RobfromNH

HI all, im new to this site and i have a question about leveling frets. im not sure if has been posted before (search isnt working) do you level frets with the neck perfectly straight ? or after you apply a little pre-tension to the truss (just enough to stiffen neck before leveling) then level the frets ? i understand a new neck with truss installed but not tightened has alot of flex forward and back so my thought was to "set the truss" for just enough tension to give the necka good starting point for leveling. or am i thinking too far into things ? thanks in advance. Rob

HI all i am new to this site and so far i am thrilled to have found it by chance surfing the net. i am building a PRS 24 copy for my own usage and i have to say ive spents alot of research time getting photo's scaling pics from prs site and doing alot of work in Autodesk inventor 8 , its a very exciting thing to build a guitar yourself, i have done many projects over the years and this is the most inspiring one, i am a guitar player/singer of 28 years (39 years old) and ive made some guitars over the years primarily for looks. recently i have had a burning desire to build a PRS, im not sure why i chose this style/design but im very excited over it. i have a place not far from here that i can get any kind of wood, i mean anykind very cheaply, the expensive one is african ebony, its 38 $ for a 4x2 x 4ft beautiful peice (would make many fretboards. the mahogany (african or american) is very reasonable at about 5$ ft for a 2x8 stock. all kinds of ash and maple at roughly 3.50 $ ft 1x7 or 8 . very pretty "shorts" 4ft lenths that we leftovers from a cut job. but some of it is beautiful curly maple and birdseye that is liek 2.35 $ per ft 3/4 "x 7" anyway before i go off on a tangent i just want to say i get the feeling that this forum is made up of people like me that want to help others in doing this craft, its art , its style , its a combination of creativity and music afterall the finished instrament is more than just a peice of wood with strings .... its got its buildiers inspiration embeded. im sure i will have questions here and any works i do i will gladly donate any design work or files to help others etc etc. Rob.