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Old 01.27.08, 8:05 AM
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Fret Size Preferences?

I'm just curious as to what everyone prefers fret size wise. I prefer frets the wider and taller the better, preferably a 6100. So how do you like your frets?
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Somewhat wide but not tall on electrics - .045" x .100"
Medium on acoustics
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im assuming you mean the space between fret wires. thats hard to answer, depends on your lead style i'd say. like i guess i like both wide and narrow interdependently. or perhaps like cubby said, i would be a medium guy. but if you like doing legato and pull offs and stuff, narrow is good so you dont have to reach far and stretch your hand over a long distance. but for me, wide is also good because i have stubby italian fingers haha. therefore playing high up on the neck is charging for me. so, yea i'll go with medium

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Whatever size X-Jumbo or Jumbo is. I like to be able to feel where I am on the fretboard, and it's really the only way I can tell.

And for New001, he means the size of the fret wire, not the distance between frets. Though said distance is important.
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If you ask EHX how old something is or how to date it, they could give you a better reference buy looking up what kind of grass they were smoking that week.

Then swab the inside of the pedal send it to the lab for testing in a week or two they'll be able to tell you.

If you find a tab of acid in there take it.
The further back you trip the older it is. If its a bad trip then you know its from the 80's.
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Mosrite size or really low and kinda wide.
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low and small.
i dislike jumbos.
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My ideals are in the extremes: Give me tiny vintage-Fender style frets or gigantic fretwire w/ scalloped boards.
I played a scalloped board for the first time a few weeks back. My god, it was incredible...

It was on an acoustic too, it just felt so right.
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If you ask EHX how old something is or how to date it, they could give you a better reference buy looking up what kind of grass they were smoking that week.

Then swab the inside of the pedal send it to the lab for testing in a week or two they'll be able to tell you.

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The further back you trip the older it is. If its a bad trip then you know its from the 80's.
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