Come to think of it, I may have done it many times the way Sean does.
After all, when the fret has worn a bit, it is essentially a smaller
gage than a fresh un-stretched fret of the same nominal gage. Why
don't I have them on now? Laziness and no fret gut. (I've got to
order some.)
I had to tie on a fret on my Baroque lute recently and I could not
find any gut. I used a nylon guitar string and it was very difficult
to work with. Took me about 3 tries. The end doesn't burn properly
and it slips and slides and stretches, a really yuch-y inorganic
feeling. I would rather use nylon for a string (if I have to) than
for a fret gut. Yuch!
On May 14, 2008, at 5:47 PM, Anthony Hind wrote:
If I understand correctly, there are two ways of having double
frets: 1) just by double looping a single fret, as explained by
Mace, and described, here, by David van Edwards,
http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/fretknot.htm
2) by tying two separate frets.
In this second case, Ed uses a slightly narrower gauge on the
secondary fret (the one that does not do the fretting); while Sean
uses two identical ones and only replaces the one that becomes the
most worn (see Sean's explanation below).
My impression is that the Mace method is more economical in setting
up (less effort), but that Sean's method is more economical in gut
replacement. However, Ed's method should cause less buzzing, and
have a cleaner sound, but be more time consuming and calls for
storing even more gut gauges (perhaps that is why Ed "does not have
them on now").
It would be good to have detailed photos of these fret types.
Regards
Anthony
Le 11 mai 08 à 00:07, Sean Smith a écrit :
On May 9, 2008, at 4:28 AM, Ed Durbrow wrote:
On May 9, 2008, at 4:14 PM, Mathias Rösel wrote:
I'd love to red some recommended diamtres for double frets. My
experience has been so far that there was buzzing all the time
I don't have them on now, but when I did, I used to tie two
single frets of slightly different diameters. Once they wear for
a while the buzzing will disappear, I think.
It does. I've been using this system for a while now and like it
just fine. I use the same diameter and always discard the older
(on the nut side) strand and put the new one on the bridge side.
Sometimes I get a little "color/sonic texture" but it don't bother
me none around the house.
One question. When redoing an entire neck of frets I've always
from the little frets and worked my way to the nut. Do others do
it this way too?
Sean
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