silddx -> RE: Can too much relief be altered during a full refret? (Jul. 23 2024 17:39:56)
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Thanks for that, Stephen, very useful. The frets are all over the place so by sight it is hard to tell if the fingerboard is flat, we will know more when the frets are out and the luthier gets his straight edge on the board. I'm thinking the dodgy frets may have contributed to the feeling of too much relief, but it certainly looked like a bit too much. I think it won't be too tricky to solve, and the board is nearly 7mm thick so a bit of room for planing/levelling I think. The 10.5mm bridge height may be more tricky, but there is plenty of room to take 1.5mm off the bone without the break angle suffering. There is something odd though, sighting down the neck length, the headstock is slightly tilted to the treble side, the nut has been made to compensate. The plantilla has quite flat shoulders and a little inelegant. It's 90mm - 93mm so quite shallow, and a 648 scale length. It seems well constructed otherwise but with a few slightly shoddy details. The spruce top has a few bear claw areas which look pretty nice. It's an interesting guitar, it seems unusual (to me) and I would love to know more about it. When the foro allows photographs again I'll start a separate thread I think. Thanks again.
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