Thread: Fret-sanding?
View Single Post
Old 05-15-2006, 04:34 PM   #10
Son of Magni
Builder thorbass.com
 
Son of Magni's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: NH - USA
Posts: 2,187
Quote:
Originally Posted by LewsTherin
He's right. Its a mix of copper, nickel, and sometimes zinc. Its typically only about 20% nickel, and 50%+ copper.
Ah, normally considered a nickel alloy. But anyways, I wasn't aware there was that much copper in them.

In any case, you don't sand frets you file them. So if you were to get a good file for fret leveling you could lower them, then re-crown them to get really low smooth frets.

Last edited by Son of Magni; 05-15-2006 at 04:38 PM.
Son of Magni is offline