I'm curious about this, since I've been trying to practice doing fret-levels on junkers- how do they do fretwork at big factories? Is it very automated? Is there such a thing as 'pre-crowned' fretwire?
I find it very hard to believe that there are a few dozen people sweating it out with crowning files and Sharpie markers and sandpaper, but even mass-produced guitars seem to me to be pretty good considering how many things you can screw up when doing fretwork.
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