Cerb Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Maybe this has been discussed in length but I did a search and didn't find too much. Those of you who have had your guitars with cryogenically treated frets for a while, what are your experiences? I can see signs of fret wear after less than a week so they seem to have about the same wear resistance as any other non stainless fret wire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Vet. Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 26 minutes ago, Cerb said: Maybe this has been discussed in length but I did a search and didn't find too much. Those of you who have had your guitars with cryogenically treated frets for a while, what are your experiences? I can see signs of fret wear after less than a week so they seem to have about the same wear resistance as any other non stainless fret wire. I’ve noted no fret wear on my Les Paul Jr and I have played a good bit since June of this year. You just got your SG about the same time I got my SG, so I’m somewhat surprised to hear you have noted wear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I believe my 2014 Firebird V has the cryo frets and I play that every day. No wear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerb Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 5 hours ago, Navy Vet. said: I’ve noted no fret wear on my Les Paul Jr and I have played a good bit since June of this year. You just got your SG about the same time I got my SG, so I’m somewhat surprised to hear you have noted wear. Yeah buy I wear them kinda fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerb Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 This is what almost a week of playing looks like. I'm curious to see where this is going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 That doesn't seem right after a week of wear. I have a LP that is 7 years old (played and gigged a lot) and shows no wear. Pulled out a guitar that I have had for almost 55 years and the frets don't look like that. Granted I may have a lighter touch than you, but cryogenically treated or not that just doesn't seem right to me. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerb Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 6 hours ago, Twang Gang said: That doesn't seem right after a week of wear. I have a LP that is 7 years old (played and gigged a lot) and shows no wear. Pulled out a guitar that I have had for almost 55 years and the frets don't look like that. Granted I may have a lighter touch than you, but cryogenically treated or not that just doesn't seem right to me. They seem to wear rather fast. It's such a great guitar though, I'll just have it refretted with stainless when the time comes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedorjulian Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Cerb, your guitar has that binding up on the end of the fret. When refretted, that will no longer be there. They have to remove the little lip of binding at the end to put new frets in. Just keep that in mind. They can keep the rest of the binding, but unless they are insanely good at their job, it will not be quite the same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerb Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 2 hours ago, sedorjulian said: Cerb, your guitar has that binding up on the end of the fret. When refretted, that will no longer be there. They have to remove the little lip of binding at the end to put new frets in. Just keep that in mind. They can keep the rest of the binding, but unless they are insanely good at their job, it will not be quite the same. Yeah, I know but the alternative would be to not play it and what's the point of it then? I'm estimating that a refret is still a few years down the line from here. Having binding over the fret ends looks really good but adds no functionality so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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