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Originally Posted by LewsTherin
He's right. Its a mix of copper, nickel, and sometimes zinc. Its typically only about 20% nickel, and 50%+ copper.
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Yeah it's something like that. I know the standard is 17% nickel; any higher is too difficult to produce, any lower is just too soft. I know at least 50% is copper though. I'd have to look it up again.
I do want to try stainless steel frets though. They're hard to shape when you first install that, but after that they basically last forever. I know some luthiers use them and the only production company that I know of that uses them is Parker.