Hello guys, I have a HW1 Strat bought new in jully last year and I wan't to ask you (cause I'm kinda newbie), is it normal that the frets have flattened a little bit (almost all frets). I don't have any grooves, they are just a bit flattened. Is it normal?
P.S. sorry for my English

A little flattening at the top(crown) of the fret is quite normal. When they flatten out too much you may start to find certain notes a little hard to fret clearly. They may give a very slight buzz when you first fret pick the note. When that happens its time for a polish and re-crown. It usually takes me 18 months to get to that stage on my main guitar.

Dont worry about it on a new guitar, its perfectly normal to have what appears to be a slightly flat area. I strongly suspect its due to some replacable part in the fret level/crowning machine on the production line. As its not on every new guitar. I also suspect that though the fret top appears to be flat, it's still got a curve to it. That the radius of that curve is flatter than normal.

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Yes, the fret it's not completly flat, it still has that rounded shape but the upper it flattened, i dont'know how to epxplain it; the opupper part is tlattened but on the edges it's still rounded. Maybe I'll post some pictures when i get home.

Andrei.

Its normal for the frets to be like that new. Unless your getting problems from them dont worry about them being flat.

Your English is excellent too.

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Thanks mate. I thought it has somwthing to do with my tehnique of playing (i' m a newbie, remember), cause I also have an Ibanez whichi shows the same "problem" with the frets, but again neither the Fender, nor the Ibanez have problems playing them.