Fret Dents..ditch it or keep it?

[arealken]

I picked up an vintage  Warmoth  neck. Seller did not take pictures of the first nine frets, nor did he mention any issues.; When i received it, the first nine frets are pretty severely dented. Its hard to show up in pictures, but in person the dents, especially on a couple of frets around 8-9  are pretty bad.
It does appear to be jumbo frets with a lot of meat. Also, the screwholes are of kilter and need filling and redrilling.

I do happen to know an excellent tech ( wink wink).

I have reached out to the seller, but it does not appear he is amicable to a resolution of  the 250 dollar price I paid to reduce the cost of a fret level and crown IF possible.

Ideas?

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[AirCap]

Simple fret level. Not really that bad.

 

[mayfly]

Yep.  It's not that bad.  My main guitar looks worse 

 

[Steve_Karl]

What mayfly said. Mine too.
Those are minor compared to what I'm still playing every day.
I just can't get around to parting with mine for a month to have it done, even though I have 2 others that can fill in until my everyday guitar goes and returns.

 

[TBurst Std]

This thread should be an ad for SS and EVO frets.

 

[Cagey]

This thread should be an ad for SS and EVO frets.

Yeah, you don't get that with those unless you really put in a lotta hours on them. I understand Mayfly has managed to wear a set  out that he's threatened to send here for special attention. But, he puts out albums and plays out a lot. I imagine he might even practice once in a while.

Anyway, the divots on the frets pictured above are very repairable. I've brought much worse back to playability. Although, if it was me, I'd just hold back and save my pennies a little longer to have stainless installed. Actually, if it was me, I wouldn't have to wait because I do fretwork and I don't charge myself because I have a lotta dirt on me that I wouldn't want to get out. I know, I know, blackmailers never quit, but what's a mother to do? I have myself over a barrel :laughing7:

 

[BigSteve22]

Those fret look pretty good to me too. I mean, the frets on my old '72 Gibson acoustic still play, and they're a lot worse than that!  :icon_tongue: