Report tang width compared to slot width in Solidbody Guitar and Bass Chat Posted December 24, 2022 Hello everyone, I'm hoping you can help me with this project guitar. It is an older japanese copy of a Hofner Bass. I'm needing to refret it. The fret slot is .028" wide. The closest thing I can find is a fret with a .023 tang width, but has a .045" wide stud width. This leaves .017" (or .0085" per side) of protruded tang. If I use these frets, will this much difference be too much? I'm concerned about back-bow. Thank you! Mendnit
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Hello everyone,
I'm hoping you can help me with this project guitar.
It is an older japanese copy of a Hofner Bass.
I'm needing to refret it. The fret slot is .028" wide.
The closest thing I can find is a fret with a .023 tang width, but has a .045" wide stud width.
This leaves .017" (or .0085" per side) of protruded tang.
If I use these frets, will this much difference be too much? I'm concerned about back-bow.
Thank you!
Mendnit