fdesalvo said:
The new neck is in, but the frets don't appear to be 6150s - unless they were leveled and crowned. Can anyone ID these? Looks like 6230s to me, but I could be out of my mind. The ends are certainly lovely, but the height is pretty low.
This is a job for... <trumpet blast>...
Mr. Caliper!
Available nearly anywhere for less than $20
See that little dingus poking out the bottom? That's for measuring depth or height. It follows the opening of the caliper jaws.
Close the caliper, zero it, set the base on a fret, then slowly open it until that proboscis bottoms out on the fretboard. The display will say how far it's gone, which will be the height of the fret. Measure in several places and average what you find. Then, use the outside jaws to measure the width of the fret. Now that you know the height x width, you can identify style number. Keep in mind that there will be a little bit of variation. For instance, 6150s should measure .103" x .046", but will more likely measure .102" x .044" on average, or something like that.
A list of the likely suspects for fret sizes is
here (Warmoth), or if you don't find anything close there, you can probably find it
here.
If you don't own a caliper, you should order one RFN. You can measure string gauge, hole inside diameters, hole depth, distance between strings, diameter of tuner barrels, on and on. Gotta have one.
