In the end the best of these materials proved to be a stainless steel alloy.
Ceramic frets guitar.
Over the years i have experimented with different exotic metals for frets such as titanium stainless steel hestelloy c 22 inconel 718 ceramic coated material zirconium tungsten coatings and cobalt based super alloys.
We decided we preferred the sound of nickel silver.
Player friendly features like a slim c shaped maple neck give this guitar a slick smooth feel while the 12 fingerboard radius and narrow tall frets are ideal for speed and effortless bends.
Now i feel better.
By the way tom anderson guitars uses ss frets on their electrics and they sound great.
As for stone and ceramic nuts.
Besides this is a pricey job and if it hadn t been for.
The tusq nut and saddle we use is almost ceramic.
By depressing a string against the fretboard below a fret meaning away from the guitar body the vibrating length of that string changes and a specific note results.
It stops shy and sounds great because of it.
And finally it s bad because it has a ceramic saddle which weighs enough to be an effective mute all by itself.
The dual ceramic humbucking pickups boast hot output for powerful tones perfect for crunchy rhythms and soaring solos.
Is there any kind of ceramic material that would be durable enough to use as a fret black in color and able to be shaped roughly like a fret.
The part of the fret that goes into the slot is called the tang and the part that sits on top of the fingerboard is called the crown when we talk about fret sizes we re only talking about the crown.
The frets are tapped into pre cut slots on the fingerboard.
Pure ceramic sounds well kinda like ceramic.
Frets are cut from fret wire which comes on a roll.