A word of caution concerning forcing tight frets frets too hard: it is possible to scar the neck with the knot (personal experience). Tying the fret above its final resting place is definitely a good way to achieve tightness, but one must temper one's enthusiasm.
Regards, Leonard Williams On 6/14/06 5:36 AM, "Manolo Laguillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now here is the trick: after fastening the gut tightly around the neck, > the luthier pushes the fret downwards using a piece of wood on which he > applies force with a hammer. Simple, but effective! In other words, he > does not push with the fingernails. > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
