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Nickel silver fretwire (2.7 x 1.1mm, tang thickness not given) is pretty cheap at Small Wonder, £2.20per metre. Has anybody used it? Is it okay?
If not, what's a good source?
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The Jescar Nickel Silver does seem harder than many other brands and will stand up to a lot of playing
I choose to use the Nickel Silver for the most part but do EVO or Stainless upon request
Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
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most guitars in the world have NS frets. A lot of them use a softer variety than the Jescar one so you will already be ahead of the game. There is some really soft NS fretwire out there so I would avoid going for budget eBay sellers. Decent fretwire is low cost anyway.
not sure what small wonder sell, but the inlay supplies are good.
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I guess 'too soft' means something like 'tending to wear prematurely'. I noticed recently that the frets on my Vintage V100 Lemon Drop are looking a bit worn in places (probably where my favourite sustainy vibratos happen), which, after a bit less than three years, is more wear than I'd be happy with. My old Gibson Marauder took longer than that to look worn, and I played the arse off that in comparison.
Agreed that it's not expensive in the grand scheme of things (about a tenner for a guitar's worth of the Jescar). Not only is it a small part of the overall spend, it's tiny when the time is factored in.
Yeah, I liked the MOP dots from Small Wonder that I used in the lap steel build.
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