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Hi Pops
I already popped out the 2 top frets - quite narrow, then noticed the strings were catching the wood of the neck at the very end over the sound hole where the neck has bent up. Filed this...

Thanks so much for the advice and the links- I have learnt a lot.looking at the top of the neck down the fret board was a shock ! The end left of the board curls. I think the top has bowed up at...

looks like bowed neck yes. I think if I take out the top two frets the strings will be clear and stop them damping by touching the higher frets
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Thanks Bill the neck seems straight to my eye. I am suspecting the very top two frets the string is very close when open unlike the ones below it left fret is highest on the neck
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Thank you for that David -I'll investigate that option

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I have an old Bowlback mandolin.I bought it a few months ago in a streetmarket in Kygizstan on holiday. It is Russian made in a factory in St Petersburg Soviet union according to...