Description
This Hosco Stainless Steel Jumbo Fretwire is a more durable and longer lasting alternative to nickel silver frets and has a smoother, slinkier feel when playing, especially during bending. These have a large jumbo size featured heavily on modern rock and metal orientated guitars (which also allows the frets to be levelled several times for an even longer life). The frets have a 2.5 mm binding notch at each end, here the fret tang is cut away leaving only the crown for easy installation over fretboard binding (these can be installed on guitars without binding, just seal the fret ends on the side of the fretboard as you would normally). The fretwire comes pre cut in a pack of 24 pieces and curved to a 10" radius for easy installation, please note that each fret is cut sequentially to a fretboard taper of 43.5 mm at the nut and 53.5 mm at the 12th fret so these will fit a standard Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul but cannot be used on guitars with a wider fretboard (e.g. 7 string guitars).
Features
| Stainless Steel fretwire is a more durable and longer lasting alternative to nickel silver |
| Smoother, slinkier feel when playing, especially during bending |
| Jumbo size featured heavily on modern rock and metal orientated guitars |
| Sequentially pre cut wire fits a standard Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul |
| Pre cut 2.5 mm binding notch at each end for easy installation over fretboard binding |
| Curved to a 10" radius for easy installation |
| Pack of 24 pieces for one entire fretboard |
Tech specs
| Crown Width | 2.9 mm (0.114") |
| Crown Height | 1.45 mm (0.057") |
| Total Height | 3 mm (0.126") |
| Tang Width | 0.6 mm (0.024") |
| Manufacturer Part Number | HFS-J1-P24 |
| EAN-13 | 4518830128413 |
Customer reviews
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Ken W. Verified Purchase
Good value.
Not a lot to write about really. I picked these because they were the cheapest stainless steel I could find that had the radius I wanted and delivered the quickest.
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Andrew M. Verified Purchase
Quality Fret Wire
Using to re-fret an Epiphone LP; fits snugly into the slots and cuts well with a good pair of fret cutters suitable for S. Steel. Great service by Glued To Music as always!
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Alex S. Verified Purchase
Amazing Quality Frets
They do the job perfectly...The Quality looks well...they came cut very well...If you compared with normal frets you have to work a bit harder because they are steel..A tip: if you're working in a fender 9.5 radius bend the freats a bit because they are 10 radius .The strings run super soft and the bending is incredibly good
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Leonard W. Verified Purchase
Refret charvel san dimas
I usually cut my own jescar frets but couldn't find any in stock in the UK so gave these a try will definitely use again removed hours of faff from the regretting process
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Derek F. Verified Purchase
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Huw J. Verified Purchase
Hard to work but probably worth it
Very hard wire, be prepared for a marathon of finishing if you do need to level them. I cut to length and finished the ends on each one individually leavings a small amount of bevelling/rounding at the end of the process. Once done the notes ring out very clearly and the un-amped volume of the semi-acoustic I fitted to is significantly louder than before.
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