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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:01 pm
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:D what are the pros and cons for the biggest frets on a strat ???? will the biggest be dunlop 6100 ??? thanks for the help and info .gj


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I'm not sure what style you're going after, but jumbo frets are a common thing for people who like SRV's music. I've had jumbo frets installed on 3 different guitars, and for me personally, I find that bending is much, much easier.

The only downside as I see it is the cost of the refretting, and the fact that having higher frets makes it easy to bend notes out of tune simply by gripping harder. You can account for this by simply using a lighter touch for chords.

I've never that specific model # fret, but I recently got Stainless Steel frets from Warmoth on a guitar that I had built for me, and I had to use the second biggest fret because the tallest made it nearly impossible to stay in tune while playing chords :-)

Hope that's useful...

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Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:54 pm
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AnthonyStauffer wrote:
I'm not sure what style you're going after, but jumbo frets are a common thing for people who like SRV's music. I've had jumbo frets installed on 3 different guitars, and for me personally, I find that bending is much, much easier.

The only downside as I see it is the cost of the refretting, and the fact that having higher frets makes it easy to bend notes out of tune simply by gripping harder. You can account for this by simply using a lighter touch for chords.

I've never that specific model # fret, but I recently got Stainless Steel frets from Warmoth on a guitar that I had built for me, and I had to use the second biggest fret because the tallest made it nearly impossible to stay in tune while playing chords :-)thank you for the info . i have seen you on you tube .you are a super player .i love that srv music always have .

Hope that's useful...


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