FretWedge - Small Black Review

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Well, I guess I'll be the first to review these! I use the Ernie Ball Mammoth strings on my Fender JA-90, and I was having a lot of problems with "the overtones" and random "ringing" while recording with high gain amp settings. I had tightened everything down on my guitar, but the super heavy strings were just ringing all over the guitar on palm mutes/etc., regardless. I decided… read more to give these a try. This small size fits perfect underneath the strings behind the nut on a Tele. I threw on some super heavy gain, and "voila!" -overtones were gone. I'll admit I also bought the fret wrap after getting this for leads just because I enjoyed this little product so much (which is also a "game changer") I wouldn't say I have any "cons", but I would note that guitars with a Floyd Rose locking nut, or guitars with a very slanted headstock (certain Ibanez, ESP models) might have issues with this product. It seems to be made for headstocks without a slant or Floyd Rose hardware. It would probably slightly lift the strings off of the nut on those guitars. Otherwise, no issues on my end! If you're playing high gain, heavy rock, use heavy strings even on a clean setting, or just feel like you could clean up any little "noises" while recording without using a sock or tape behind the nut-look no further. As always, thanks to Chris at Sweetwater getting me hooked up!

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A good product

I'm a jazz player mostly and play a big, hollow body guitar. Ringing string and nasty overtones are common with these types of guitars. This is a great product and it does what it claims it will do. There are, though, no installation instructions included, which is a bit frustrating. I guess what the manufacturer is saying is, "try installing it any way you'd like and see what works… read more best for you." One downside is that to get it fully inserted behind the nut, damping all six strings, you have to remove the truss rod cover. I've opted to have it resting at the top of the truss rod cover, damping strings 2-5. Really tightens up the sound and kills the overtones. Worth a try.

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