Have I buggered my frets?

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Have I buggered my frets?

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So I got a bit carried away at a show the other night and ended up scraping my Jag's neck against my amp for feedback toanz. Stupid stupid stupid! I am very pissed off at myself. Anyway, now a couple of frets have scrapes in them. Nothing too crazy, but they def aren't smooth- I'm hoping it looks worse than it is (the strings are bent on the respective frets, and I haven' seen how it plays with new strings yet BUT with the couple of ones that aren't fucked it seems fine...)

Is this likely to cost a lot to have them smoothed out again? Or could i do it myself with some fine steel wool or something? Here's a couple of shoddy pictures...

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If the scratches are deep enough you might notice them if/ when bending notes.
Otherwise it SHOULD be fine but you'll know when you play it whether or not it really is fine.
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What he said. Some of my frets look worse than that (mostly because of doing the same sort of stupid shit I think), but if the strings don't catch in the scratches you have no problems.
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Yeah, I have some dents like that around the 6-14th frets on my Jaguar, a few being worse than how yours look, and it's fine. You won't know til you change strings and mtry to play around up there, but I think it shouldn't be a problem.
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I'd like to hear more about the tonez that were achieved.

I think you're fine but people definitely use steel wool or the like to flatten out frets that have developed grooves.
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