Bob,

I'm not a Luthier, but I am a guitar player.   Unless your guitar is pretty
old and has seen a lot of play,  then I'm not sure that raising the frets
would be the best solution.   Unless the guitar has been played a lot over
a long  time,  then the frets are probably not worn down that badly.   My
first thought would be to get the guitar to a good guitar shop and see if
the "action" on the guitar can be adjusted to make the guitar more
"playable".  It's kind of hard to describe what the actin of a guitar is
since they really aren't moving parts,  but it has to do with the height of
the strings above the fretboard,  the angle of the neck and possibly the
height of the bridge of the guitar.   All of these affect how easily the
strings can be fretted and also the intonation of the guitar.  I certainly
would look into this before going to the trouble to raise the frets.

John Holladay
205-229-8484
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