Fret size confusion: medium jumbo?

Philly_Q

soma1975 said:

From Fender's site

6230: The smallest fret wire found on older Fender necks (.078″ x .043″).
6150: Vintage jumbo. Much wider but not as tall as 6230 (.102″ x .042″).
6105: Modern narrow and tall; currently very popular (.090″ x .055″).
6100: Jumbo. The largest fret wire available (.110″ x .055″).
6130: Medium jumbo (.106″ x .036″).

Maybe not available from Fender, but Dunlop 6000 is even bigger (.118″ x .058″).  I think @FelineGuitars tends to favour that size!

Lebarque said:

Thanks, @soma1975 .

From that, 6150 looks good at .042 tall, however Warmoth says it's .047 tall, which would be too tall. Who to believe?!

Dunlop's own site specifies 6150 as .100″ x .044":

https://www.jimdunlop.com/content/manuals/DUNLOP_FRET_WIRE_CHART.pdf

But as you say, specs do seem to vary a bit according to different sources (and, I dare say, in real life).  Incidentally, I noticed that the measurements Warmoth give for 6100 are what Dunlop give for 6000!

stephen.wood125

crunchman said:

As well as Dunlop, Jescar is good wire and comes in a range of different sizes.

These guys have a very good selection:

https://tonetechluthiersupplies.co.uk/guitar-fret-wire.html/

+1 for Tonetech excellent service, I just bought some SS 6100 and then last week some wooden binding and inlay dots, got it really fast even with the current situation. 

FelineGuitars

Gimme a sec - I''l come in a give some detailed thoughts

There are a few inaccuracies as has been mentioned already

Danielsguitars

Lebarque said:

Danielsguitars said:

I really like jescar medium jumbo, it's around 2.3mm wide and 1.2mm tall when new

What's that in Imperial?

I actually use 2 sizes depending on what's required jescar numbers 55090 and 47095