When I leveled one of my S540s during the pandemic, I didn't go that deep into the frets to save fret height. One of the frets was only being "kissed" by the leveling beam. I stand by my decision not to go any deeper to preserve the rest, but this particular fret, when digging into the string will get some buzz.
Obviously if I could find the super-wide Ibanez fret wire from the mid 90s, I would just buy some and replace that one fret. But I can't find it and this fret only needs a tiny bit of height.
So my idea is to pull the fret and figure out a way to raise it a tiny bit. I was thinking aluminum foil on the underside, or even just a thicker coating of glue.
Can anyone recommend the best approach for this? Plan is to pull the fret, raise it up (somehow), then spot level it.
Obviously if I could find the super-wide Ibanez fret wire from the mid 90s, I would just buy some and replace that one fret. But I can't find it and this fret only needs a tiny bit of height.
So my idea is to pull the fret and figure out a way to raise it a tiny bit. I was thinking aluminum foil on the underside, or even just a thicker coating of glue.
Can anyone recommend the best approach for this? Plan is to pull the fret, raise it up (somehow), then spot level it.
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