{"id":297,"date":"2012-10-08T21:50:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T01:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danharrisdesign.com\/?p=297"},"modified":"2012-10-08T21:50:14","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T01:50:14","slug":"frets-and-alignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danharrisdesign.com\/?p=297","title":{"rendered":"Frets and Alignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I tweaked, sanded a little and put in the frets. \u00a0I gave it a quick alignment check, held my breath and drilled the holes for the bridge. \u00a0Now I could put up a couple of strings and make sure everything lines up pretty well before I glue anything down. \u00a0Looks good, and this is the best fret job I&#8217;ve ever done. \u00a0I haven&#8217;t set the height of ANY frets yet but at least so far, they look level and straight. \u00a0Of course that&#8217;ll probably change once the string tension comes into play!<div 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