jch4v Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 One more question... I did a search but came up with nothing. Whats the dif between vintage frets and non-vintage (modern?) frets? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Vintage frets are smaller due to wear and fret jobs. Unless you bean vintage frets, bought new.....those are just small frets. I hate them myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jch4v Posted August 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 So... Jumbo frets are obviously bigger then... Do you know what they use on the Fender Reissue guitars from the 60's.... sometimes people refer to "vintage" jumbo frets... what's the deal with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 around .037" - .045" tall, about .078"-.085" wide, you got your typical vintage Fender, martin, etc (even some gibsons) fret-wire. Bring the width to around .102" - .110" and it's your vintage "jumbo". (Gibson) Then later the "jumbo" came in taller sizes. and some a little wider too. Then even later they made tall sizes more narrow too. Stew-Mac 155 is a great size in my opinion. TOO MANY FRET SIZES THESE DAYS I'll order a few pounds, pick out 4 popular sizes, then of course, with my luck, someone wants the one size that I thought " nah, nobody's gonna want that size again " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan O' Zakk Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 I played an olllld Harmonic Acoustic with frets what were pretty much square-profiled... Dunno if that has any bearings on electric guitars, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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