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a few tips:
Carefully mask your fretboard before filing or sanding anything. I like to use 2 layers of blue painters tape and a layer of clear plastic box tape on top of that. This protects the fretboard from scratches and gouges. Mark the tops of the frets with magic marker before you level. High frets will be hit first:.. Low frets last. Mark the levelled fret tops again before crowning. Crown the frets until you see a thin line of magic marker in the middle of the fret. Then sand with various grits to polish smooth. Thanks |
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I'm going to try Stewmac's new Z-file. I started with normal crowning files, then switched to the triangular file for the past couple years. Interested to see how this one works. Even with a safe ground triangle file, it's easy to scratch the fretboard (even with painter's tape)
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The Stewmac stainless steel fret guards work well ... cutting strips from an aluminum drinks can and taping them against the frets is also effective. The aluminum is thin enough to be cut with scissors.
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I use a triangle file with corners smoothed. This gives the most control of any file I've used, and while other files can be quicker, if used more quickly the results are often not as good. And to get the same quality results that I get with the triangle file, it takes at least as much time.
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That's a good tip with the electrical tape. I prefer the triangle file in most cases.
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