This is the fret wire that Martin company used up until mid 1934. It is sold in 2′ lengths.
Fretwire is available in most of 16 gauges from .045″ to .060″ wide (thick).
Bar fret wire is gauged, flattened, radiused and ready to install.
The price is $8 per 2 foot length (you’ll need roughly 4′ per guitar).
Note: Expect wire to be within .002″ of gauge ordered.
Minimum order of three pieces.
Dana Bourgeois once aptly described fretting with this wire this way: “it’s like standing in a boat on rough seas trying to shoot a moving target on shore”. If you want to learn more about how to use bar wire, I talk about this in some depth in Dan Erlewine’s epic Guitar Player Repair Guide and do an installation demo in a DVD on fretting, both available through Stewart McDonald Co. Frank Ford also discusses this on his website at Frets.com. Look under Items for luthiers, Frets, Replacing bar frets.
