So, this pretty one
landed on my bench sometime back with a complaint about fretbuzz and a demand for a bone saddle and nut.
Indeed, it had some high fretwires, but being in the vicinity of the neck-to-body joint, I knew that this one would make me sweat. Thing is, high frets in the 16th, 17th fret area are always susceptible to changes that the body geometry undergoes. And as fretwires go, you level one and the neighbouring one ends up standing proud – setting off a whole chain reaction!
But before I got to work on the fretwires, I decided to take readings and get the saddle and nut in the ball park. The final adjustments would, of course, be have to be done with the strings on.
Once the strings were off, I hunted and found (I think) six high fretwires, which were promptly cut down to size.
Also, while the strings were off, a good dose of elbow grease was required to get the fretboard shiny and new; a coat of oil and all was good.
With the strings on, high fretwires were tested for and none were found – all was good!
