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I've had 2 Plek set ups and a bunch of regular set-ups by him over the years. Both Plek set-ups were very good and I was happy but I'm not sure if I noticed a huge difference. I've also been told that any decent, skilled and reputable luthier, like Charlie, should be able to get similar results to a Plek.
In the factory it can often just be a shortcut to rather brutally cut, perfectly levelled, flat top frets.
Having seen what the likes of Rob Williams or Feline Guitars do without a Plek machine I'd say it's a time-saving tool for a good luthier but I certainly wouldn't pay extra for it.
I've wondered if the big score mark down the side of my LP (made a thread about it at the time) could be from some automated machine used on the guitar but I've never seen how a flek machine is actually loaded to know if it's a culprit.
I think it also stores a snapshot of the set-up should you ever wish to refer to it
As far as I was aware, the PLEK was just to level the frets, didn't think it was meant to replace any other parts of a setup