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Post subject: Re: Fretwire for Strat Plus
Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 11:53 pm
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retnev, I maybe wasnt't clear on that previous 'oversize fret - custom job' comment.
I meant you just get a fret wire that's oversize in width and height, then file it down to proper width before cutting, bending and attaching frets to the guitar. There's less than four feet wire to work with, so a luthier will curse a lot & bill you about double - but get the job done.
Oh, as a general comment: the tang size must also be checked.


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Post subject: Re: Fretwire for Strat Plus
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:38 am
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Drew365 wrote:
1. you can't rely on manufacturers specs to tell you what you bought. I figure the IT guys aren't gear heads.

Where does IT enter the picture? IT's job is to make sure everybody has the infrastructure to do their jobs (phones, computers, networking, storage). Specs are generally published by marketing departments, based on information from engineering, filtered for human consumption[*] and to avoid legal liability.

Of course, that's the map. What happens in production cells is, unfortunately, not always consistent with the map and specs. Bad parts might have arrived from somewhere else, or there are delays in the supply chain, and substitutes used to not halt production lines. There's human error, which QA is supposed to catch. There are variations that pass tests because standard work requirements assume workers understand something, or no-one thought a test was needed for it[**]. Things happen.

[*]: Let an engineer publish the specs, and you may find things like the diameter tolerances, resistance and maximum bending angle for every bit of wire, and number of teeth and attack angle of the screws for the tuning machines.

[**]: A real world example from somewhere I worked: An on/off switch was mounted upside down on several thousand units. Because it still worked, it passed both floor tests and QA unnoticed. Until a bright head in QA pointed out that O usually means powered off, not on.


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Post subject: Re: Fretwire for Strat Plus
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:23 am
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Drew365 wrote:
2. digital calipers are very sensitive, so you have to include a little room for + or - in your measurements. Finish on a maple fb will affect the measurement.


Correct, but remember that I refret my own guitars so I primarily measure a fret I already removed. Except in my case for the Jeff Beck signature I mentioned, which was measured while still in. Result was the same however.


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