Putting relief in the frets, not the board? - FRETS.NET2024-03-29T06:14:45Zhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/forum/topics/putting-relief-in-the-frets?feed=yes&xn_auth=noGo to Cumpiano's website and…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2009-07-05:2177249:Comment:157842009-07-05T15:07:53.994ZTim Macehttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/TimMace
Go to Cumpiano's website and read some of his notes. ....if that's a reasonably accurate rendering is it too much of a butcher job to add a shim beneath to raise the end of the fretboard? I guess it's welded to the top?
Go to Cumpiano's website and read some of his notes. ....if that's a reasonably accurate rendering is it too much of a butcher job to add a shim beneath to raise the end of the fretboard? I guess it's welded to the top? Stick to your guns. You have…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2009-07-04:2177249:Comment:157672009-07-04T15:08:38.796ZBob Websterhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/BobWebster
Stick to your guns. You have the situation read right. It does need a new fretboard. Getting the relief, however, is another story.<br />
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Medium frets are just over 1mm tall starting out. Effective relief, say at the 5th to 7th frets, amounts to between 0.015-0.020", or upwards of 0.5mm. You <i>can</i> do this effectively by sanding and then profiling, but I think you've already figured out what the job will end up looking like. Further, later fret dressings would not necessarily be possible.<br />
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Stick to your guns. You have the situation read right. It does need a new fretboard. Getting the relief, however, is another story.<br />
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Medium frets are just over 1mm tall starting out. Effective relief, say at the 5th to 7th frets, amounts to between 0.015-0.020", or upwards of 0.5mm. You <i>can</i> do this effectively by sanding and then profiling, but I think you've already figured out what the job will end up looking like. Further, later fret dressings would not necessarily be possible.<br />
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The best and surest way of getting the relief is to create it prior to fretting the fingerboard. My commisurations regarding the phenolic because just about your only option is to sand it.<br />
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Best of luck with the management.<br />
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Bob