Bob Hoover Ross
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So I'm ordering a new Warmoth neck for a new guitar, and I'm agonizing over what fret size to choose.
All my other Warmoth experiences (two instruments) were basses...and one of those was fretless. And the other one, to be honest, I'm not sure I'm thrilled with the frets I chose.
But I'm going to pretend my experiences with basses are immaterial to my current concerns. Thing is, I have no idea what size fret wire is on any of my guitars, and I don't have any calipers or tools to measure them. The guitars I own with my favorite necks are by PRS and Ibanez, for whatever that's worth...so I guess if I could get similar frets to those I'd be happy.
I'm probably overthinking this.
In case it matters I'm building a Strat/Tele hybrid, Padouk body & Padouk neck w/ ebony fingerboard. I probably divide my time equally between chordal work and single-note lines, though I'm definitely not a "shredder" and I probably am less concerned with bending than traditional blues/rock guitarists, in case that matters.
tl;dr - what size frets do you like for guitar?
All my other Warmoth experiences (two instruments) were basses...and one of those was fretless. And the other one, to be honest, I'm not sure I'm thrilled with the frets I chose.
But I'm going to pretend my experiences with basses are immaterial to my current concerns. Thing is, I have no idea what size fret wire is on any of my guitars, and I don't have any calipers or tools to measure them. The guitars I own with my favorite necks are by PRS and Ibanez, for whatever that's worth...so I guess if I could get similar frets to those I'd be happy.
I'm probably overthinking this.
In case it matters I'm building a Strat/Tele hybrid, Padouk body & Padouk neck w/ ebony fingerboard. I probably divide my time equally between chordal work and single-note lines, though I'm definitely not a "shredder" and I probably am less concerned with bending than traditional blues/rock guitarists, in case that matters.
tl;dr - what size frets do you like for guitar?