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| 3042.1 | | MSBCS::EVANS | | Tue Feb 21 1995 07:50 | 6 |
| Take it to a professional luthier. It might help to find out what caused
the frets to stick out.
Jim
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| 3042.2 | | MPGS::MARKEY | Calm down: it's only 1s and 0s | Tue Feb 21 1995 09:22 | 23 |
| Thanks Jim!
The frets were sticking out an even amount on both side, and as I
said earlier, it was a tiny amount. I believe there is no explanation
for this phenomenon other than the neck narrowing by a small amount
in the dry air. Other than the abrasion caused by the frets, there
has been no percetpible change in the playability of the instrument.
It's always been excellent.
Given all this, I decided to do my own surgery, and was successful.
It only took a few passes with a flat metal file (fine) on each
end of each fret to accomplish my task. I slanted the file so that
it followed the contour of the end of the frets, and used a downward
stroke (from the front of the neck toward the back of the neck).
This was the procedure recommended in the guitar book I have.
It worked fine. The frets no longer catch my skin, and there was
no cosmetic damage to the bass. It took me about 20 minutes to
do the whole bass. I will probably send e-mail to Alembic, telling
them I had to do this in case there is some flaw in their
manufacturing process.
-b
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| 3042.3 | | MPGS::MARKEY | Mother is the invention of necessity | Thu Feb 23 1995 11:34 | 8 |
| FWIW - I asked pretty much the same question on Internet in
rec.music.makers.bass, and an Alembic dealer responded that
what I saw was normal, and that I should use a humidifier
to prevent further shrinkage. Not that a little shrinkage
would hurt... playing my six string Alembic is like playing
a 2x6"! :-) :-) :-)
-b
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| 3042.4 | | NCMAIL::SOFIA | Fenders belong on cars! | Thu Feb 23 1995 13:03 | 3 |
| Funny, my Ibanez has never shown such behavior!!!! :-) :-) :-)
joe
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| 3042.5 | | MPGS::MARKEY | Mother is the invention of necessity | Thu Feb 23 1995 13:14 | 3 |
| Oooooh. You're asking for it! :-) :-)
-b
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| 3042.6 | ZZZZZZZZZZZing!! | MILKWY::JACQUES | Vintage taste, reissue budget | Thu Feb 23 1995 13:29 | 4 |
| I've seen this on some of the Harmony Guitars I've bought for
$20 at the Fleas. Not on the "high-end" Harmonys though ;^)
Mark
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