Bender 4 Life Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Before too long i'm going to have to have my GLP re-fretted. i'm seriously thinking about asking for stainless wire. I know the cost is conciderably more, but thats not a concern. Pros/Cons.........personal experience w/stainless......... any info will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansmitchell Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Stainless tends to wear quicker in usual fretted areas, yet hold up better to heavy bends, and it also won't discolor when exposed to humidity, and supposedly, it increases sustain. Me personally? I tried a guitar with copper fretwire, that was VERY NICE. High maintainence to keep it from going green or anything, yeah, but VERY smooth on bends, tone was nice n' warm, can't say much about wear, but the guy said he'd had the thing 8 years after the refret, playing everyday >2 hours. So that's an option. Or just go fretless. Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 Stainless tends to wear quicker in usual fretted areas Stainless Steel wears quicker then nickel? I tried a guitar with copper fretwire' date=' that was VERY NICE. High maintainence to keep it from going green or anything, yeah, but VERY smooth on bends, tone was nice n' warm, can't say much about wear, but the guy said he'd had the thing 8 years after the refret, playing everyday >2 hours. [/quote'] Horse manure. Copper fretwire will wear down in weeks(with a 2 hour a day routine). I've only seen it(and its brass cousin) used on cheeep nylon acoustics. There is a copper-alloy fretwire that is specially treated to be stronger than nickel-silver, but it will not oxidize by turning green... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AS90 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 To keep the cost down buy the wire yourself, just ask a luthier to fit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keoki Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 I work alot. Stainless lasts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ef_in_fla Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 But it's harder on the strings, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSDx Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 But it's harder on the strings' date=' right?[/quote']strings are cheap...a refret ain't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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