Zeppeholic Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew if the custom shop was able to do the fretless wonder fret profile on SG/Les Paul customs. I got a custom shop Trie Historic Black Beauty a few years ago and they told me they can’t, to which I never got a reason why they couldn’t. So if that’s not the case and I can’t, does anyone have any info on how much it would be to install those frets on my current Black Beauty? Was thinking about getting an SG/Les Paul Custom with those frets and if I can’t I’ll just get them on my Les Paul Custom. I had the chance to play a late 60’s Custom with those frets and I felt a little cheated when my “replica” wasn’t a completely historic replica of a 1960 Balck Beauty which had fretless wonder frets. And yeah, I know that a lot of people put jumbo or medium frets because they didn’t like the low frets but I do. Any help or info is much appreciated! -Antonio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff McFly Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Gibson Custom Shop stopped doing fretless wonder frets orders around 2007. They used banjo fret wire and filed it down. I'm guessing the crown height would be 1/32" (.03125") or 1/64" (.015625"). I have heard that it was between .015" to .020". I have also heard .024". Hope that helps. I personally like fretless wonder frets and I never had problems doing bends and vibrato on them (though you do have to adjust you technique with them). I have also like using 7 1/4" radius necks on Fenders but that is another issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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