I recently received a Warmoth Strat with supposedly SS6150 frets fitted. From other pics I've seen on the net, the frets on my Strat seem almost too skinny to be 6150's, and they're certainly smaller than the Medium Jumbo frets on my Fender Am Std Strat. What do you think?
SS6150 frets.
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I second this. I had a set of 6105's put on my first neck, and I couldn't believe that they were as billed when I got them. I measured them with the calipers, and they were what they were supposed to be.Mayfly said:
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Of coursethe best way to be sure is to measure but if you're unsure how to do that take it to a luthier or repair shop for measurements. Looking at the shape of the crown as well as relative to the thickness of fretboard and comparing with mine they look about right but thats a rough estimate.
I think the impotant thing here is how do they feel with your style of playing?
I think the impotant thing here is how do they feel with your style of playing?
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6150s are basically the same size as what comes on the Fender American Standard and American Deluxe Strats.
Personally, I think they are the ideal size; not too big and not too small. Just right.
If they made a mistake and fitted your neck with 6105s, they will be narrower, and the tiniest bit taller. I had an Ibanez re-fretted with 6105s back in 1997. Several years later, I had them removed and had it RE-re-fretted with 6150s. The 6105s weren't even worn; I just didn't like 'em.
My Warmoth Soloist also has SS 6150s.
Personally, I think they are the ideal size; not too big and not too small. Just right.
If they made a mistake and fitted your neck with 6105s, they will be narrower, and the tiniest bit taller. I had an Ibanez re-fretted with 6105s back in 1997. Several years later, I had them removed and had it RE-re-fretted with 6150s. The 6105s weren't even worn; I just didn't like 'em.
My Warmoth Soloist also has SS 6150s.
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I've had two necks done with 6150 frets and they definitely are not the same size as what's on American Standards and Deluxes. Theirs are very slightly fatter all-round. Same deal with the 'standard thin' neck profile, which is said to be like Fender's regular C, but clearly isn't to anyone who has actually held both one after the other.
That's not to say they are bad or that there is something wrong with 'em—I wouldn't have ordered a second one if there was!—but to say they are just like Fender's is certainly inaccurate and misleading. 6150 is actually the size that Epiphone use.
That's not to say they are bad or that there is something wrong with 'em—I wouldn't have ordered a second one if there was!—but to say they are just like Fender's is certainly inaccurate and misleading. 6150 is actually the size that Epiphone use.
I've just had them measured, and surprisingly the Warmoth specs and my frets seem spot on so they must be 6150's after all. Definitely smaller than the Fender medium jumbos which Warmoth claim the 6150s to be the same as though a touch taller maybe, and my standard slim Warmoth neck profile is slightly fatter than both my '08 Am Std and '90 Strat Plus. Thanks for everyones help btw!
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Ace Flibble said:
It's hardly "inaccurate and misleading" when I have both and can make the comparison. My 6150s on my Ibanez and my Warmoth are almost identical to the frets on my American Standard Strat.
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I've no doubt that that's true. However, to be fair, Fender only has about eleventy-bajillion models of Stratocaster, each of which has inexplicable variations based on whim, stock on hand, phase of the moon, country of origin, marketing campaign, stockholder majority, etc.. Saying you have a Fender [adjective] Strat only loosely describes a body/headstock shape. Past that, it's tough to predict what hardware/electricals may have been used to build it.
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