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Originally Posted by Osage
Minor indentations can usually be dealt with with a fret level and dressing. You can typically get 2-3 of those before you need a refret.
Per your question, It is typical to replace all the frets in a refret although people do partial refrets on occasion.
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Are you saying a level/dressing on the 1st 4-5 frets? Or on all the frets? If you get only the first 4-5 frets leveled dressed, aren't those frets now lower (not as tall) as the rest of the frets, leading to buzz up the neck??
If it's a level/dressing on all frets, that's a 4-5 hour job by a luthier to get it right, so, notwithstanding that it's possible to level/dress the first few frets, the cost/benefit, relative to the partial refret, might not be there?? On the other side of that one, though, is the fact that a partial refret, with now-taller/higher fret height would mean you'd still have to level/dress the rest of the frets to match the new ones?
I've pondered this issue for a while, so any input appreciated!