Ceramic Frets Guitar

The part of the fret that goes into the slot is called the tang and the part that sits on top of the fingerboard is called the crown when we talk about fret sizes we re only talking about the crown.

Ceramic frets guitar. After all that i must say that these are only my opinions and i have no argument with anyone who likes the sound of a guitar with this bridge on it. Guitar frets have this shape and are usually cut out of strips of wire and hammered down into ridges on the fretboard. Pure ceramic sounds well kinda like ceramic. It stops shy and sounds great because of it.

Over the years i have experimented with different exotic metals for frets such as titanium stainless steel hestelloy c 22 inconel 718 ceramic coated material zirconium tungsten coatings and cobalt based super alloys. We decided we preferred the sound of nickel silver. And finally it s bad because it has a ceramic saddle which weighs enough to be an effective mute all by itself. The frets are tapped into pre cut slots on the fingerboard.

By the way tom anderson guitars uses ss frets on their electrics and they sound great. In the end the best of these materials proved to be a stainless steel alloy. As for stone and ceramic nuts. Now i feel better.

Player friendly features like a slim c shaped maple neck give this guitar a slick smooth feel while the 12 fingerboard radius and narrow tall frets are ideal for speed and effortless bends. The tusq nut and saddle we use is almost ceramic. By depressing a string against the fretboard below a fret meaning away from the guitar body the vibrating length of that string changes and a specific note results. Besides this is a pricey job and if it hadn t been for.

Frets are cut from fret wire which comes on a roll.