BOLDRON Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Hello ! :) I would like to know the reference of the frets on the JTV59 please, does anyone have this info (the height at least) ? Thank you in advance and have a nice day :) William Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 I know they are Jumbo frets. I don’t know if there’s an industry standard reference for that term. EDIT: actually the FAQ says this about the JTV59: “22 medium-jumbo frets and dot inlays”. https://www.fender.com/articles/instruments/different-fret-sizes-explained Personally I found the factory frets too high. I’m not a light touch player; I press the strings down to the fretboard and with the Jumbo frets this would detune the string. First thing I did was swap out the frets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 All Variax guitars have Jescar 57110 frets. Upside for a luthier is that when working, leveling and round frets, there's enough material to work with. smaller frets wear down to where you can't work them anymore. Then you have to re-fret, or swap out the neck,... if it's a bolt-on neck. Down side is that Jescar 57110 is a bit much. I'm fine with anything, I adapt, so I'm comfortable with whatever it is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 10/16/2023 at 11:47 AM, psarkissian said: All Variax guitars have Jescar 57110 frets. … All Variaxes? Or all JTV-59s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 All of them. I've looked at fret specs of our different guitars as I service them and they all use the Jescar 57110. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLDRON Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 Thank you so much for your accurate answer, helps me a lot ! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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