Fret end bevel
The angled cut and rounding applied to the ends of each fret so the hand does not catch on them when it slides along the neck.
New fret wire is supplied straight and the ends are square, so after installation they are bevelled at an angle following the edge of the fretboard and then rounded off. A poorly bevelled fret end feels like a row of tiny blades along the neck edge, a complaint that players describe as a guitar cutting their hand. On instruments that spend time in a dry climate the fretboard shrinks and the previously rounded ends appear, which is the problem the bevel is meant to survive.
Example: A guitar whose neck edge feels rough and scratchy to a sliding hand needs its fret end bevel tidying up.
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