Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Brow on October 14, 2005, 06:28:53 PM
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Hey guys.
After thinking about it, I'ce decided to not bother buying a new Strat and to just stick with the Jap Strat that I have and to have it re-fretted when it needs it :)
Has anyone got any suggestions as to where I could have this done in the UK, and how much would I be looking at spending?
Thanx for any info.
Craig
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Jonathon at Feline Guitars is your man for this job. He did my Chavel with Stainless Steel Jumbos and they are incredible!
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Jonathon at Feline Guitars is your man for this job. He did my Chavel with Stainless Steel Jumbos and they are incredible!
Thanx for the reply.
Jonathon was 1 of the 1st people I thought about. I PM'd him but never got a reply back :? So thought I'd make this post instead :)
Craig
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Anywhere from £90-150 is the going rate.
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Brow - sorry for the delay in replying
Had a mad couple of days
Refrets are £125 for unbound necks and £150 for bound necks
Stainless add £50
Relaquer on a maple board if needed £55
New nut if required..£30
Strings £6
hope that helps.....
if you just need a fret dress then it's £80 +strings and a basic setup is £40+strings
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Brow - sorry for the delay in replying
Had a mad couple of days
Refrets are £125 for unbound necks and £150 for bound necks
Stainless add £50
Relaquer on a maple board if needed £55
New nut if required..£30
Strings £6
hope that helps.....
if you just need a fret dress then it's £80 +strings and a basic setup is £40+strings
Hi Jonathan
Thanx for the info :)
The re-fret isn't needed quite yet, but it's definitely the route I'm going down when the time comes :)
Craig
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what are the advantages of stainless? is it just an anti-rust thing?
while we're here, what are the pros and cons of medium/jumbo fretwire?
cheers
steve
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what are the advantages of stainless? is it just an anti-rust thing?
while we're here, what are the pros and cons of medium/jumbo fretwire?
cheers
steve
Yup, I'm interested in the answer to this too :)
Craig
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Stainless frets have less wear than nickel. But the cool thing is no friction. It feels like the string is floating on oil. The bends and vibrato feel so nice. They just add to the playability.
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Big frets seem to add a bit more weight to the sound, and bends and vibrato are really very easy. Legato is nice and smooth too.
Small frets I find offer a different control when you're bending as you feel the fingerboard, they sound snappier and brighter with a touch more sustain as the point of contact between string and fret is smaller.
I find i play faster and smoother on jumbo as the fingerboard doesn't slow me down. 6105 wire is a good compromise. it's as tall as jumbo 6100 but not as wide. Ibanez fit 6105 to the JS and JEM guitars, as do PRS. I'm going over to 6000 super jumbo - it's even taller and wider, just to make my life easier!
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The funny thing is 6000 is bigger than bass fret wire!
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how does bigger fretwire make a guitar easier to play? (it doesnt seem to make too much sense to me?)
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Less friction from the fingerboard so the strings feel slippy, same idea as scalloped frets
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Less friction from the fingerboard so the strings feel slippy, same idea as scalloped frets
ah righty, that makes sense now, come to think of it. It looks much better than scalloped frets too!
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The funny thing is 6000 is bigger than bass fret wire!
I use 6000 on my bass; it's great :)
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The funny thing is 6000 is bigger than bass fret wire!
I use 6000 on my bass; it's great :)
I think Im going to move up to that when I get my basses refretted, two are Warwick's fretted with brass wire, have you ever worked with that?
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The funny thing is 6000 is bigger than bass fret wire!
I use 6000 on my bass; it's great :)
I think Im going to move up to that when I get my basses refretted, two are Warwick's fretted with brass wire, have you ever worked with that?
Not recently, there doesn't seem to be that much of a demand for it. The suppliers I tend to use most don't even stock it.
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I think you can only get it from Warwick, Ive only ever seen their basses fretted with it.
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It is available Steve, I think most of the Dunlop profiles are available in brass. It'd just take a bit of research to track it down, 'can't see that it would be a big problem for anyone determined to get it. Personally most of the fingerboard work I've done on basses this year has been doing fretless conversions. Taking the frets out and replacing them with Maple or Ebony markers.
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hold on, I'm a little confused (sorry!)...but wouldnt bigger frets result in a higher action, which would make the guitar less playable? what am i missing?
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hold on, I'm a little confused (sorry!)...but wouldnt bigger frets result in a higher action, which would make the guitar less playable? what am i missing?
The effective action is the height of the string above the fret not the height over the fingerboard.
If you're used to closing the string on the fingerboard then you have to develop a whole new technique where-by you only apply enough pressure to get a clean note. Otherwise you'll just pull the string sharp. Once you've got it right big frets help you to play faster and cleaner and make string bending a lot easier 'cos you're not sliding the string across the fingerboard there's far less friction and the exra height helps you hook your finger under the string.
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ok, thanks for that Bob!
so are you saying that in order to play a note I wont actually need to press the string against the fretboard? How hard is this new technique for people to get to grips with?
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Perhaps "develop a whole new technique" was overstating things a bit. You just need a lighter touch. It's a lot easier on the fingers.
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Perhaps "develop a whole new technique" was overstating things a bit. You just need a lighter touch. It's a lot easier on the fingers.
grand, that sounds a lot more achievable! :P
I thought i'd been missing out on some whole new secret technique thing...