hi guys,
Just a small update from me before I head OS for work. Finally got the fret's levelled and re-crowned on the weekend and the fretboard treated with Dr Ducks. It's looking really nice now. 8-)
To level the frets this time around, i used a combination of my aluminium straight edge and a radiused (wooden) sanding block from Stewmac. In the past I'm not sure how close I kept the frets to the 12" radius that they should be, so hopefully my job will be better this time. I alternated between the block and the straight edge as this levelling progressed. I would dearly love one of the aluminium radiused levelling beams from Stewmac, but the price - ouch! Once complete, a quick check with my fret rocker didn't highlight any high or low spots. Time will tell how she plays!
I also managed to find a sheet of cream perloid 3-ply scratchplate material on ebay. Once I return home I'll use it to create a custom truss rod cover to match the pickups.
I did myself a quick play test with the stock nut and the GFS Dream 180s sound really great. As soon as the bone nut is on, i'll record a sound demo video to share..
cheers,
Gav.
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