Re: [tuning] 31tet guitar advice

Robert C Valentine wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm almost-definately going to have Glen Peterson
> do a 31tet refret for my frankencaster.
>
> It seems that a tall and thin fretwire would be
> helpful. Does anyone have any tips about this, or any
> other micro-refret advice?

He did my 62 tone Jon Catler designed ji G&L strat.
We used the biggest fret wire and I'm happy with it.
http://microtones.com

> How about the upper octave,
> will the frets be impossibly close together? Has anyone
> done an "every-other-fret", or switched temperments for
> the upper octave?

Sounds like an interesting concept, but as a guitar player
I'd find it a bit strange to split the fretboard
into two seperate terrain. I'd be playing up
the neck and then my notes would be different?

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"Paul H. Erlich" wrote:
>
> Robert C Valentine wrote,
>
> >> It seems that a tall and thin fretwire would be
> >> helpful. Does anyone have any tips about this, or any
> >> other micro-refret advice?
>
> David Beardsley wrote,
>
> >He did my 62 tone Jon Catler designed ji G&L strat.
> >We used the biggest fret wire and I'm happy with it.
> >http://microtones.com
>
> Yes, using thin fretwire would do almost nothing to improve playability, and
> height makes no difference whatsoever. I'd recommend regular jumbo guitar
> fretwire -- jumbo will easier to file down when you start to see significant
> fret wear.
>
> >> How about the upper octave,
> >> will the frets be impossibly close together? Has anyone
> >> done an "every-other-fret", or switched temperments for
> >> the upper octave?
>
> >Sounds like an interesting concept, but as a guitar player
> >I'd find it a bit strange to split the fretboard
> >into two seperate terrain. I'd be playing up
> >the neck and then my notes would be different?
>
> David -- are you telling me the top octave of the Catler fretboard is the
> same as the bottom octave? Sure doesn't look that way from the picture!

It's not quite the same but all the notes
that are in the top octave are in the bottom octave.

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