Straight edge – where to buy

[Fishman]

About time I learned to do the stuff that I usually pay for, eg fret work

 

Any recommendations welcome

 

Thanks!

[itu]

I might talk about a river in S America... but whatever. Buy a few: I love the short ones, which fit tight places.

[Velarian]

https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_notched_straightedge_bass.htm

[bertbass]

everything you could possibly want.

 

https://www.crimsonguitars.com/collections/fretting/products/essential-fret-levelling-and-dressing-toolkit

[BigRedX]

3 minutes ago, bertbass said:

everything you could possibly want.

 

https://www.crimsonguitars.com/collections/fretting/products/essential-fret-levelling-and-dressing-toolkit

 

Except the notched straight edge is for the two common guitar scale lengths only and therefore no use for basses. I've just had a look on the Crimson website and they don't appear to do any bass scale-length versions.

[bertbass]

Another option is to buy a straight edge like a metre rule and file notches in the relevant fret positions.

[Bigguy2017]

Thomann for the HB ones

G&W - notched straight edge (guitarsandwoods.com) they're in Portugal but do ship to UK

I have the Crimson ones for guitar and bass but they don't appear to have bass ones... maybe give them a call

avoid the eBay cheapies - they are not straight!

[ikay]

7 hours ago, bertbass said:

Another option is to buy a straight edge like a metre rule and file notches in the relevant fret positions.

 

I did exactly this and it works perfectly

 

 

 

[Marty Forrer]

I did the same, marked the frets on the rule then ground them out. Works a treat and cost me nothing as I already had the rule.