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Your cart is empty.This is six feet of beautiful, durable 18% nickel-silver fret wire, in handy 12-inch lengths, with a slight radius. This fret wire is a great alternative to Stewart-MacDonald's #148 "Medium/Medium" fret wire, and can be used to repair/replace frets on an existing electric or acoustic guitar, dulcimer, larger banjo, cigar box guitar other standard sized stringed instrument. It is also great for new instrument building. The dimensions are as follows: Size Specs: Crown Width: .084-inch (2.13mm) Crown Height: .039-inch (0.99mm) Tang Depth: .055-inch (1.40mm). Recommended Tang Width: .023-inch
Jack Anthony
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2025
How to go wrong with stainless steel frets
David Danison
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2025
Fairly simple to install being my first time doing it. Good height, but just a little bit narrow on top compared to the original frets.
Dale
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2024
Purchased a three string guitar kit for a friend that did not include frets. Purchased the frets and a fret saw and he said they were a breeze to install. They look good and work very well on the neck of his guitar.
LuzarDad
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2024
This is my 3rd purchase of the Med/Med nickel-silver fret wire.I was asked to do a fret job on a 1980's era Martin acoustic.I figured I'd go with the recommended fret wire from StewMac.More expensive, but hell, it's an old Martin, let's go first class.Turns out the last fret job was done a little too aggressively and the fret slots were a bit too wide now.I could have made it work with enough super glue,but that defeats the purpose of using the more expensive wire.I had a package of the C. B. Gitty wire I was saving for one of my guitars &in the interest of time decided to use what I had in stock.Even having to deal with a bound neck they worded perfectly.The height, width & tang were spot on.The customer was really happy with the job & how fast I got the guitar back to him.Here comes the "New & Improved" part.I ordered another pack for whenever I get around to refretting my gigging guitar.They now come with a light radius! The radius is just the right amount to be considered "universal".Not a BIG time saver, but a time saver none the less.It actually is an improvement.Great product, fast delivery, easy to work with & a great price.
William D. Ewing
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2024
I ended up finding some harder wire for my project but this wire appears to be a good standard nickel silver quality.
Jennifer James
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2022
If you’re building a cigar box guitar, this is the fretwire that you want. There’s a lot of cheap fretwire on Amazon, but usually it’s curves for a neck with a radius and is cut into 24 pieces. There’s a lot of waste and and the curved frets can be challenging to put onto a flat fingerboard.You can get at least two necks worth of frets out of this quantity. It is easy to work with and looks nice. Worth the slightly higher price than the cheap stuff.
Bill
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2022
These work great for building a cigar box guitar!.. I’ve bought and used a lot of these, and they are easy to install and looks great!.. I would recommend these to anyone!
B. Newell Tech And Brand Rep
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2019
Great length of cut to work with, and it has many helpful tips that help you skip ruining the first set you buy. A big plus... a personalized-ish note, best feeling I got from a product I wasn’t “super looking forward to”.
Harold Balz
Reviewed in Canada on October 24, 2017
product is as advertised. It was delivered promptly and I am satisfied with this purchase.
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