re fret guitar help

dazzer22

I have done three  re frets jobs before and I am about to start my 4th on a used guitar I have just got , All the  guitars I have re fretted have had  binding  and so does this guitar,  it was made in the 70s and I noticed its probably had a  re fret before and who ever did it last has sanded the binding on a slope so the fret wire is not over the top of the binding  only the fret board width , Is this ok and  will it  be enough to play  ?  I normally leave the fret wire over the binding but as the binding has been sanded down there is nothing to rest the fret wire ends on , guess it sort of  bugs me more than anything but would like advice from more experienced minded people..

dazzer22

update the guitar is  cbs /Arbiter J130,   I have been looking at other pictures of the guitar from different sites and it seems to be that they also have the frets going to the edges of the wood on the fret board , so I am guessing this is how the original frets where done ,  

lneiva

if you can get 2mm from the string to the edge of the fret, probably will be fine.
That said i would allways get the fret nipper and take the fret to the edge of the neck binding

dazzer22

lneiva said:

if you can get 2mm from the string to the edge of the fret, probably will be fine.
That said i would allways get the fret nipper and take the fret to the edge of the neck binding

dazzer22

dazzer22 said:

lneiva said:

if you can get 2mm from the string to the edge of the fret, probably will be fine.
That said i would allways get the fret nipper and take the fret to the edge of the neck binding

dazzer22

'>http://<a href="https//imgur.com/9Qj5soH"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/9Qj5soH.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> ' href='http://'>http://<a href="https//imgur.com/7njrPYy"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/7njrPYy.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> ' href='http://'>http://<a href="https//imgur.com/Z9Dykw4"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Z9Dykw4.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> Probably not easy to tell  from the pictures but the top of the binding has been sanded on a slope goes from the fret board wood  down , also  you can still see the lacquer colour at the bottom of the binding  , pain in the arse for me  I normally like to have the frets resting on the binding with tang removed  , I did try and give a bit more room  as you can see but this could cause problems so I am not  sure if I have done the right thing . I think string spacing will be ok as its really only the width from the fret board  wood that the strings  range should be in , the binding just gives you extra room .  frets have gone in really good normally i have lots of problems like  gaps but for some reason they went in nicely for me .