Hi all!
I am not able to make my mind up about levelling my favorite guitar neck by myself and looking for some help.
Some info about me. I made all guitar setups by myself, it is not a issue for me to remove and putting a biolt on neck back . I assemblied a partscaster during lockdown, it ended good. I also do some sloppy soldering in my guitars. I am also a mechanical enginnering by education but not a handy one.
My favorite guitar neck requires some levelling now. I saw a fret levelling kit from Crimson guitars around £110 and willing to buy it and give it a try with some help from youtube.
My questions:
- Any chances that I do something bad to the neck?
- Shall I do it bu myself and require a new skill which I can use it in the future?
- Shall I just take it to a luthier for pro work?
Thanks!
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Learning by trial and error is best practised on an instrument of little or no monetary value.
Become competent and confident at fret work before working on your favourites.
@Funkfingers . That is a good point actully, I didn't think about this aspect before. Thanks for sharing. It is a custom built neck, will be very hard to replace.
Just practice on a cheap used neck first.
Aside from usual advice, I absolutely recommend getting a fret rocker and lowering the very high frets individually first as it means that the overall levelling goes more smoothly.
Crimson's stuff is good (I have their levelling beam, fret rocker & polishing rubber) although I would recommend a diamond coated rounding file set like from stewmac if you have the money.
- Yes. But not so much risk if you go slowly and carefully, and ask any questions before you make an assumption - and a mistake.
- Yes - acquiring new skills is always a good thing, particularly if you're going to be making more in the future.
- See 2.
Funkfingers' comment is what's generally advised. Practice on something cheap first.The first neck I levelled came out sort of okay, the second one I did was a bit of a mess, but the third one was really good. I haven't looked back since.
Thanks guys!! Really good recommendations and ideas.