Well, you could move down all frets towards the nut - this should give you room to adjust the neck to whatever is needed from the 2nd fret up. Then put all frets in place except the first and finish on this first position. Best, Michael
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 18:08 -0700, sterling price wrote: > Hi- > There was no problem when this lute had just -slightly- smaller frets. > I was hoping there would be some remedy I could do without putting new > frets on as they are quite expensive at this size. I tried loosening a > fret and working it a bit to soften the edge but it wasn't successful. > I might try a few other things though. > As RE the high action of this lute, I have the same plan that I think > Larry K Brown worked from (its the J.J Edlinger 1732 13 course). > Anyway, the neck angle and enormous belly scoop/dish shown on the plan > result in a high action. I realize that this feature need not be > utilized in the copy lute though. > --Sterling > __________________________________________________________________ > > From: Michael Vollbrecht <mollbre...@gmail.com> > To: sterling price <spiffys84...@yahoo.com> > Cc: "lute@cs.dartmouth.edu" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:22 AM > Subject: Re: [LUTE] Big Fret Help > Had the same problem recently, moving from .80 to .95 frets and in my > case the remedy consisted of two things: > First, I had to "reform" the fingerboard a little bit with a scraper so > as to get it a little bit curved (it was actually curved the wrong way > from the 4th fret up...). This might not be necessary in your case, > just > check with a metal ruler. > Then you need a VERY smooth round fingerboard edge - if the radious is > too smaall the fret is lifted up from the board: a bit more scraping > and > finishing touch with some sanding did it for me. If your lute neck is > veneered (like mine) however, be careful when rounding the edge - you > can easily work through this thin layer... > In addition to all this, I wrapped the fret gut a couple of times > around > a long needle nose plier, mostly the part for the knot and where the > edgdes would come: this makes the gut much more flexible, the knot is > easier to tie and the gut follows the edge much more smoothly. > Hope this helps! > Michael > On Mon, 2013-07-15 at 15:29 -0700, sterling price wrote: > > Hi all-- > > I recently changed the frets on my baroque lute (after many years > of > > service). I went up from 1.10 mm to 1.20 mm on all frets. The > problem I > > am having is there are a few frets that are not sitting all the > way > > flat under the first course so it has a 'choked' sound on some > notes. I > > know this wouldn't happen if the fingerboard was more curved or if > I > > used smaller frets(not an option). Any advice on how to get these > big > > frets to stay flat would be great. And yes they are very tight. > > Thanks, > > Sterling > > > > -- > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
