Question about frets

[Marksman]

There seems to be a variation of fret size, like meidum, or jumbo... And I'm curious...

May I know how it affects your playing of the guitar? Many thanks. 8)

 

[beckham87]

yeah anyone care to enlighten? my fingers are kind of long but strangely i prefer small frets, i find it hard to play fast solos the bigger the frets are.

 

[gsonique]

Fret size: refers to the actual size of the frets... they are measured in terms of width and height... height is from the fretboard to the top of the "crown" or the peak of the fret... width is measured from the top edge to the bottom edge as in the fret being measured from the part closest to the nut to the part closest to the bridge... some people prefer smaller frets so that their fingers can feel the fretboard while others prefer larger frets where the fingers only slightly touch the fretboard...

Radius: refers to the curvature of the neck from high E to low E... simply stated if you were to take a ruler and put a point at one edge and put a pencil at the other end and draw a circle... then cut out the width of the fretboard along the circumference of the circle you would get the radius... if you use a 7.25" inch ruler to do this you would get a 7.25" radius which is rounder than using a 12" ruler with a 12" radius which is flatter...

Scale length: refers to the length from the nut to the bridge... when scale length is different you'll notice a slightly different spacing between fret positions... the other byproduct of different scale length is that the same gauge strings will feel more taut on a longer scale length guitar over a shorter scale length guitar...

 

[Marksman]

I see..... thanks lots man.

 

[subversion]

i currently own guitars with vintage/ meduim/ jumbo frets. over the years i've grown accustomed to them & feel that if you change guitars during a practice session, you can feel the difference & this induces you to think that one guitar is better for you than the other.

 

[gsonique]

i currently own guitars with vintage/ meduim/ jumbo frets. over the years i've grown accustomed to them & feel that if you change guitars during a practice session, you can feel the difference & this induces you to think that one guitar is better for you than the other.

when u get to play a guitar you like ...please remeber to check the neck constuction (neck type>cut and wood, fret #, type , machine head config) ...not always the pick-up and finishing.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

i noticed that with tiny fretwire, when doing bending up and more, it often died prematuredly instead of going higher. Noticed that when playing with 2 similar style guitar but with different type fretwire

 

[ShredCow]

PatheinRaindropMoe, that sounds more like... an issue with radius of fretboard and poorly setup action, or worn frets.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

really? I always thot its the tiny fret. Hehe, in the end, i got my revenge on the guitar with tiny frets... :lol:

 

[ShredCow]

Well, if a guitar is setup well, has good frets, there should not be an issue with dying strings.

Things like...
1) adjusting bridge to the radius of the fretboard
2) adjusting nut to the radius of the fretboard
3) adjusting action, neck bow/relief
4) having well crowned frets

That would ensure you wouldn't have fret outs.... moreover, your tele, has quite a round radius no?

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

hehe, not sure liao also. But seem like other guitars that i have dont have the fret out issue.

Or maybe its just that tele thats fated to be defretted :lol:

 

[ciel]

+1 to defretted tele. hurhur can try hurhur thn i buy u tau huay

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

if wanna try, then must throw in the mee pok also :lol:

or maybe not, since you are such nice guy, i let you play for free and buy you tau huay instead

 

[AgingYouth]

+1 to defretted tele. hurhur can try hurhur thn i buy u tau huay

Bro ciel bro, you din try it out at TAGS, bro? INFIDEL!!!

 

[empty71]

The de-fretted Tele floats my boat :lol:

 

[letterhead]

does anyone know what those caved in frets are for? the ones which are arched inwards... looks very weird to me

 

[ciel]

those are scalloped fretboards.

bro i din even realised that the tele was there! ah sengs gold top tele was stealing all the mojo!

 

[ShredCow]

scalloped frets have their advantages and disadvantages but they do NOT make you play faster or better.

 

[gsonique]

scalloped frets have their advantages and disadvantages but they do NOT make you play faster or better.

Yes they do :roll: thats why its such

 

[ShredCow]

8O

So deeper scallops = more speed? Will I burn the fretboard?