Gitarrenbund
Fretted instruments as like guitars used different size and material fret wires.
Nickel silver alloy has been the most common material used in guitar (and other stringed instruments) frets for a long time. It’s a tried and true material that conforms to the fretboard well and rejects skin oils. Due to it’s ability to reject oil, it resists tarnish and generally lasts a long time. The nickel frets are going to work perfectly for most players.
Frets wearing:
Unfortunately, fret wear to is unavoidable to an extent. Every time you press the strings down, the metal-on-metal contact causes the frets to lose shape due to friction. The longevity of the frets before noticeable wear occurs is going to be affected by how often you play, as well as how hard you press down on the strings. The absolute worst thing for the frets is a capo. As a capo clamps onto the fretboard, the strings are smashed down into the frets a lot harder than hands can do. This causes the frets to flatten and dent a lot faster than it would if you never used a capo. It is recommended to use nickel plated strings with nickel silver fretted guitars, if you use the brighter sound stainless steel strings mean faster wearing of the nickel silver frets.
Stainless Steel Frets:
For players who like to press down hard or play for multiple hours every day, stainless steel is a good option for longer lasting condition of frets. Stainless steel frets are well known for their corrosion resistance and extra long-lasting alloy. Stainless Steel frets offer a much brighter sound than nickel frets, probably due to the fact that Stainless Steel strings are much brighter than nickel strings. One of the greatest feature about Stainless Steel frets is how smooth they feel. Bending your strings over them feels like butter. Re-fret, or any fretwork with stainless steel frets makes up-charge pricing of the luthier's job. They have a tendency to destroy tools, such as fret cutters and it is must harder to do the levelling job.
What size of frets are available:
There are three main different sized fret types as small, medium and jumbo. The small frets has 2mm or less wide crown with 0,9-1,2 crown height. This kind of frets used on some vintage electric and acoustic guitars. The most popular fret size is the medium has 2,3-2,4mm wide crown with 1-1,3mm height. The medium size frets used on vintage bass guitars and most of the modern electric guitars. The jumbo frets has 2,8-3mm wide crown with 1,3-1,45mm height. The jumbo frets used on modern electric bass guitars and some electric guitars as well.