1975 LP Deluxe refret recommendations

Caffeine_Vampire

Looking to get a little more real estate, any size recommendations?

sweepy

Feline, all day long 

MattNovak

Yup, frets the size of a cat will be large enough.

sweepy

Lol, serves me right for reading a post on my phone without glasses
Dunlop 6130 always works for me

SteveRobinson

6130 is on the low side I think, 6150 is very popular and gives a bit more height to get skin under.

sweepy

SteveRobinson said:

6130 is on the low side I think, 6150 is very popular and gives a bit more height to get skin under.

Suppose it’s a case of how heavy your fretting hand is, too high a fret and you have to radically re-evaluate your fretting technique as it’s easy to squeeze sharp. I’d just try as many different guitars as possible and see what feels comfy under your fingers

Caffeine_Vampire

I'm heavy handed and I like a bit of wiggle room for vibrato on the high e.

Ossyrocks

JESCAR 47104. After playing Mike Walkers 335 with this wire, I had my first refret with it a few years ago. I'll never have anything else for a refret on a Gibson now.

Caffeine_Vampire

Ossyrocks said:

JESCAR 47104. After playing Mike Walkers 335 with this wire, I had my first refret with it a few years ago. I'll never have anything else for a refret on a Gibson now.

Tell me more @Ossyrocks ;

SteveRobinson

Jescar 47104 is equivalent to Dunlop 6150/Stewmac #149 etc. 

FelineGuitars

SteveRobinson said:

Jescar 47104 is equivalent to Dunlop 6150/Stewmac #149 etc. 

Closer to Dunlop 6155, although 6150 is only a little less tall

Part of the conversation is surely about going fingerboard edge to edge with the fretting and being careful not to bevel the ends too deeply.

Caffeine_Vampire

FelineGuitars said:

SteveRobinson said:

Jescar 47104 is equivalent to Dunlop 6150/Stewmac #149 etc. 

Closer to Dunlop 6155, although 6150 is only a little less tall

Part of the conversation is surely about going fingerboard edge to edge with the fretting and being careful not to bevel the ends too deeply.

Yes it is. Fancy the job?

PhilKing

Another vote for Jonathan at Feline.  His fret work is really great and he will listen to what you want and get it perfect for you.  He even did a neck for me that uses 2 different sizes of fret wire, one from the nut to the 12th fret and a narrower fret below.  Another thing that's worth looking at is an Earvana nut.

Caffeine_Vampire

Yes, I will need a new nut.  Calling @FelineGuitars ;

lustycourtier

Slightly related, Is there any way of knowing what size frets have ben used for a refret? My 93 R7 has ben refretted and Id love to know whats on it

Ossyrocks

Caffeine_Vampire said:

Ossyrocks said:

JESCAR 47104. After playing Mike Walkers 335 with this wire, I had my first refret with it a few years ago. I'll never have anything else for a refret on a Gibson now.

Tell me more @Ossyrocks ;

As others have said, there are equivalent sizes available from other manufacturers, although they’re not exactly the same size or profile, they are close.

It must have been five or six years ago when I picked up Mike’s 335 off the sofa whilst visiting his house and it just felt so right. I asked Mike what the frets were, but in typical fashion, he couldn’t tell me, but he did tell me who fitted them, and it was another old friend and guitar wizard Ged Green. I rang Ged and asked him about them and he told me that it was Jescar 47104, but in stainless steel. Ged has previously refretted Mike’s 335 a number of times and the last time he recommended stainless just to cut down the amount and frequency of work which the guitar was being subjected too. Mike has only one electric and he probably plays it six hours a day, every day, since the 70’s. 

I think the first one I had Ged do was a ‘61 Sg Special and the second was a TM replica Les Paul. Neil Ivison has handled the TM subsequently and did comment to me about the fret work being great.

47104 seems to be the perfect height and width to feel big enough without being too big, and stainless, if you go that route, feels really really slinky, there’s no drag on the fret, no friction, so smooth.

Another reason for Jescar is that I feel Dunlop wire is not up the the same standard it used to be, it’s softer and wears quicker than it did 15 years ago, maybe they changed the formula, don’t know. But Jescar is very consistent and just seems better quality overall.

Rob

FelineGuitars

Caffeine_Vampire said:

FelineGuitars said:

SteveRobinson said:

Jescar 47104 is equivalent to Dunlop 6150/Stewmac #149 etc. 

Closer to Dunlop 6155, although 6150 is only a little less tall

Part of the conversation is surely about going fingerboard edge to edge with the fretting and being careful not to bevel the ends too deeply.

Yes it is. Fancy the job?

Absolutely . Nothing like rejuvenating a Les Paul to keep us busy