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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on October 3, 2009 at 12:03pm

I have been buying medium and it seems to work fine for me.

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Permalink Reply by surffrogg on October 3, 2009 at 12:06pm

i use medium also cause thats what i got but i think its a matter of personal preference

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on October 3, 2009 at 12:23pm

Hey talk to C.B.Gitty on this site. He's got what you need. Not knocking StewMac but he sells them in good lengths and knows what sizes you need.

http://www.cbgitty.com/index.php

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Permalink Reply by StarGeezers on October 4, 2009 at 3:09am

Having built a number of regular guitars (yes, those) we seem to prefer the larger Jumbo wire ... easier to work with and doesn't distort as easily during application ... slightly more expensive , but gives you extra material if you have to do any heavy fret leveling... Just our opinion , use what You like best ...

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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on October 4, 2009 at 3:14am

I like the narrow/low. Less "sharping" of the strings when you are playing, especially close to the nut. So now you have both extremes of preferences!

If you buy from cbgitty, you can get just enough for a build or two and settle in on your favorite.

I think I"ll be getting some jumbo to use as a zero fret/nut.

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Permalink Reply by Jim138 on October 5, 2009 at 11:22am

I dont want to sound like a guitar teacher or anything but, you might be fretting your notes two hard if you are "sharping" them. The string should fret against the fret and not the fretboard. Most standard electrics that are built for faster playing such as Jacksons/Ibanez/ESP use jumbo frets because you are less likely to get hung up on the board. Also makes bending much smoother.

Diane said:

I like the narrow/low. Less "sharping" of the strings when you are playing, especially close to the nut. So now you have both extremes of preferences!

If you buy from cbgitty, you can get just enough for a build or two and settle in on your favorite.

I think I"ll be getting some jumbo to use as a zero fret/nut.

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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on October 5, 2009 at 11:49am

That is very true - this I know! And as a novice player, it is still a problem for me. So folks like me, listen to Jim!

But please, what means, "get hung up on the board?"

However, I also like the small wire because most of my instruments are 15-17".

Jim138 said:

I dont want to sound like a guitar teacher or anything but, you might be fretting your notes two hard if you are "sharping" them. The string should fret against the fret and not the fretboard. Most standard electrics that are built for faster playing such as Jacksons/Ibanez/ESP use jumbo frets because you are less likely to get hung up on the board. Also makes bending much smoother.

Diane said:

I like the narrow/low. Less "sharping" of the strings when you are playing, especially close to the nut. So now you have both extremes of preferences!

If you buy from cbgitty, you can get just enough for a build or two and settle in on your favorite.

I think I"ll be getting some jumbo to use as a zero fret/nut.

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Permalink Reply by Diydc on October 5, 2009 at 12:55pm

I think getting hung up on the board means you are spending too long on the forum here....

Diane said:

That is very true - this I know! And as a novice player, it is still a problem for me. So folks like me, listen to Jim!

But please, what means, "get hung up on the board?"

However, I also like the small wire because most of my instruments are 15-17".

Jim138 said:

I dont want to sound like a guitar teacher or anything but, you might be fretting your notes two hard if you are "sharping" them. The string should fret against the fret and not the fretboard. Most standard electrics that are built for faster playing such as Jacksons/Ibanez/ESP use jumbo frets because you are less likely to get hung up on the board. Also makes bending much smoother.

Diane said:

I like the narrow/low. Less "sharping" of the strings when you are playing, especially close to the nut. So now you have both extremes of preferences!

If you buy from cbgitty, you can get just enough for a build or two and settle in on your favorite.

I think I"ll be getting some jumbo to use as a zero fret/nut.

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Permalink Reply by Diydc on October 5, 2009 at 12:58pm

For my last 5 builds I have used a narrow wire (for mandolin and banjo), and as the results are really very satisfactory, I may just stick with it for a while.
2M costs about 12€ here, but I am not so sure it is really such a good price at all.

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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on October 5, 2009 at 1:02pm

Har! I'm signing off!

Diydc said:

I think getting hung up on the board means you are spending too long on the forum here....

Diane said:

That is very true - this I know! And as a novice player, it is still a problem for me. So folks like me, listen to Jim!

But please, what means, "get hung up on the board?"

However, I also like the small wire because most of my instruments are 15-17".

Jim138 said:

I dont want to sound like a guitar teacher or anything but, you might be fretting your notes two hard if you are "sharping" them. The string should fret against the fret and not the fretboard. Most standard electrics that are built for faster playing such as Jacksons/Ibanez/ESP use jumbo frets because you are less likely to get hung up on the board. Also makes bending much smoother.

Diane said:

I like the narrow/low. Less "sharping" of the strings when you are playing, especially close to the nut. So now you have both extremes of preferences!

If you buy from cbgitty, you can get just enough for a build or two and settle in on your favorite.

I think I"ll be getting some jumbo to use as a zero fret/nut.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on October 5, 2009 at 5:34pm

Wanna save yourself an assload in shipping? Drop about 50 bucks and buy a big coil of the stuff from LMI. You come out way ahead in the long run.

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Permalink Reply by Jim138 on October 6, 2009 at 10:32am

Well I didnt mean hung up on the message board haha. I dont really know how to descibe it. When you are playing fast runs with a lot of bending a guitar with jumbo frets will alow you to play without touching string against the fretboard as easily. When you are bending a note you generally try bend up to a certain pitch wether it is a half step or whole or whatever. If you are touching against the fretboard on some bends and not others it makes it harder to bend using muscle memory. See what I mean I cant really descibe it. Besides its a CBG who needs it to sound "proper"? haha

Diane said:

That is very true - this I know! And as a novice player, it is still a problem for me. So folks like me, listen to Jim!

But please, what means, "get hung up on the board?"

However, I also like the small wire because most of my instruments are 15-17".

Jim138 said:

I dont want to sound like a guitar teacher or anything but, you might be fretting your notes two hard if you are "sharping" them. The string should fret against the fret and not the fretboard. Most standard electrics that are built for faster playing such as Jacksons/Ibanez/ESP use jumbo frets because you are less likely to get hung up on the board. Also makes bending much smoother.

Diane said:

I like the narrow/low. Less "sharping" of the strings when you are playing, especially close to the nut. So now you have both extremes of preferences!

If you buy from cbgitty, you can get just enough for a build or two and settle in on your favorite.

I think I"ll be getting some jumbo to use as a zero fret/nut.

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