Re: Raising 12th fret, worth it?
Just some ancillary thoughts:
1- It's not uncommon for fretboards to develop a hump near where the neck joins the body (meaning w/in 2 frets or so), often being the 12th to 15th fret on mandolin. Usual cause would be the body and/or neck expanding and/or contracting with temperature and/or humidity. So yeah, several things can go wrong and/or bad!
2- Besides the straight-edge or fret rocker (per Pops1, above), you can sometimes sight down the length of the fretboard, from nut to saddle, and notice any "discontinuity" in the frets based on the consistency of light reflected off their tops. Any brighter or darker spot is either a problematic fret or is adjacent to a problematic fret. At minimum, it often shows you where to apply that small straight-edge.
On the Stew-Mac website, look up their "Fret Rocker" and the instructions for using it. (Hint: For us amateurs, a credit card can work almost as well.)
- Ed
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