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StewMac Narrow Fretwire


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Highest quality 18% nickel-silver fretwire
Narrow fretwire sizes were used on pre-World War II acoustic guitars and are used on modern banjos, mandolins, ukuleles and dulcimers.

Fretwire is made in a variety of crown heights. Note that after the frets are installed and leveled, they can lose from .004" to .010" in height. High fretwire has a crown height of .045" or more. It may offer more note sustain due to its slightly greater mass, and more fret dressings are possible between refrettings. Low fretwire is often useful for partial refret jobs. Our fretwire tang is sized to fit a 0.023" (0.58mm) fret slot width.

Order 6 feet for a guitar or bass, and 4 feet for a mandolin, banjo or ukulele.


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StewMac Narrow Fretwire
 

StewMac Narrow Fretwire
Modern standard mandolin fretwire. Popular for ukulele. This size is sometimes used for approximating old-style small banjo fretwire.
 Item# Description In stock Price Quantity
 0764-LB  Narrow/low, 96 ft (1 lb)
Save by the pound!
Yes
$47.56
3 or more $40.42

 0764  Narrow/low, 2 ft Yes
$2.55


StewMac Narrow Fretwire
A bit larger than pre-war Martin guitar wire or pre-war banjo wire. This is the standard modern fretwire for banjos and dulcimers.
 Item# Description In stock Price Quantity
 0147-LB  Narrow/medium, 70 ft (1 lb)
Save by the pound!
Yes
$47.20
3 or more $40.12

 0147  Narrow/medium, 2 ft Yes
$3.54


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StewMac Narrow Fretwire
StewMac Narrow Fretwire
 
4.5 out of 5 stars
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4 3-11-2012
Good quality, again, a bit expensive

Good quality, again, a bit expensive

Yaron Naor  Bat Hefer, Israel Read my reviews (15)
5 3-07-2012
Narrow Fretwire

Great product. Made the best sounding tenor ukulele ever!

Sonny Tremoulet  Edmonds, WA
3 2-29-2012
Fretwire

Works easy, maybe too easy. If your carefull the wire does a very good job. If the wire was a little bit harder it would save waste from a piece bending from cutting the tang to set over binding.

guitarwoodrat  Cumberland Gap, Tn Read my reviews (9)
5 2-15-2012
fretwire

great product easy to fit and the tube save you having it all over your work shop

boiliebill  england Read my reviews (10)
5 1-18-2012
fret wire

I needed narrow fret wire for a new banjo build. Stew mac always has what I need in stock with fast shipping. Had ordered elsewhere but my order never arrived. Will stick with stew mac.

Allan D  Timmins Ontario Canada Read my reviews (7)
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5 12-17-2011
Quality Supplies!

For those vintage mandolins!

Wilmer Gingerich  Jamesport MO Read my reviews (77)
5 12-04-2011
narrow fretwire

Great stuff. Its a good match for a partial replacement on Weber mandolins and Deering banjos. I have a selection of sizes on hand.

dick wade  export,pa. Read my reviews (2)
5 12-02-2011
perfect

best fret for the money

Zack  Gulf Breeze FL
5 11-28-2011
Perfect match

A perfect match for the originals on a 1938 home-built archtop guitar.

Jerry U.  Sacramento, CA Read my reviews (3)
5 11-19-2011
Fret wire

Your product is of excellent qualityl
The protective packaging is also excellent quality.

Glenn L  Petaluma,CA U.S.A. Read my reviews (4)
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