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Old (Vintage) Skinny Fender Frets
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I am Spartacus.
I am Spartacus.
Rand-O-Monium
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Prolly didn't have much of an option back then...
Prolly didn't have much of an option back then...
That90'sGuy
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I never really understood why people fretted over frets so much. They're kinda like women. As Fez would say "Fez likes them big, Fez likes them small, Fez likes them all!"
I never really understood why people fretted over frets so much. They're kinda like women. As Fez would say "Fez likes them big, Fez likes them small, Fez likes them all!"
jon the art guy
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Except after having a guitar for years a guitar fret still enjoys being fingered.
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Except after having a guitar for years a guitar fret still enjoys being fingered.
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LReese
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I've been going to bigger frets when I did refrets - Most of these guitars had smallish necks and the bigger wire made some difference in the apparent girth of the neck. I have big hands so that's a good thing.
Not touching '70s and '80s Fender poly is also a big plus.
I've been going to bigger frets when I did refrets - Most of these guitars had smallish necks and the bigger wire made some difference in the apparent girth of the neck. I have big hands so that's a good thing.
Not touching '70s and '80s Fender poly is also a big plus.
stringbender11
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I feel the same way - frets is frets. Never understood why some people get so passionate about them. I'd love to have stainless frets from a durability POV, but other than that dont really care.
I feel the same way - frets is frets. Never understood why some people get so passionate about them. I'd love to have stainless frets from a durability POV, but other than that dont really care.
STRATDELUXER97
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I started out on the 7.25 radius Fender neck and smaller nail frets...I Like em..Seems like it offers better note clarity..I also like the larger frets that came on the 12" radius necks of early 80s American strats.The radius has alot to do with the overall feel and ease of getting around on the neck along with the frets..
I started out on the 7.25 radius Fender neck and smaller nail frets...I Like em..Seems like it offers better note clarity..I also like the larger frets that came on the 12" radius necks of early 80s American strats.The radius has alot to do with the overall feel and ease of getting around on the neck along with the frets..
STRATDELUXER97
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The height and width of the frets does make a difference...I think the neck radius plays an even more part though...Have not tryed the ss frets,but am intriqued by them...As a player for over 35 years,just know nothing really about the ss frets...
The height and width of the frets does make a difference...I think the neck radius plays an even more part though...Have not tryed the ss frets,but am intriqued by them...As a player for over 35 years,just know nothing really about the ss frets...
the guy who invented fire
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I used to want the biggest frets I could get now I just don't care...one of my everyday played has sure frets and I'm fine with it.
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I used to want the biggest frets I could get now I just don't care...one of my everyday played has sure frets and I'm fine with it.
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Rand-O-Monium
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+ another on teh Radius thingie
+ another on teh Radius thingie
ItsaBass
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If I had my choice, they'd be the only frets on all of my guitars (and basses). I highly prefer them to larger frets. FWIW, I also like 7-1/4" radius fretboards better than any flatter ones. My idealized Gibson would have the 7-14" radius and 6230 frets.
That said, I'm not horribly *****y/picky about such things. I have plenty of guitars that I absolutely love that don't have those specs. If they play like ****, it's more likely that I'm playing them like **** than anything else.
If I had my choice, they'd be the only frets on all of my guitars (and basses). I highly prefer them to larger frets. FWIW, I also like 7-1/4" radius fretboards better than any flatter ones. My idealized Gibson would have the 7-14" radius and 6230 frets.
That said, I'm not horribly *****y/picky about such things. I have plenty of guitars that I absolutely love that don't have those specs. If they play like ****, it's more likely that I'm playing them like **** than anything else.
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another for the 7.25 radius...preferably on a 24" neck (mustang).
how do the new 24" rosewood Jaguar / Jazzmaster necks play ? for instance the Modern Player or Classic Vibe or any other....would they do for a 24" Mustang build ?
re: the vintage Fender frets, i never liked them, even when they were the only option. especially when they were the only option...precisely because they were the only option. i was the happiest man alive when a bud installed Dunlop 6150's on the old 7.25" Mustang neck.
another for the 7.25 radius...preferably on a 24" neck (mustang).
how do the new 24" rosewood Jaguar / Jazzmaster necks play ? for instance the Modern Player or Classic Vibe or any other....would they do for a 24" Mustang build ?
re: the vintage Fender frets, i never liked them, even when they were the only option. especially when they were the only option...precisely because they were the only option. i was the happiest man alive when a bud installed Dunlop 6150's on the old 7.25" Mustang neck.
Diminished Triad
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7.25 just feels right. Have used medium through the largest SS frets available and neck radius seems to play the biggest role with me on comfort. Was open to large frets until realized takes a better player than myself to stay constant with pressing notes chords so that tone/tune stay even. The largest frets have such depth that it's easy to hear the note/chord rise in tune when pushed down. Most guitars manufacturers choose 9.5 or higher these days and that's a strong indication those buying guitars no longer prefer the 7.25 radius necks. Fortunately for me there are still some vintage models out there.....although pretty much just Fender these days........and not too many coming out of Fender either - even most of their vintage custom shop relic models are at least 9.5.+ another on teh Radius thingie
Lazarus1140
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I didn't know I don't like small frets until I started using medium jumbos. I just ordered a neck with a 9-12" to 12" compound radius. I suspect it will be perfect for me.
I didn't know I don't like small frets until I started using medium jumbos. I just ordered a neck with a 9-12" to 12" compound radius. I suspect it will be perfect for me.
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I used to have an original '63 Strat, and the only problem I had with the 7 1/4" radius was bent notes high on the neck fretting out. The only way to avoid this was to raise the action. That's why I prefer the modern 9 1/2" radius that many new Fenders have, you can have lower action and high string bends don't fret out. However, I don't like the "modern C" neck profile that most Fender Strats have these days, I like the rounder, thicker neck profile that my old '63 Strat had. I wish they'd make more of the affordable Strats with that rounder profile, but you have to go to the more expensive guitars to get a different profile.
Al
I used to have an original '63 Strat, and the only problem I had with the 7 1/4" radius was bent notes high on the neck fretting out. The only way to avoid this was to raise the action. That's why I prefer the modern 9 1/2" radius that many new Fenders have, you can have lower action and high string bends don't fret out. However, I don't like the "modern C" neck profile that most Fender Strats have these days, I like the rounder, thicker neck profile that my old '63 Strat had. I wish they'd make more of the affordable Strats with that rounder profile, but you have to go to the more expensive guitars to get a different profile.
Al
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