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VICTOR1

 

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FLAMENCO GUITAR FRET WIRE 
what is the best flamenco guitar fret wire ,what size & were to get it from ?

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Anders Eliasson

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RE: FLAMENCO GUITAR FRET WIRE (in reply to VICTOR1) 
Thats a personal choice. There are no BEST frets.
I personally prefer #148 from Stewmac.com But sometimes I fret with wider and slghtly higher frets.

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krichards

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RE: FLAMENCO GUITAR FRET WIRE (in reply to VICTOR1) 
There's not much to choose between fret wires. The most important thing is the width. Some people prefer narrow, 2.0mm, and others prefer wider, 2.5mm

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Ruphus

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RE: FLAMENCO GUITAR FRET WIRE (in reply to VICTOR1) 
As been mentioned, the shape and size of fret wire is a matter of player´s taste.
I personally have no clue about measures, but know that I prefer rather high and broad crowns.

What the quality of the wire is concerned there seem to exist noticable differences.
Apparently best of the available ought to be the Evo fretwire. New on the market and obviously not too much known yet among luthiers, but distinctively preferred by those who experienced it already. Though it will outlast steel it comes in much softer than that and said to be a pleasure to work with.

Same with players, who do like how it feels.

Further, concerning looks the Evo has a slight goldish appearance to it which to my eyes matches the vast of typical wood colors so much better than a plain silver / "white" color of your common specimens.

Here some feedback:
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202850
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-technical/446926-jescar-evo-fret-wire-%3D-awesome.html

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jan. 10 2014 8:27:28
 
orsonw

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RE: FLAMENCO GUITAR FRET WIRE (in reply to VICTOR1) 
My inner guitar nerd has been woken up! (I have no desire to ever make a guitar but as a player I'm still interested.)

A luthier sharing a lot of factual information as well as his point of view on fret wire, including EVO
http://www.lutherie.net/fret.chart.html

EVO manufacturer website
http://jescar.com/index.html
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RE: FLAMENCO GUITAR FRET WIRE (in reply to VICTOR1) 
I purchased a 1963 Ramirez a couple of years ago that needed to be refretted. The guitar sounded great but the original frets, in addition to being very worn in the lower positions, were also quite low and narrow and I didn't like the feel at all. I removed all of the original frets, gave the fingerboard a very light planing to remove some playing divots and, after widening and deepening the slots by a small amount, refretted it with taller and wider StewMac 152 wire. The original nut was still in good shape but ended up being a bit too low for the taller crown height of the new frets. A piece of wood veneer lightly glued to the bottom of the nut and a bit of gentle sanding solved that little problem in short order. The guitar feels quite different than it did originally but, at least for me, it's just fine now.
Interestingly, the original frets were of the old style with no barbs, beads, bumps or whatever you want to call them on the tang to help hold them in place, just a smooth tang. When using these frets makers usually gave edge of each tang a few light taps with the corner of an old file or something similar, as was done with this guitar, to raise a few small burrs to grip the sides of the fret slots.
  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jan. 10 2014 13:59:02
 
Anders Eliasson

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RE: FLAMENCO GUITAR FRET WIRE (in reply to VICTOR1) 
The Stewmac 152 is my alternative fretwire to the 148.
Personally, if I like how a guitar feels and plays, I have no favorite. Both of the above wires have their advantage.
At the moment I prefer playing fretless (violin)

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  REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE |  Date Jan. 10 2014 15:48:30
 
Anders Eliasson

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RE: FLAMENCO GUITAR FRET WIRE (in reply to Anders Eliasson) 
The good thing about frets is that they can be changed, so if there´s a guitar you like, with what you consider the wrong fretwire, its not a problem but something that can be solved.

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Jeff Highland

 

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RE: FLAMENCO GUITAR FRET WIRE (in reply to VICTOR1) 
EVO is my standard choice now unless the customer has other needs.
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VICTOR1

 

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RE: FLAMENCO GUITAR FRET WIRE (in reply to VICTOR1) 
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INFO.
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