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July 12th, 2012, 03:50 PM
#1
Need Advice on With Frets - Anyone ever heard of people purposely flattening frets?
Hi basically i work on guitars and i have always known that frets need to be crowned for the best set up and playability, but i heard somthing today which is new to me and am wondering if any1 has heard about this before,
I had someone to come to me with a issue with there fender, they had the frets changed and the nut adjusted but there getting a twang sound from certain strings, They told me they purposely having there frets flattened and uncrowned , Has Anyone ever heard of having the frets de crowned for any reason?
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July 17th, 2012, 01:52 PM
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I've never heard of that. Did he ask you to deflate the tires on his car as well?
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July 17th, 2012, 03:22 PM
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I'm pretty sure that's the way the Gibson "Fretless Wonders" are/were. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but some obviously like it. I'd guess that it would make bending difficult.
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