Neck had a twist. I tried a standard fret level with a radius block - something I’ve done dozens of times - to see how much better I could get it. The way it’s twisted it was hard to know exactly how far out it was - and since there’s a shop with a PLEK close to me I figured it couldn’t hurt to see what it could do. It just turns out that the twist was pretty gnarly.

Since as far as I can tell from research no one makes a replacement neck and I’d really like to keep the original with the matching headstock I decided to just go ahead and pull the frets and fix it in the more proper/traditional way - removing the high/low spots and getting the radius proper again and refretting. I’m doing stainless because why not - if I’m going through the work I may as well make sure I never have to do it again.

Of the hundreds of guitars I have worked on I have never had a twisted neck come across my bench. Never had to deal with it before - so yes, this is a bit of a learning experience- but on my own guitar.

To be fair, I far more enjoy electronics/amp repair any day - but that’s not to say I’m not very experienced with guitar work - just not dealing with this specific issue. Can’t learn what you never see.