I know this sounds like a stupid question, but I am thinking that due to the fact you do not really bend the strings when playing the Mandolin (I am assuming this due to being a total beginner), the frets would never really wear out over time.
Is this true?
I need to know because I am in the process of cutting the depth of the string slots in my newly installed hand cut and fitted (By me) genuine bone nut ... And I am not sure if I want to cut the slots in my new nut deep enough to play comfortably with the newly leveled frets being at only .021 thousands in height, when if I was to do a re-fret job the newly installed frets would be somewhere around .030 thousands in height (Assuming that I would have to sand off .006 thousands to level the frets after installation (New fret wire = .037 - .006 = .030 thousands)).
So, the real question becomes:
Do I cut the string slots in my new nut to play comfortably with the frets being at .021 thousands as it is now, or do I wait to cut the nut slots any lower than I have them now (.046 thousands at the G strings) until after I perform a re-fret job?
Thank you for your time.
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