Modded Goldtone AC1 action issues
I removed and filled the frets and added a scoop. I expected some issues but this one has me a little lost. At the top of the neck, the action is too low. At the bottom, it's too high. Open strings sound clear, but as soon as I fret they're dead and not in tune with what the note should be. All solutions I've considered would improve the action on one part but make it worse on the other. I'm using the gold tone bsm medium strings. There's no bowing and the strings are in tune when played open, just not fretted. I'm not getting issues with buzzing.
Solution 1: Adjusting coordinator rod. Unless I'm missing something, the best adjustment I could get is what you see in the pictures.
Solution 2: Shorter bridge. Would help the top but not the bottom.
Solution 3: Taller nut at the top of the neck.
I'm leaning towards needing a shorter bridge AND the taller nut but I wanted to ask before putting more money and effort into this project. I've been doing research on this for a while and I didn't see anything about dead strings and incorrect fretted notes. It seemed like people didn't really run into this issue, or at least didn't mention it.
Does anybody have experience with this kind of thing? Did I basically just destroy my banjo or is there a fix for this? 😅