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StewMac Wide Fretwire


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Highest quality 18% nickel-silver fretwire
.100" or wider fretwire (original .098" Gibson "jumbo" fretwire from the late '50s is medium by modern standards), favored for string bending and used on many modern electric guitars and basses.

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 or banjo.


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StewMac Wide Fretwire
 

StewMac Wide Fretwire
For electric guitar. As wide, but much lower in height than modern jumbo rock frets. Good for partial fret jobs, to match large worn frets.
 Item# Description In stock Price Quantity
 0146-LB  Wide/low, 56 ft (1 lb)
Save by the pound! 		Yes
 $44.90
3 or more $38.17
 0146  Wide/low, 2 ft Yes
 $3.99

StewMac Wide Fretwire
For electric guitar or bass. Slightly taller than old Gibson jumbo wire; for leveling new frets with plenty of metal remaining for a traditional jumbo feel.
 Item# Description In stock Price Quantity
 0149-LB  Wide/medium, 50 ft (1 lb)
Save by the pound! 		Yes
 $44.90
3 or more $38.15
 0149  Wide/medium, 2 ft Yes
 $4.72

StewMac Wide Fretwire
For electric guitar or bass. A little extra height for leveling and recrowning, if needed after installation or refretting.
 Item# Description In stock Price Quantity
 0154-LB  Wide/high, 46 ft (1 lb)
Save by the pound! 		Yes
 $45.08
3 or more $38.33
 0154  Wide/high, 2 ft Yes
 $5.14

StewMac Wide Fretwire
Unique pyramid profile for electric guitar or bass. A little extra height, and a unique profile with sloped sides.
 Item# Description In stock Price Quantity
 0158-LB  Wide/Pyramid, 44 ft (1 lb)
Save by the pound! 		Yes
 $45.80
3 or more $37.48
 0158  Wide/Pyramid, 2 ft Yes
 $5.47

StewMac Wide Fretwire
For electric guitar or bass. Modern "jumbo" fretwire used on ESP, Jackson, Ibanez, Kramer and similar guitars.
 Item# Description In stock Price Quantity
 0150-LB  Wide/highest, 44 ft (1 lb)
Save by the pound! 		Yes
 $44.80
3 or more $38.08
 0150  Wide/highest, 2 ft Yes
 $5.35

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StewMac Wide Fretwire
StewMac Wide Fretwire
 
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5 11-28-2011
Good fretwire

I don't have complaints with wide-highest, good stuff. I test the wide-pyramid and start to like it more. But both options are great

Omar Delgado  Mexico City Read my reviews (4)
5 11-22-2011
Nice quality fretwire

Good quality metal. It holds its shape well when bent and hammered. Also works well with a press and caul.

Thin Man Music  Alameda, California
5 11-18-2011
excellent

excellent

p gaudreau  canada Read my reviews (44)
5 11-18-2011
Wide fretwire

Replaced the frets on 3 guitars last week. Customers love the fretwire. Stewmac has the quickest shipping!

Eugene Moles  Nashville, TN Read my reviews (4)
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5 11-14-2011
Refrett

I got exactly what I expected and the end result was spectaculer. Thanks Guys! My second refrett job and first Strat.

Jim Miller/ Guitar Rehab  Fort Atkinson WI.
4 11-03-2011
String bending goods

No probs with this.

Hallgrim335  Iceland
5 10-22-2011
excellent

i've done tons of refrets for the past 22+ years. i have always used a brand that sounds like "Tim runhop" 6100, but over the past 5-6 years i thought my fretting/refretting skills were going to the dogs. i would install the frets like i always had and had to do quite a bit more levelling and recrowning after the frets were installed??? after closer inspection i noticed that the "tim runhop"fretwire was SOOOOO inconsistent EVEN in width. i switched to the stew mac wire and can now do a refret almost w/o having to level the frets. great value!! time is money.

tituba  phx,az
5 10-22-2011
Jumbo Wide

This is some great fretwire ! ! StewMac as always has super fast shipping, although $8 to ship a few strips of fretwire is a bit much but they have to pay their employees to box it up and mail it out. Tried this wire on a 59 LP replica I built and love it, ordered some more and put it on my other LP. Definately makes a difference in playability.

Tracy G  Indianapolis,IN Read my reviews (3)
5 10-01-2011
Right Frets!

Easy work , top material! Excellent prodact!!!!

Vadym  Belaya Tserkov, Ukraine Read my reviews (10)
5 9-22-2011
Very good!

Good variety of sizes, great material to work with good durability and my clients love it,unlikely to appear better than this.

Rogério Rocha Matos  Brazil,São Paulo Read my reviews (14)
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