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11-24-2006, 10:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Air, MD | | | Steel banjo/mando fretwire
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Anyone have a source for really small steel fretwire. In a previous thread I heard that Menzerna USA had it, but I can't find that company in a google search.
Chad |
11-24-2006, 01:02 PM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | | Stew Mac and LMI both have narrow fretwire |
11-24-2006, 03:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Air, MD | | | Yes, and there smallest offering is the perfect size....but it is nickel, not steel. If I have to thats what I will settle on. However, it wasn't that long ago that two people on here posted that they were able to get that size of wire in stainless steel. |
11-24-2006, 04:24 PM
|  | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | If it's the same company that sells polishing compounds, it's the 3rd google down: Quote: |
Originally Posted by google Menzerna USA
213 Airport Executive Park, Nanuet, NY 10954
Tel. 845-352-5850 Fax. 845-425-1366
Contact: Jeff Silver, VP Marketing
Send email to: Jsilver@menzernausa.com | Does the thread that mentions them refer to Long Island as the company's home?
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11-24-2006, 04:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Air, MD | | | I don't recall there being a mention of the address at all. I will send them an e-mail and see if this is indeed them. |
11-24-2006, 06:47 PM
| | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | | Please let us know the results. |
11-27-2006, 06:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Air, MD | | http://www.jescar.com/fretwire.html
Bingo! Asked....and answered!
Anyone know how much fretwire is in a pound? |
11-27-2006, 10:55 PM
| | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | | Depends on the size! The thicker the prifile, the more ounces per foot, so the fewer feet per pound. You could ask them, or if there is a particular size you're interested in, I could mock it up in solids software and give you an approximate #.
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11-28-2006, 12:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Air, MD | | | I'm looking at the mando wire which is .40x.38 I think. Its stainless steel. I figure that a pound has to be enough to finish a couple of guitars.
Chad |
11-28-2006, 12:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Virginia | | | I bought 1 pound of medium fretwire from stewmac last year. I've finished 3 fretted basses since then and I'm still not even halfway through. It's a LOT of fretwire, especially in the smallest wires.
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11-28-2006, 03:34 PM
| | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | | I get roughly 0.00064078 pounds per inch for the FW39040, which equals 1560 inches per pound. Mandolin makers must not be a very good market for fret makers.
That stuff is freakin' TINY!
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11-29-2006, 12:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Air, MD | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by pilotjones That stuff is freakin' TINY! | He! He! That thats point!   |
11-29-2006, 12:47 PM
| | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | | With a .039 x .040 head, it's about the same as using your G string as a fret. |
11-29-2006, 02:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Air, MD | | | Which would be cheaper but I haven't found a way to get it to adhere to the board. |
11-30-2006, 05:52 AM
| | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | It wouldn't be very good for bending notes, would it? 
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11-30-2006, 07:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: N / East Texas | | | Just use flatwounds. No problem bending notes. |
11-30-2006, 11:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Air, MD | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by pilotjones It wouldn't be very good for bending notes, would it? | Thats not really what I do. This is going to be a for a solidbody jazz guit@r designed specifically for chord melody playing. Fanned Fret, Seven String, 26" through 24" Scale.....or something along those lines. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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