Which wire for re-fret

• Apr 25, 2010

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07R7

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One of my Historics will get a Makeover in the next months ...
The one thing that´s bugging me is the fretwire.

Anyone here who changed the frets? Which wire did you chose and why?

I´m just trying to collect some opinions on that topic.

 

• Apr 25, 2010

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marshall1987

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I just got a vintage 58 SC Les Paul Junior back from a fret job and Plek. Thanks Phil. I specified frets at 0.050" X 0.100". I don't know what these are called in the Dunlop catalog, but they are pretty dang close to Gibson reissue frets wire. Realize that the Pleck machine will shave them down a little from these dimensions. So you end up with something a little less tall which if fine.

My LP Junior plays like butter and sounds amazing now.

 

• Apr 25, 2010

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07R7

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Sounds good, thx.

A friend of mine also has a 58 SC which had a refret some years ago. But those frets are way to jumbo-esque. I think I´d prefer also some smaller frets.

 

• Apr 25, 2010

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MIKE20

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my HistoricMakeover was done with the dunlop 6105,as I recall...very happy with it.

 

• Apr 25, 2010

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kthesheep

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I'm liking 6125 (.095”x.047”) these days.
It's right there in between 6105 and 6150.

 

• Apr 25, 2010

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jbzoso2002

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What fret wire size is exactly what Gibson uses on
the current Historic Les Pauls ?

Jimmy:2cool

 

• Apr 25, 2010

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07R7

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I measured .105x.056 for the historic frets.
Can somebody confirm this?

 

• Apr 25, 2010

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J.D.

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On the current Historic Les Pauls, I measured Gibson fretwire at approximately .100" wide and between .045" - .049" high (after Plek).

Dunlop 6150 is pretty close, .102" wide and .042" tall, so basically the same width but not quite as tall as the stock Gibson wire.

StewMac "Wide/High" wire is .100" x .050" which is what I believe is closest to what Gibson is using.

 

• Apr 26, 2010

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J.D. said:

StewMac "Wide/High" wire is .100" x .050" which is what I believe is closest to what Gibson is using.

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Yep, AKA StewMac #0154, which after pleking is close to the wire on my '09 R9.

My '00 R9 came with Dunlop 6105 (or similar), which is .090" x .055." They proved too tall for me, so I had them milled to about .045," but I do like the relatively narrow width. StewMac #0152 Medium/Higher is close to that at .092" x .048" (If it helps, according to the website it's "Dan Erlewine's favorite fretwire!" :2cool ).