What they are calling "Medium Jumbo" does not however.
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I looked further into this, and was able find a Fender Manual for each of their "Listed" Fret Types (the Name they use in their Marketing Descriptions on their Shop Site)Īnd my findings are conclusive, What they are calling "Jumbo" does actually match up on their other site page for fret sizing. So I have decided that, for me, 10 gauge strings and 0.043-0.047 frets are a nice balance. Live and learn.įor me, barre chords are the biggest problem with pulling the strings sharp (if I want all the strings to ring clear). However, going back to 10s did the trick. I had the frets taken down to 0.046 and that helped, but didn't solve it (I'm not sure why as I don't press my fingers to the fretboard - probably some physics involved). But I couldn't play with a light enough touch. I had one guitar with 0.055 tall frets and I put 9s on it thinking it would be a bend monster. I guess maybe when I am bending, but even then I cannot tell the difference between glossy maple or unfinished rosewood (but I don't bend 1.5-2 steps).īending strings is where taller frets help out. I have heard players on forums and youtube often saying they like the feel of a maple fretboard over rosewood or vice-versa and it has always left me puzzled as my fingers don't touch the fretboard when I am fretting a note. Several of the above comments have got me thinking. Without it, the results of playing the instrument are musically compromised and the player is more relaxed.and can play with more speed and fluidity.
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I consider this lesson to be the most important lesson in learning how to play guitar. When a guitar can yield accurate intonation, it will tell the player when incorrect fretting technique is used. This is the only correct way of fretting, imho and ime and this can be proven by listening to what happens to pitch, tone and sustain.
Continue picking while very gradually increasing the pressure until the note sounds clearly. But.don’t fret.just touch the string thereby yielding a ‘dead’ string while you pick. To understand how little pressure one should use, place the fretting finger right behind the fret so that if you pressed down the finger would be as close to the fret as possible without being on top of the fret. The rest of the lesson is something that I always did because it was natural to me.fret with as little pressure as necessary to make the note sound.Īny other method of fretting kills tone and sustain while taking the pitch sharp.this can be witnessed if one really listens to the note. That was my first lesson when I was twelve. The fretting finger should fret the string as close to the fret as possible with being on top of the fret. Here is an exercise that exhibits exactly how little pressure one should use.and a lesson on where to place the finger. The neck on this 4-bolt Strat is a typical oval neck, larger than the flat oval as seen on the modern C neck. I liked these frets so much, that I got medium jumbo frets on my vintage 1970 Strat, after years of indecision. I am under the probable not ion that it was the medium jumbo frets. When I got the Baja in 2007, I felt it really nailed the comfort zone and ease in playing what is a girthy soft V neck. To me both guitars seemed to have buckteeth. It took me two years to be accustomed to the fret size, and I distinctly noted fingertip pain on that Ultra, especially in the first 2 yrs. The other guitar I have that had the jumbos was a 2012 LP '60's Tribute model. In my experience the jumbo fret is surprisingly uncomfortable on initial feel. Those vintage frets were trashed by 2000, but I had it refretted in 2010, because I finally had some deep thinking about it. I've had both Jumbos on a 1990 Strat Ultra neck and medium Jumbo frets on a Baja neck, and vintage ones on a 1970 Stratocaster neck.
I traded that acoustic in for a Taylor, and the Taylors appear to have similarly tall frets which makes them easier to fret and relaxes your hand as well. It took quite a while but I play way relaxed now. it had lower frets, bigger strings, and the action & fretboard weren't as good. Prior to getting my Tele I only had an Acoustic guitar. Pretty sure I can fret the note at least 1/4 step sharp on my Telecaster just by tightening my grip. It's ridiculously easy to fret the note sharp up the neck like that. This effect is super obvious if you do something like plug into a really accurate pedal tuner and check the intonation at the 12th fret. (really easily on a Tele with 9s) The out of tune note provides a subconscious reinforcement to relax. If you don't relax you bend the notes sharp even when you're not trying to bend a note. I think if you're careful and trying to play as relaxed as possible this just happens automatically as you adjust your technique to the guitar with taller frets.