fret dressing

French translation: nivelage / profilage des frettes

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English term or phrase:fret dressing
French translation:nivelage / profilage des frettes
Entered by: gayd (X)

09:21 Jun 8, 2017
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Music / guitars
English term or phrase: fret dressing
Please check that the neck fits your guitar before drilling any holes or doing any fret dressing or other set-up work.

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nivelage / profilage des frettes
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Marielle Akamatsu
France
Local time: 13:17
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4 +1nivelage / profilage des frettes
Marielle Akamatsu
4régler/accorder sa guitare
Geraldine Njonkou
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fwiw, hth
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régler/accorder sa guitare


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Note added at 21 mins (2017-06-08 09:42:39 GMT)
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réglage ou accord

Geraldine Njonkou
Cameroon
Native speaker of: French

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neutral  writeaway: http://www.liutaiomottola.com/construction/FretDressing.htm
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nivelage / profilage des frettes


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Marielle Akamatsu
France
Local time: 13:17
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
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Asker: Merci


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agree  florence metzger: rectification des frettes/barettes
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Reference: fwiw, hth

Reference information:
The term "fret dress" refers to leveling and reshaping the frets. As you play your guitar, the strings wear down the frets because the strings are made out a harder metal than the frets. It is basically like taking a file to a chunk of steel. The steel will get worn down over time from the file. The strings leave little divots in the frets where they come into contact. Dressing the frets levels out these divots and makes the fret perfectly flat again. Then the fret just needs to be re-rounded or crowned. This is a very common repair, as guitar frets will wear down as they are played.
http://www.guitarrepairbench.com/electric-guitar-repairs/fre...

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agree  florence metzger
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