Refretting/Fret dressing

[MesaBoogie]

I think my old trusty epi les paul is due for a little resort in my country's service centre.
But how do you know for sure when you need to refret or let your frets redressed? I've had it for 5 years or so and I noticed that the frets are almost trapezes and not half cylinders (if that makes any sense?).

If needed I'll try to post some decent pictures.

Thanks and Grtz,

Mesa.

[alligatorbling]

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[MesaBoogie]

Thanks, the problem is, I live in Belgium

[krokodyl]

I think that the time when you have to refret is when you can't set the intonation properly and bridge and trussrod adjusting doesn't make any better.

Cheers :)

[Roman Rist]

Originally Posted by MesaBoogie

I think my old trusty epi les paul is due for a little resort in my country's service centre.
But how do you know for sure when you need to refret or let your frets redressed? I've had it for 5 years or so and I noticed that the frets are almost trapezes and not half cylinders (if that makes any sense?).

If needed I'll try to post some decent pictures.

Thanks and Grtz,

Mesa.

You would need to refret when they are worn down too much. I am sure you have plenty of meat on them for a fret dress.