My oldest frets are 25 years old, the newest ones are a few months old. They downscale one size per fret. But on older instruments that have come up a bit in the action you can go to one size per fret as a way to put of reregulation. They wear out faster if you chew on them. dt
At 08:57 AM 10/14/2009, you wrote: >well, actually it's more like three... > >1. how often do you replace a gut fret? (on my 10c they still new, on >the old one it took me about a year or so) > >2. Do you use different fret sizes on different frets or doing >everything the same size? (and what size will it be if you use the same) > >3. Are you having a nice day? > >Poor Omer can't use gut strings in Israel :-( > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
