estebanana -> RE: fret levelling with strings on (Mar. 24 2023 1:46:56)
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Most of us have a few of those fret rocker things. Any accurately cut piece of steel can be used. Mine are pieces cut off of a stainless steel round stock. Stew Mac sells their own versions of tools we make ourselves, sometimes better than shop made others not as good. Guitar makers are tool makers. I’ve always taken the strings off, but if you have a fret end that’s lifting maybe you can touch it up with the strings on. But usually fret ends that pop up can be pressed back down and glued with a drop of CA The last fret job I did scarcely needed any fret leveling because I paid attention to the installation of the frets and the shape of the fingerboard. I plane mine so there is a slight angle sloping from treble to bass side to keep the saddle more even or parallel to the top. ( I could explain if it’s not clear why) Repair work or refret work, I find taking the strings off even if I think it’s one specific area to be easier than working around the strings. Steel string guitars, some repair people think it’s faster to work on spots with the strings on under tension because of the way they adjust the truss rod to shape the neck relief, but I don’t work that way on steel strings. Flamenco guitar necks can move or bend, but it’s usually if it gets left in the window on a very hot day, or in a car. Otherwise a well built guitar with a good stick of wood for the neck shouldn’t move.
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