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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on November 20, 2014 at 12:11pm

medium / regular.  You can use it for everything.  Some people have a preference but it all works just go for it once you got the right saw and jig its pretty painless

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Permalink Reply by Fake8pe on November 20, 2014 at 4:06pm

Thanks for the input.

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Permalink Reply by Mr.C on November 20, 2014 at 9:34pm

I like gittys wire over stew Mac the tang on stew Mac is way to small I like a med med on 3 and 4 string and a medium jumbo low profile on s 6

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on November 21, 2014 at 2:47am

Jumbo is more for blues style string bending on a 6 string guitar. I also use medium on CBGs. I like Stew Mac's fret wire. I haven't tried CB Gitty's.

You can practice on a scrap board first until you get the hang of it. That way, if you screw up, you won't be messing up your uke.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on November 22, 2014 at 5:25am

I use medium on all my builds,CBG's and ukes.The only exception was a lute with nylon line tied around the neck to make each fret.

I have a very old mandolin that has brass strip in each fret slot just like your wiper idea,been meaning to do this on a CBG for some time.

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