Hi.
To what extent can a good fret leveling job get you crazy low action?
I've done fret leveling jobs on two guitars with relative succes, but was not able to get the crazy low action I have on my Korean Michael kelly Patriot Shadow, which simply has a $3000 guitar neck.
One of the guitars I worked on was also a Michael kelly Patriot (albeit an Indonesian one).
I'm thinking that the leveling is done when the neck is straight, but I figure restrung, a good neck will make a perfect bow, allowing for very low action, while a lesser neck's bow may not be smooth (a bit bumpy let's say) and 'cause fret buzz anyway?
Or is it just a matter of inadequate skills?
To what extent can a good fret leveling job get you crazy low action?
I've done fret leveling jobs on two guitars with relative succes, but was not able to get the crazy low action I have on my Korean Michael kelly Patriot Shadow, which simply has a $3000 guitar neck.
One of the guitars I worked on was also a Michael kelly Patriot (albeit an Indonesian one).
I'm thinking that the leveling is done when the neck is straight, but I figure restrung, a good neck will make a perfect bow, allowing for very low action, while a lesser neck's bow may not be smooth (a bit bumpy let's say) and 'cause fret buzz anyway?
Or is it just a matter of inadequate skills?
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