Has anyone ever used one of these crowning tools?
http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Types_of_Tools/Files/Dual-grit_Diamond_Fret_File/Reviews/Page1.html#reviews
I've got a couple of Charvels with a rising tongue (upper frets) and was thinking about fixing it myself. The leveling would be easy but the crowning would be a lot harder to do. I'm wondering how similar the crown shape would be to the original Charvels and also what size I would need (medium or wide).
Stew Mac Crowning Tool and Charvels
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Trying to find out what size frets they use. Not sure but it could be 6100. Does anyone know what size they use?
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Man - you're a lot braver than I am - you're going to 'try' this out on a good guitar neck?
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Re: Stew Mac Crowning Tool and Charvels
GRIMESPACE wrote:Man - you're a lot braver than I am - you're going to 'try' this out on a good guitar neck?
I do have an old Warmoth Charvel style neck I can practice on. It would be great if I could start doing this myself.
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I agree, but when I begin doing this kind of work, I'm starting out on my super-cheap Squier neck 

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Re: Stew Mac Crowning Tool and Charvels
I sent an email to Stewmac asking what size file for 6100 frets and they suggested the wide file. We'll see how it goes.