This hammer is supplied with four 16 & 20mm diameter faces - it weighs 175g. The hammer is 280mm in length. The hardwood handle is made from close grained Ash. It has replaceable heads that screw in - one is brass and the other hard rubber.
This hammer has enough weight to make the frets to go in easily, but not too much weight to over do it. It is well balanced allowing both good aim and control.
The specially shaped handle allows good control over direction of the head. It allows you to feel confident about hitting the frets in just the right place, in the right direction with the right amount of force. A good job results with minimal high or low spots of the frets.
The heads - one rubber and one brass - complement each other. The rubber head allows a wide spread of a low impulse across the fret, and the brass head allows a precise tap of a high impulse in a specific place.
The Ash wood handle is fashioned so it gives the right balance and feel. The hardwood used is close grained Ash which is both light, tough and flexible. The handle is shaped to bulge to a relatively large thickness at the midpoint- which makes it easy to apply many accurate small taps to seat the fret properly.

Guitar Tool: Hammers and Mallets  2010-01-01  Id:203  ChrisAlsopGuitar  

Current Price: £33.73

The fretting hammers made by Chris Alsop have changeable faces. The hard rubber faces (availble in 16mm and 20mm diameter), allow a gentler impluse over a wider area, whereas, a brass face allows an accurate relatively high impluse to be delivered to a small area of the dres. The 20mm is ideal for the low fret and the 16mm is ideal for gettign between the high frets.

Guitar Tool: Hammers and Mallets  2010-01-01  Id:196  ChrisAlsopGuitar  

Current Price: £7.13

The fretting hammers made by Chris Alsop have changeable faces. The hard rubber faces (availble in 16mm and 20mm diameter), allow a gentler impluse over a wider area, whereas, a brass face allows an accurate relatively high impluse to be delivered to a small area of the dres. The 20mm is ideal for the low fret and the 16mm is ideal for gettign between the high frets.

Guitar Tool: Hammers and Mallets  2010-01-01  Id:197  ChrisAlsopGuitar  

Current Price: £7.13

On a DIAGONAL compensation, the string contact points are: The low E, A, D, G lie on a diagonal line fomr the back to the front of the saddle; The B String is set back and High E is set forward (nearest to the fretboard).

Saddle  2010-01-01  Id:138  ChrisAlsopGuitar  

Current Price: £22.50

On a BLADE compensation, the string contact points are: The B String is set back and the low E, A, D, G and High E are set forward (nearest to the fretboard).

Saddle  2010-01-01  Id:137  ChrisAlsopGuitar  

Current Price: £24.76

This is a 45 degrees Angled Bevel File
The diamond file which is mounted in a holder allows it to be guided along the fretboard with the file cutting an accurate bevel on the fret ends. The handle is constructed from very low friction, high grade engineering
The main advantage of using a Bevel File is that a really consistent professional job is achieved where all the fret ends are at the same angle. This main point about bevelling is to make sure there are no sharp edges or uncomfortable fret ends which hamper playing. If a fret end is too long then it disturbs the feel of the neck as the players moves around the fretboard; if the fret end angle is too shallow then the string can easily start to slip off The cutting file is a fine grit diamond file which leaves a good finish and all that is needed is the final light sanding to remove any scratches or uncomfortable edges and finally a polish.

Guitar Tool: Fret Bevelling  2010-01-01  Id:257  ChrisAlsopGuitar  

Current Price: £36.29

This show the differnce betwwen a 10 degree and 35 degree bevel file. Note that the 10 degrees Angled Bevel File, which is much steep than the stanard 35 degree bevel file.
The diamond file which is mounted in a holder allows it to be guided along the fretboard with the file cutting an accurate bevel on the fret ends. The handle is constructed from very low friction, high grade engineering
The main advantage of using a Bevel File is that a really consistent professional job is achieved where all the fret ends are at the same angle. This main point about bevelling is to make sure there are no sharp edges or uncomfortable fret ends which hamper playing. If a fret end is too long then it disturbs the feel of the neck as the players moves around the fretboard; if the fret end angle is too shallow then the string can easily start to slip off The cutting file is a fine grit diamond file which leaves a good finish and all that is needed is the final light sanding to remove any scratches or uncomfortable edges and finally a polish.

Guitar Tool: Fret Bevelling  2010-01-01  Id:255  ChrisAlsopGuitar  

Current Price: £36.29

This is a 10 degrees Angled Bevel File, which is this is much steep than the stanard 35 degree bevel file.
The diamond file which is mounted in a holder allows it to be guided along the fretboard with the file cutting an accurate bevel on the fret ends. The handle is constructed from very low friction, high grade engineering
The main advantage of using a Bevel File is that a really consistent professional job is achieved where all the fret ends are at the same angle. This main point about bevelling is to make sure there are no sharp edges or uncomfortable fret ends which hamper playing. If a fret end is too long then it disturbs the feel of the neck as the players moves around the fretboard; if the fret end angle is too shallow then the string can easily start to slip off The cutting file is a fine grit diamond file which leaves a good finish and all that is needed is the final light sanding to remove any scratches or uncomfortable edges and finally a polish.

Guitar Tool: Fret Bevelling  2010-01-01  Id:256  ChrisAlsopGuitar  

Current Price: £36.29

These cutters are a high quality large end cutter that has been precision ground by us for use as a fret cutter. The design of the cutting edge has been optimised for withstanding harder fret materials such as stainless steel as well as the more common nickel alloy. The jaws of these cutters are Chrome Vanadium which is more than adequate material to cut stainless steel frets. The force required is best achieved by taking full advantage of the 8 inch long handles and squeezing the jaws shut at the very ends of the handles.
Many cutter brands have been tried and tested and these offer the properties of
1) Made from very hard tool steel;
2) 8" long handles with comfortable rubber grips;
3) Able to cut the hardest fret wire including stainless steel frets;
4) Hardened and Tempered Tool Steel.

Our precision grinding of the cutting ends allows
1) The cutters to be used very close to the fretboard. This minimises the amount of fret left that has to be filed
2) The point at which the cut is going to occur to be visible before committing to the cut

Guitar Tool: Pullers and Cutters  2010-01-01  Id:189  ChrisAlsopGuitar  

Current Price: £0.00

These cutters are a high quality large end cutter that has been precision ground by us for use as a fret cutter. The design of the cutting edge has been optimised for withstanding harder fret materials such as stainless steel as well as the more common nickel alloy. The jaws of these cutters are Chrome Vanadium which is more than adequate material to cut stainless steel frets. The force required is best achieved by taking full advantage of the 8 inch long handles and squeezing the jaws shut at the very ends of the handles.
Many cutter brands have been tried and tested and these offer the properties of
1) Made from very hard tool steel;
2) 8" long handles with comfortable rubber grips;
3) Able to cut the hardest fret wire including stainless steel frets;
4) Hardened and Tempered Tool Steel.

Our precision grinding of the cutting ends allows
1) The cutters to be used very close to the fretboard. This minimises the amount of fret left that has to be filed
2) The point at which the cut is going to occur to be visible before committing to the cut

Guitar Tool: Pullers and Cutters  2010-01-01  Id:204  ChrisAlsopGuitar  

Current Price: £0.00

These cutters are a high quality large end cutter that has been precision ground by us for use as a fret cutter. The design of the cutting edge has been optimised for withstanding harder fret materials such as stainless steel as well as the more common nickel alloy. The jaws of these cutters are Chrome Vanadium which is more than adequate material to cut stainless steel frets. The force required is best achieved by taking full advantage of the 8 inch long handles and squeezing the jaws shut at the very ends of the handles.
Many cutter brands have been tried and tested and these offer the properties of
1) Made from very hard tool steel;
2) 8" long handles with comfortable rubber grips;
3) Able to cut the hardest fret wire including stainless steel frets;
4) Hardened and Tempered Tool Steel.

Our precision grinding of the cutting ends allows
1) The cutters to be used very close to the fretboard. This minimises the amount of fret left that has to be filed
2) The point at which the cut is going to occur to be visible before committing to the cut

Guitar Tool: Pullers and Cutters  2010-01-01  Id:205  ChrisAlsopGuitar  

Current Price: £0.00