Robert Fear
http://www.folkmusician.com
"Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.
" - Pete Seeger
I agree with Robert, no reason to replace more than the first 5 if that is all that is worn. Level to existing frets.
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Just to clarify, all of the instruments I've have had re-fretted with Gold Evo had nickel silver frets that were seriously rutted in 70% or more of the frets. They had been played heavily up the neck. It was time.
That said, I do know people who do routinely replace brand new nickel silver frets with Gold Evo frets on their new instruments because they prefer the perceived tone, feel and low maintenance of Gold Evo frets.
-- Don
"Music: A minor auditory irritation occasionally characterized as pleasant."
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2002 Gibson F-9
2016 MK LFSTB
1975 Suzuki taterbug (plus many other noisemakers)
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I agree with partial refrets if the board is in good shape and matching wire is available.
I've been using stainless wire exclusively for some time and didn't notice any sudden tool destruction. I don't use specialty tang nippers that could be too weak a design to cut SS or EVO, but my quality resharpened nippers don't have a problem nipping the tang away and files don't seem to suffer badly (and ordinary metal files are not expensive to be replaces once a few years). You only need few more strokes to file the edges. I always cut the wire exactly to length before trimming the tang so I have very little to none to file away flush with fingerboard.
Adrian
HoGo were you the one who recommended Jescar for fret wire?
Last edited by John Bertotti; Jun-17-2019 at 6:12am.
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Creativity is just doing something wierd and finding out others like it.
I noticed you can buy direct from them as well. Thanks!
My avatar is of my OldWave Oval A
Creativity is just doing something wierd and finding out others like it.
I was buying some bridge parts and such as well so I ordered everything from one shop that had all I needed...
Adrian
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