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Step 4Starting to Remove the Wood
My guitar only has 21 frets so that's where I started.
Basically you want to pass the file back and forth over the entire length of the fret, not one specific part, so that you are removing an even amount of wood.
Since your fretboard is curved, you also want to make you cut slightly curved as well.
You want to make multiple file passes, all next to each other, with different depths, to attain a curved effect.
It is easier to get the curved effect on the higher frets (the width of the fret is about the same as the diameter of your file), but as you get to wider frets, you will have to shape it using the multiple pass method.
Basically you want to pass the file back and forth over the entire length of the fret, not one specific part, so that you are removing an even amount of wood.
Since your fretboard is curved, you also want to make you cut slightly curved as well.
You want to make multiple file passes, all next to each other, with different depths, to attain a curved effect.
It is easier to get the curved effect on the higher frets (the width of the fret is about the same as the diameter of your file), but as you get to wider frets, you will have to shape it using the multiple pass method.
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i have an ibanez S
i dont think it has that