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ZERO HERO

Q I noted that in issue 496 your reviewer is less than complimentary about the use of the zero fret on the Rapier and Saffire guitars. I appreciate that the pros and cons have been debated for decades and that the received wisdom, based on the fact that very few makers now employ the zero fret, is that it is a bad thing.

Is this partially due to the fact that, historically, the

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