Dreading Replacing Frets:

Robert Herndon said:
I don't care either way. Makes absolutely no difference, as long as the ends are properly finished.
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That is my point, Mr H. If they are done fat and sloppy, I would rather have no nibs like on my SG Specials, or my EPI LP Std.
If they are thin and small but have the fret ends smoothed partially past the end of the fret board nicely blended into the nib, then they just work seamlessly essentially the same as the railroad track no nib frets.

Here are nice Epi NO Nib frets like on my Les Paul Plus Top.

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Robert, I agree except the won't affect playability part. Much like you and I not liking narrow width nuts, this type binding and nib finish DOES a similar thing in crowding things. It effectively narrows the width of the playable width of the board. Lessens how far one can bend the E strings back and forth without snagging in that groove. Gball says he learned on a nibbed guitar, so his technique is developed so his bends are not affected. But, I am willing to bet if he encountered a neck with thin binding, wider rosewood/ebony board vs a narrower board and thick chunky nibs, even he may get his string to snag in the crack and thus affect his play.
 
Also, as far as whoever said that if a tech replaces nibbed frets with fret over binding and removed the nibs, it can be a lazy tech or it could also be a customer who either prefers full frets, or the cheaper price of going nibless vs the extra cost to save them.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
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Robert, I agree except the won't affect playability part. Much like you and I not liking narrow width nuts, this type binding and nib finish DOES a similar thing in crowding things. It effectively narrows the width of the playable width of the board. Lessens how far one can bend the E strings back and forth without snagging in that groove. Gball says he learned on a nibbed guitar, so his technique is developed so his bends are not affected. But, I am willing to bet if he encountered a neck with thin binding, wider rosewood/ebony board vs a narrower board and thick chunky nibs, even he may get his string to snag in the crack and thus affect his play.
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Well, I can see that, kind of like the Yngwie Stratocasters have the strings all the way to the edge of the fretboard.

My 2021 Gibson Les Paul 50's Standard Gold Top has an "advertised 1.695" nut width, but it actually measures 1.710".

Plenty of room there!!!!
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Warmouth neck though? Also, 1.75 on my Jackson would surely mess things up with the Floyd Rose and string spacing on the bridge, path over pickup poles etc?
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The magnetic field around the pickups extend beyond the pole pieces. It doesn't move the strings much.

R5 nut is 1.750" wide.
 
Does an R5 have a different bridge than my Japanese RR3 with Licensed by Floyd Rose bridge?

Also, I know the magnetic field goes beyond the pole pieces, but, the anal part of me hates seeing strings that don't line up relatively close to directly over the poles.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Does an R5 have a different bridge than my Japanese RR3 with Licensed by Floyd Rose bridge?

Also, I know the magnetic field goes beyond the pole pieces, but, the anal part of me hates seeing strings that don't line up relatively close to directly over the poles.
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Same Bridge.
 
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