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| Author: | Chuck Gilbert [ Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Fret Crown Height on Strat |
A friend had a re-fret done on a Strat and now it plays sharp at the first few frets. He admits to having a heavy hand when playing. I checked the guitar and the notes are correct when fretted lightly at the fret. Is this simply a case of the crowns being too high? The fretwire seems to be in the "medium" range and I measured the height at around .040" Thanks, Chuck |
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| Author: | James Ringelspaugh [ Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fret Crown Height on Strat |
The harder one grips the strings, the sharper one's guitar plays, and the higher the frets, the sharper it goes. Your friend needs to adjust his technique or get very short frets. |
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| Author: | B. Howard [ Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fret Crown Height on Strat |
If most of his playing is in the first few positions and he rarely plays up the neck you can adjust the intonation to help compensate for it. A compensated nut may help a lot as well, though a bit more difficult on a Fender. |
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| Author: | Chameleon [ Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fret Crown Height on Strat |
He must be playing pretty hard, the lower frets take the most pull to make them sharp. |
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| Author: | Mad Raxz [ Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fret Crown Height on Strat |
try re-doing the intonation set-up thing. Instead of open string vs 12th fret go first fret vs 13th & 3d vs 15th. I also agree with Howard, go for a compensated nut. Fool around with more releif - lower the wound strings action , vs less releif - higher action on the wound stringers. If it was OK before the re-fret it can be made OK again. EDTIT: check if the nut is too high. |
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| Author: | Chuck Gilbert [ Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fret Crown Height on Strat |
Thanks to all for the help. The height of the nut is OK now, but when I lower the fret height I'll have to adjust it. I'm pretty convinced at this point that it is a fret height/heavy handed player that's the issue. Chuck |
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