I recently made a baritone uke from the StewMac kit. I made a LOT of mistakes along the way, but the end result is fun to play and sounds good.
One of the mistakes I made was when sanding the frets: I didn't take extreme care not to sand the first fret more than the others. Obviously I had a bit too much pressure on one end, and as you all probably know, it's a fairly easy mistake even when being careful to let the opposite end rise up just a tad for just a moment.
Anyway, the end result (due to that and another issue) is that the first fret is too low.
I did it per the instructions, pounding in the fret, trimming it with nippers, and gluing it by letting CA sink in from the sides.
I have extra fretwire and I'd like to replace this fret. Here's what looks like a good Youtube on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b0B39mE65w
Is that how you'd do it?
Any clue what temp to use on the soldering iron? I solder small electronics at 650 F, but my iron has a wide range.
Luckily I haven't glued the nut yet, so that won't be an issue.
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