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Fret wire

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MD Arnquist

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Sorry it took me so long to return here ....we were talking about fret wire and suppliers ,some from Poly-met and European wires ...Dan,you were talking about Japanese wire that you and Frank ford liked that is as hard as USA or Euro wire.

I have not seen this stuff.

At the last NAMM show there was a booth (Hanchang) that had inlays ,18%N-S fret wire tuners ,fretboards etc.
Their fretwire was like solder .They had packets of wire prenotched for hanging over the top of binding!But SOFT!!!
 
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Scott Stulken

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Frank Ford sometimes uses a size of Japanese wire that is similar to Dunlop 6230 (.078"x.043") which must be hard enough, as I'm sure he wouldn't use soft wire. I really should e-mail him and ask where he gets it from.

I think the 12% and 18% doesn't actually indicate hardness. Dunlop sells 12% and 18% in both hard and soft conditions.
 
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