Jump to content
Why become a member? ×

How to make a PROFESSIONAL fret levelling, recrowning and setup in 11 lessons !


Hellzero
 Share

Recommended Posts

 

Because I'm fed up with self called luthiers, here are 11 "lessons" on how to make a real PROFESSIONAL fret levelling, recrowning and setup using the Erlewine bench jig.

I'm not at all affiliated to Erlewine, but his bench jig (especially the new one) is a fantastic tool, very well thought.

Here is the presentation of the new model :

 

 

And now the 11 lessons (part one being the presentation of the faulty guitar) :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Thanks 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Thanks @nilebodgers for that discussion that clearly shows that you can't make a proper frets levelling without having the neck under the strings tension.

The debate is wether the simulated tension is as accurate as the real tension.

There are other bench jigs than the Erlewine model with more plungers and even more accurate simulation. Luthiers often build their own bench jig.

In fact, it's all about mastering the simulated tension and the radius of the neck, just like the Plek machine : if badly used, it's, urm, useless.

Being a fretless player, I can tell you that very few luthiers are able to do a perfect fretboard levelling or more precely dressing. If I talk about differential dressing, to date, I only know two knowing what it is and able to it !?!

And I've owned priceless basses with factory fücked up fretboard dressing or frets levelling.

Very sad, but so true.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...