ultraman Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 how many feet of fretwire would i need for a whole 22 fret neck? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 6 feet and you would have a little left over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Takes 4 feet of wire for me to do a 22 fret neck, typical neck width. I don't use a lot of over-hang. But it's such a shame to cut up those nice 2 foot long pieces of fret-wire. Why can't we just leave them as they are, and make 2 foot wide, 60 string guitar necks with them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultraman Posted January 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 But it's such a shame to cut up those nice 2 foot long pieces of fret-wire. Why can't we just leave them as they are, and make 2 foot wide, 60 string guitar necks with them ? not all of us have alien long fingers like vai and johnson plus wouldn't that only be a 2 fret guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 if you have 60 strings,you only need 2 frets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 westhemann Posted on Jan 4 2004, 12:56 PM if you have 60 strings,you only need 2 frets he's got you there!!! sweep picking eh?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 60 frets? You wouln't need any frets... you'd have a harp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Forgot to say that I've been fretting for a long time, so if you are starting out, you might need extra wire. maybe 6 feet for a neck to be safe. You wouldn't want to order only 4 feet, pay the shipping, mess up some wire, need just 2.5 inches more wire, then have to make a whole other order to get it. Just bought a big handful of StewMac #155. This is THE wire, I've been wanting for my own neck for quite a while now. I consider it to be the perfect size. I like the actual size of the pieces I have better than Stewmacs listed specs, which are .050" high .080" wide Mine is .048" high .082"--.088" wide And if you're fretting a bass, consider how stupid it is to put high wire on a bass neck. The damn big-ass strings already keep your fingers off the board wood. I didn't come up with the idea to use small frets on bass. Ive read about it here and there, and it makes perfect sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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