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..
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That said i would allways get the fret nipper and take the fret to the edge of the neck binding
'>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 .