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aschleman
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aschleman
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01/26/2007 2:36 pm
One thing I forgot to mention is that if the fret buzz isn't too terribly bad and the frets are raised too terribly high it might be possible to counteract the raised frets by raising your action a tiny bit... Some people don't like to part with their low action... I prefer higher action to lower action given my style... But if you think you can be comfortable with raising your action just a tiny bit you may want to try that... It will save you money (for now) since you won't need to have the fretboard leveled or refretted......

The way you can do this is get an allen key for whatever bridge type you have.... If it's a strat style bridge or a Floyd Rose style bridge that has individual saddles... all you have to do is detune the strings... and adjust each saddle by raising it. Start with very very very small amounts. If you raise it too much you may knock the intonation off slightyl... So raise all the bridge saddles by giving it a quarter to a half of a turn. Retune the strings play the notes that are around the high frets and see if it helped... You can repeat the process as necessary... or until the action is getting too high for your comfort level.

Just another suggestion. If you don't feel comfortable you can take it to a tech and they will do the adjustment and probably give you a full set-up which inculdes adjusting the intonation of the guitar...

Good Luck