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Old July 26th, 2008, 11:36 AM   #9 (permalink)
Doug Ferguson
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Nevermind, nothing a good old shimming couldn't fix. lol
Shims are a tech's best friends! I've got a couple of guitars with very poorly crowned frets. One was set up by a tech at Sweetwater and he noted the high action (and blown pickup from the factory), so gave it some relief. When I got it, the action was still too high to compensate for several badly dressed and crowned frets. In went a shim. Problem sovled! Ditto the other guitar with a similar problem. I should probably get around to leveling those frets and recrowning them, but hey, shimming the neck's is pretty much getting me where I need to be.
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