Spot levelling

[brianhejh]

Hi Guys.

EG- The first (3) frets- if one fret is higher than the other two it is easy to reduce the height of the (1) high fret therefore all frets are than equal?

My question: different scenario the same (3) frets if they had wear divots, can you level these (3) frets independently of the higher frets without affecting intonation / buzz.
Or is it that when you begin reducing the fret height of any fret that all other frets must be then levelled to that new exact reduced height level.

Thanks

Brian

[mirwa]

Taking any frets below the height of adjacent frets can introduce fret buzz.

Steve

[redir]

You can spot level but not in that way. Generally, for pivoted frets you need to cover a larger area then the target frets that need the actual dressing. So if it's the first 3 frets you are going to spot level out to probably the 7th fret.

If your second fret for example is high then sometimes you can get away with whacking it with a hammer and getting it back down to where it's superposed to be. Follow that up with some thin CA to keep it in. otherwise you can clamp and glue in place too by using something like a flat steel bar to span the fret before and after it so that it clamps in place to the same height.

[murrmac123]

Originally Posted by brianhejh

Or is it that when you begin reducing the fret height of any fret that all other frets must be then levelled to that new exact reduced height level.

^^^^^ this ^^^^^

[Rodger Knox]

In answer to you're question, no.
If the first three frets are high initially, then they can be taken down to the height of the other frets.
If leveling the divots on the first three frets makes them lower than the rest of the frets, then you have to continue leveling on down the fretboard. Depending on how bad it is, going up to the 7th fret may be good enough, but you may need to go all the way up the neck.