I just took off the highest get fret (10th) and found it to be an .85mm diameter. I'll bet that's been on there since the beginning. I'll replace it with a .58 or so and take those belly frets down to whatever they need to be. I don't mind thicker frets near the nut but .85 at the tenth just doesn't sound right to me.
On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 1:20 PM Sean Smith <[1]lutesm...@gmail.com> wrote: I've always been plagued with a bit of fret buzz on my ren. guitar and was looking at the belly frets as a culprit. Measuring fret 12 with my calipers I found a height of .95 mm. (Belly surface to top of the fret) Could I safely bring this down? The belly surface-to-midstring diameter is about 3.65mm. Would a goal of ~.6mm be better? Higher? Lower? Should I sand with a file or scrape with a blade? I think the builder was thinking to use a standard size fret (or minimal variation) throughout the neck but it doesn't seem to be working out. Sean -- References 1. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
