Guillaume

Seriously the fret board was already really thin on the edge.

What we see in the picture is the worst place because I accidently sanded the edge.

It's coming back pretty good right now..

I have 4" and 8" stewmac 12° sanding block as well as a 12° fret caul to check the radius.

Yes, that's almost what I meant by sanding on the center. However to go from 9.5 to 12 I've removed a good quantity of wood from the center.

I gone through my lower 12 fret inlay by sanding too much... I see a brown point in the center and a brown line on the bottom.

It still need a bit of sanding, probably with a softer sandpaper, to be right on 12°

Why buy another neck? I would still be stuck a 9.5° radius and don't have 250$ to spend on another neck.

So I just sanded it further more in the center... it's comming close to 12°. I was trying to avoid a radius of 12° as it's a little bit too flat for my taste but it's better than nothing I think... and it's not that bad.

I was also a bit worried about the thickness of the inlay but it seem that they're ok!

Everclear... because I'm not clear? Again sorry for that. :/

Hi,

First off, sorry if I make mistake, I'm a french Canadian.

I had a ~2000 American standard Fender stratocaster. I sanded all the body and everything is fine for this.

The problem: I wanted a flater radius (near 10.5~11°). Stewmac only had 12° sanding block so I bought one of them and tried to do with it. Now I've messed the fretboard as it's flatter in the center and more round at the edge.

I tried to fret the higher octave but the fret's end is just too much bend and the center section is almost flat.

I don't want to continue to completly mess the neck so I'll take some advice / tips / hints from you. Right now I'm telling myself I should have bought a crowning file and just recrown my frets but it's too late.

A picture worth thousand words?

Thanks!