Had the same problem recently, moving from .80 to .95 frets and in my case the remedy consisted of two things:
First, I had to "reform" the fingerboard a little bit with a scraper so as to get it a little bit curved (it was actually curved the wrong way from the 4th fret up...). This might not be necessary in your case, just check with a metal ruler. Then you need a VERY smooth round fingerboard edge - if the radious is too smaall the fret is lifted up from the board: a bit more scraping and finishing touch with some sanding did it for me. If your lute neck is veneered (like mine) however, be careful when rounding the edge - you can easily work through this thin layer... In addition to all this, I wrapped the fret gut a couple of times around a long needle nose plier, mostly the part for the knot and where the edgdes would come: this makes the gut much more flexible, the knot is easier to tie and the gut follows the edge much more smoothly. Hope this helps! Michael On Mon, 2013-07-15 at 15:29 -0700, sterling price wrote: > Hi all-- > I recently changed the frets on my baroque lute (after many years of > service). I went up from 1.10 mm to 1.20 mm on all frets. The problem I > am having is there are a few frets that are not sitting all the way > flat under the first course so it has a 'choked' sound on some notes. I > know this wouldn't happen if the fingerboard was more curved or if I > used smaller frets(not an option). Any advice on how to get these big > frets to stay flat would be great. And yes they are very tight. > Thanks, > Sterling > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
