Your favourite frets?
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Re: Your favourite frets?
I don't like matchsticks, other than that I'm fine
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Re: Your favourite frets?
How does one do this?willow13 wrote: leave the small frets in and scallop the board...much quicker than a refret and its basically free
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Re: Your favourite frets?
I use round files and 800-1200 grit sand paperSingle coil wrote:How does one do this?willow13 wrote: leave the small frets in and scallop the board...much quicker than a refret and its basically free
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Re: Your favourite frets?
All my guitars have vintage-size frets (I guess that's "small" on this survey) and 7.25" radius. I don't really like guitars that stray from these specs.
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Re: Your favourite frets?
Black & DeckerSingle coil wrote:How does one do this?willow13 wrote: leave the small frets in and scallop the board...much quicker than a refret and its basically free
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Re: Your favourite frets?
I don't really know. Probably haven't played enough guitars to know the difference.
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Re: Your favourite frets?
your charvel is medium jumbo I would sayhamo wrote:I don't really know. Probably haven't played enough guitars to know the difference.
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Re: Your favourite frets?
yeah I have done a couple with a sanding drum on a drill.....works great and is super fast but you have to be so careful not to sand the sides of the fret wire. But after using one you still have to go back and use files/sand paper to get close to the fret wire so I just use files nowMolly wrote:Black & DeckerSingle coil wrote:How does one do this?willow13 wrote: leave the small frets in and scallop the board...much quicker than a refret and its basically free
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Re: Your favourite frets?
You're the same about woman eh?willow13 wrote:I like narrow and tall but aren't really to fussed although I really don't like the huge wide ones
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Re: Your favourite frets?
I like titties....huge tittiesjeremyb wrote:You're the same about woman eh?willow13 wrote:I like narrow and tall but aren't really to fussed although I really don't like the huge wide ones
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Re: Your favourite frets?
It seems that the majority so far prefer jumbo with medium jumbo coming in a close second.
What would a reasonable price be to do a full refret (including the cost of the fret wire)
What would a reasonable price be to do a full refret (including the cost of the fret wire)
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Re: Your favourite frets?
$300 would be great.
$400 is probably more realistic.
$500 and I would expect a really good stainless job.
Fretwire is ~7 bucks for a metre on guitarparts.
You could probably do your own with average garden variety clippers and some modelling files to get the ends right.
Getting the old ones out without eating the fretboard will be the tricky bit.
$400 is probably more realistic.
$500 and I would expect a really good stainless job.
Fretwire is ~7 bucks for a metre on guitarparts.
You could probably do your own with average garden variety clippers and some modelling files to get the ends right.
Getting the old ones out without eating the fretboard will be the tricky bit.
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Re: Your favourite frets?
Really that much? I'm sure my local guy charged me less than $100 for a full fret polish and crown (he also replaced some of the frets entirely) on my acoustic last year. I figured it would be a little more than that but maybe I need to consider a whole new neck!Single coil wrote:$300 would be great.
$400 is probably more realistic.
$500 and I would expect a really good stainless job.
Fretwire is ~7 bucks for a metre on guitarparts.
You could probably do your own with average garden variety clippers and some modelling files to get the ends right.
Getting the old ones out without eating the fretboard will be the tricky bit.
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Re: Your favourite frets?
You’d probably get a heaps more accurate estimate by asking a shop.
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Re: Your favourite frets?
My 85 SG came with old stock frets. At the time Gibson was saving costs by using up leftover parts that were sitting around from previous decades. The frets were flat, not crowned. Guitars with these frets included some LP Customs from the late 60s through the 70s. They were known as fretless wonders. You could slide up and down so easily, but you could not bend a note because of the friction of your finger pad against the rosewood board. A jazz player's dream but a rock or blues player's nightmare. I bought the SG in 1999 at which time the frets showed no signs of wear. However the playing experience was horrible, so the SG sat unplayed for about 15 years. Then I refretted with pyramid frets and things have been good since.
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