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Yeh thats right. From your description I assumed you are talking about a gap between the fingerboard and the bottom of the fret where the tang is being exposed. It's actually not uncommon to see a gap between the bottom of the slot and the bottom of the tang even on slots cut by cnc. Fret wire tolerance is not that high!!
As long as the fret sits flat on the fingerboard your normally OK. if you can snag the bottom of the fret with a fingernail or even something thin like a piece of paper you may have problems because there is no way of telling that the fret was seated correctly to start with. Check both sides of the fret because I have seen fret wire that sits flat on one side but high on the other. I send it back. I doubt some of the big guys would even notice some times.
Cool, thanks for that. I couldn't check the bottom of the fret against the fingerboard, because there looks like a build-up of finish. The finish definitely laps up against the fret, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, it'll all be sorted tomorrow, one way or the other.