Re: Raising 12th fret, worth it?
I have a simple test to see if a fret is loose [in this case your 13th]; I take a 6" steel rule and tap the end on the frets. Tight frets make a clear "tink", any where a fret is loose in the board it will go "tunk". This can happen anywhere along a fret. Since you say this happens on only one E and one A string and not the other, I would also look at the string slots in the bridge. One may be just a bit lower than the other.
I see now your comment about the "fatter" 13th fret. That suggests it is loose and flexed up when the builder was leveling the frets.
Last edited by Greg Mirken; May-23-2021 at 2:54pm.
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Shade Tree Fretted Instrument Repair, retired
Nevada City, California
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