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[WezV]

yeah, they are very much factory fresh.  frets pressed in and bevelled on the ends, but not shaped, levelled or polished

generally they are playable and consistent - but much nicer with a little work

[Philly Q]

Not too sure about the fret job on the neck, I've seen better on low-end Squiers. On the Warmoth website they do say they just whack them in. I think at least the fret ends need work.

They're better than they used to be!  The ends were just cut completely square, at least now they angle and smooth them a bit.

To be fair, they need to leave the frets such that people can tailor them to their own requirements.  I don't see how it can be possible to do a "perfect" fret dress without fitting the neck to an actual guitar and setting it up properly.

[WezV]

To be fair, they need to leave the frets such that people can tailor them to their own requirements.  I don't see how it can be possible to do a "perfect" fret dress without fitting the neck to an actual guitar and setting it up properly.

they will always need a final tweak after transport - but bolt-on necks are pretty easy to work on seperate to the body

of course, to take a neck as close as possible to done you can always take the stew-mac approach and use a surrogate body
http://www.stewmac.com/tradesecrets/ts0103_surrogate.hzml