Hi Trevor I had a few challenges with that rogue fret. A capo wasn't enough to clamp it down, and neither was the large F-clamp I used for holding the neck to the body.
Plan 2 was to gently lift the fret off without bending it. I used a tiny jeweller's screwdriver and took my time. I wasn't convinced the little channel that the fret sits in was quite deep enough, so I used a jeweller's coping saw with the tiniest blade to deepen it a little. It sits pretty flush, so I used some 800 sandpaper to carefully take it down a little more to be sure.
I think it's ok now, and managed to put a tiny bit of superglue at each end.
Tomorrow it's primer coat 1 on the body - I'm going to paint it so gave it a 400 sand all over. I'll do 3 primer coats as the instructions suggest, with a light sand in between each, and leaving a day to dry between coats. It's about 18-20 deg here; some Brisbane heat would be nice.
I'll also start reading the pick-up / switch / etc soldering guide - soldering for me is the easy bit!!
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