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Permalink Reply by Roger Franklin Weston on November 5, 2012 at 12:42pm

Hi, I am contemplating using curved fretwire on a flat fretboard too. Any chance of revealing your idea. I'm tool long in the tooth for any jiggery pokery.

Rog

Permalink Reply by Roosterman on October 14, 2011 at 6:46am

.... or buy a fretwire bender (they work in reverse too ie they straighten as well as bend) and take the guess work out of it!

Permalink Reply by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on October 14, 2011 at 7:55am

Hi Ben.

I didn't know that they worked in reverse. Very useful info. Thanks for mentioning that.

All the best.

John

Permalink Reply by Tony Davies on October 17, 2011 at 11:53pm

The coiled wire once cut you can straighten

Permalink Reply by dip ben-ari candelero on October 27, 2011 at 3:01pm

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Permalink Reply by Charlotte Henry on December 1, 2011 at 2:56am

I worked with a luthier back in the '90s and the input I got from Al Smith, the luthier I worked for was that having bent fret wire actually helped the ends stay down.  Even if Al was fretting a radiused fret board he would use a tighter radius on bending the fret wire than the radius on the fret board, i.e. 12-14 inch radius on fret wire to a fret board with a 16 inch radius.

Permalink Reply by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 1, 2011 at 3:30am

Hi.

Thanks all for the info. In fact in the end I ordered straight fret wire from Ben, which is that same as I had already used previously. Funnily enough, comparing the cost of wire I could buy here and what Ben was sending from the USA there was almost no difference in price (taking the size of the wire and amount purchased into consideration). What swayed it was that I had already used this wire and it also means that I can use up the last bits that I already had. As they say, "better the devil fret wire you know".

Th idea of intentional over-bending is an interesting one though. Something to think about.

Thanks.

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