kavoo
Inspired
OK, here's the thing...
I'm going to refret my strat pretty soon (in the matter of days, maybe week or two). One thing I know for certain - I'm going for stainless steel frets. But I have a major dillema with choosing optimal fret size. Unfortunately I don't have much experience with different guitars and frets...
What I know:
1. I don't want the fat, big frets like XtraJumbo. I've had them in LTD MH-1000 and didn't especially liked them. I'm just feeling much more comfortable with firm contact between my fingertips and fretboard.
2. I definitely want to have frets favouring legato technique (I've just heard that the lower fret crown height is not good for legato/tapping).
3. I use lots of bends and vibrato (using fingers much more than tremolo arm).
4. I'm preferring very low/low string action.
Now... from what I've read and watched, it looks that for my preferences the wider frets the better. So it looks like the choice is narrowed to the following sizes:
1. Dunlop 6110 (or equivalent) - 2,920mm x 1,270mm
2. Dunlop 6130 (or equivalent) - 2,692mm x 0,914mm
3. Dunlop 6150 (or equivalent) - 2,591mm x 1,067mm
Which one to choose? What size will be the best option for my playing preferences keeping in mind that we are talking about stainless steel frets - it's the choice for decades (if I'll live that long ) and I don't want to make a wrong choice
I'm going to refret my strat pretty soon (in the matter of days, maybe week or two). One thing I know for certain - I'm going for stainless steel frets. But I have a major dillema with choosing optimal fret size. Unfortunately I don't have much experience with different guitars and frets...
What I know:
1. I don't want the fat, big frets like XtraJumbo. I've had them in LTD MH-1000 and didn't especially liked them. I'm just feeling much more comfortable with firm contact between my fingertips and fretboard.
2. I definitely want to have frets favouring legato technique (I've just heard that the lower fret crown height is not good for legato/tapping).
3. I use lots of bends and vibrato (using fingers much more than tremolo arm).
4. I'm preferring very low/low string action.
Now... from what I've read and watched, it looks that for my preferences the wider frets the better. So it looks like the choice is narrowed to the following sizes:
1. Dunlop 6110 (or equivalent) - 2,920mm x 1,270mm
2. Dunlop 6130 (or equivalent) - 2,692mm x 0,914mm
3. Dunlop 6150 (or equivalent) - 2,591mm x 1,067mm
Which one to choose? What size will be the best option for my playing preferences keeping in mind that we are talking about stainless steel frets - it's the choice for decades (if I'll live that long ) and I don't want to make a wrong choice