Mace's advice is relevant, and practical: tie the fret, then pull it higher up the neck to stretch it, then pull tight again and tie: repeat a number of times.
It also helps if you can pre-stretch the gut (used strings are possible if not too worn) Martyn --- On Mon, 9/4/12, Mark Probert <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mark Probert <[email protected]> Subject: [LUTE] Fret tying on a theorbo To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 9 April, 2012, 7:16 Hi, all. I haven't quite got the hang of tying my own frets on my 13c swan-neck. The fret gut is quite thick (1.10) for the second fret and I my issue is that the gut is hard to tie into a good tight knot. Does anyone have any tips? Do you soak the end of the gut to flex it up a little? Or just pull harder and tighter? Any experienced advice appreciated. Many thanks? . mark 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
