Gold Bass Frets

[low end fuzz]

been looking around for these;

ive seen them on the ritter basses, but who knows where he got those;

i got 'guitar' ones from lmii , but even they had more of a brass look when they were polished up;

no matter since i wouldnt use them on a bass; but the ritter bass is damn right sparkly, anyone see these

thanx

[Prostheta]

Try the Bass Centre in the UK as they sell Warwick fretwire for refrets.

[Bmth Builder]

I am also looking for gold fret wire, I googles the bass center and couldnt find it on their website.

Is there any where else in the UK that sales gold guitar fret wire? Preferably jumbo, or at least tall,

Wormoth only has one size. LMI has a few, but still oversees.

[Prostheta]

Stop typing in Americanese Neil ;-D

http://www.basscentre.com/

[Prostheta]

Just checked their updated site - you may need to ring them to get the fretwire as it's not currently listed. I hope they stock it as I want some myself!

[low end fuzz]

thanks, but i guess i should have mentioned im in canada;

any place in the americas to get them;

thanx again

[Woodenspoke]

thanks, but i guess i should have mentioned im in canada;

any place in the americas to get them;

thanx again

Lmii.com (LMI) I believe they ship to canada

[low end fuzz]

thanks, but i guess i should have mentioned im in canada;

any place in the americas to get them;

thanx again

Lmii.com (LMI) I believe they ship to canada

gold BASS frets;

i have the guitar ones they sell; i dont like them

[Mattia]

No such thing as 'bass frets'.

Fretwire is fretwire. Size is whatever you like it to be.

[doug]

+1

Just get the size you like.

They make the best fretwire going. Jescar

Gold frets don't have any gold in them nor any silver. They are more like a strange brass composition. Anyhooo, most of the places common to retail sales stock Jascar wire including LMII.

[soapbarstrat]

They are more like a strange brass composition.

Sure, if you want to call bronze a "strange brass composition".

15% Tin

1% Iron

.1% Titanium

And Copper making up the rest.

I'm also tired of 'bass frets'. It makes me think of someone years ago, who didn't even play guitar or bass (like an "engineer" working for Fender) , just taking it for granted that everything on a bass is supposed to be bigger. Well then, on a Fender, why not a bigger neck plate, neck mounting screws, nut width, t-rod adjusting nut ?

I consider the .038" high fret-wire I have to be the best wire for bass. There are players in the biz out there who like their bass frets even lower than that.

What's the "Ritter bass frets look more gold" based on ? Internet photos, or you saw it in person ?

I think if you were to totally nail the gold look (well, I don't think there's one certain Gold look), you would have to sacrifice durability.

When I work with gold fret-wire in my workshop, under fluorescent lighting, it often hardly looks gold. But I had a customer show me a photo of him on stage with a bass I put gold frets on, and they couldn't have looked more gold.

[doug]

They are more like a strange brass composition.

Sure, if you want to call bronze a "strange brass composition".

15% Tin

1% Iron

.1% Titanium

And Copper making up the rest.

Well that's what I get for not being a learned metallurgist....

-Doug

[low end fuzz]

touche' on the wire is wire argument; buyt i got the only size they offer (i shouldve mentioned) and its too small;

anywho, i'll check out that other site, thanx much

[Jon]

LMI offers two sizes of fretwire, the second is quite tall, actually. I've got some set aside for my friends project and it looks very gold like for not being gold.

[doug]

LMI stocks Jescar wire... Their general manager told me a while ago. You'll notice the description similarity too.

-Doug

[Metallion]

Are the LMI "FWG110 fretwire, gold ”Evo” alloy, 4 feet $10.85" Equal to

guitarpartsresource's "DUNLOP 6180 BRASS FRETWIRE .038" tall and .85" wide",

metal-wise?

Or are there Other Dunlop 6100 sized Gold fretwire available?

[djhollowman]

I have 18+ years of working for a jewellery company, and I handle various gold alloys every week. Believe me, you do not want frets made out of real gold! Gold coloured yes, real gold no. Just in case anyone is confusing things here!

DJ

[soapbarstrat]

Are the LMI... gold ”Evo” alloy... Equal to...

DUNLOP... BRASS FRETWIRE...

metal-wise?

Hardly. I think we've been over this more than once.

[HuntinDoug]

I just used some of the EVO "gold" from LMI last week for the first time: FW43080 .080" X .043 (2.03 X 1.09 mm). I prefer closer to a medium than a jumbo. Although this seemed a little too small for me. I love the color when it's polished up....We'll see how it wears I guess.

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