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Old 08-19-2012, 03:45 PM
sanchopanza sanchopanza is offline
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Originally Posted by Howard Emerson View Post
Phil,
On guitars that do not have adjustable rods, the most common way to straighten them is by compression fretting. Basically that is a complete re-fretting using a fret wire whose tang (the part of the fret that goes in the slot) is slightly over-sized so as to make the fingerboard straighten.

It requires the repairman to make a very educated guess so expect to pay a fair price for the work.

A new bottleneck will be a lot less.

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