closed so resorted to Etsy with some success.
A pal has pestered me for a while to him a replica of Joe Strummer's Tele, even got around to that, built from a Beaton kit (Amazon 55 quid brilliant value for money, now 60 odd).
Played around modifying some older builds (ones that were "too nice to sell", it's like selling your kids for medical research anyway)
Hello.... I am over here at the moment, I was there a short time ago, but my legs got all achy, So I moved, but yes, I am out here in the U.K., about as Far East as you can get before the feet get wet.....!!!!!
Anyone out there in the UK?
I’m trying to get in contact with Beartown John who used to live in Congleton and then moved to Warwickshire. I would be gratefully if he could contact me. Greg
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