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06-03-2010, 08:16 PM
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I need to order a neck for my bass build and the one thing that is throwing me off and i dont understand at all is fret size. Is there an all around good size? A standard size most companies use? Suggestions?
I really want to go with SS. Below is a link to Warmoths site that has the sizes i can choose from. http://www.warmoth.com/Bass/Necks/FretSize.aspx |
06-03-2010, 08:29 PM
| | | | Fret Wire Size
I need to order a neck for my bass build and the one thing that is throwing me off and i dont understand at all is fret size. Is there an all around good size? A standard size most companies use? Suggestions?
I really want to go with SS. Below is a link to Warmoths site that has the sizes i can choose from. http://www.warmoth.com/Bass/Necks/FretSize.aspx |
06-03-2010, 09:57 PM
|  | Quatre-cordes | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA /El Paso TX | | | FWIW I use 6105, it is a good average if you look at it, but it is all a matter of preferences I think.... |
06-03-2010, 10:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canadia | | | The link explains the differences pretty well. I prefer a massive jumbo fret on my basses and medium jumbo on my guitars. That said, the playability difference is pretty negligible in my own experience. Other players really claim to notice a difference so really, its up to you.
I've personally never really seen an advantage to stainless frets, they are a bit more difficult to level, dress and polish up nicely and apparently take much longer to wear, but nickel frets don't wear down super easily either, so in my view the wear part doesn't make that much of a difference. Its really a matter of preference. If you like a particular feel, you can measure them and see what they are and then match them accordingly.
I've tended to use the variety available in order to best match the existing frets on an instrument that only needs a few replaced - its easier to level and dress them to match that way. Others will hopefully chime in with their experiences... |
06-04-2010, 06:16 AM
| | | | 6105 was the size i was thinking, so thats good. lol |
06-04-2010, 06:18 AM
| | | | Thanks for the info. As far as wear and how hard it is to work with SS that wont be an issue for me really. The cost difference is also pretty small. |
06-04-2010, 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Bass-Adrenaline  As far as wear and how hard it is to work with SS that wont be an issue for me really. | Yes it will.
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06-04-2010, 06:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Hagerstown, MD | | | I have 6230 on my warmoth p-neck and enjoy it. It is not as small as you would expect - still tall enough that the strings are off the fretboard (I use heavy high-tension strings though).
I wouldn't stress over it. You can always get it refretted if you end up HATING your decision.
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06-04-2010, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by mikeyswood Yes it will. | No, it wont (not in this case). |
06-04-2010, 02:54 PM
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06-04-2010, 03:16 PM
| | | | Just let it go man, let it go.... |
06-04-2010, 11:52 PM
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i do SS refrets all the time, it's a bit more of a PITA to do, that's all. they're mild stainless steel, not titanium!
frankly, at this point i don't like doing regular refrets because it feels like i'm ripping off the customer by putting soft, inferior frets on their guitars.
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06-06-2010, 03:37 PM
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Double Bass Workshop | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Madison, Wi | | | Just curious why you compared stainless to titanium like this. Common commercial grade titanium is about the same hardness as stainless frets. Similar machining properties as well. |
06-06-2010, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by vejesse Just curious why you compared stainless to titanium like this. Common commercial grade titanium is about the same hardness as stainless frets. Similar machining properties as well. | gotcha, i did not know that.
i was just referencing what seems to most folks to be an impossibly hard material to point out that SS fretwire is not that hard to work with.
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06-06-2010, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by vejesse Just curious why you compared stainless to titanium like this. Common commercial grade titanium is about the same hardness as stainless frets. Similar machining properties as well. | yep most of the appeal of titanium is the lightness while keeping the same strength as steel | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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