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Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
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While I'm on here and while FelineGuitars has been present, I might as well ask this question and perhaps it may be of interest to others. A lot of luthiers and techs really dislike installing stainless steel frets because of the extra wear and tear on tools and the added issue with dressing such hard metal, and so quite rightly charge extra for such jobs. Evo Gold frets are a good bit harder than ordinary 18% nickel frets and last a lot longer, but the metal isn't as hard as stainless steel. @FelineGuitars - do you get many requests for refrets using Evo Gold, and are they as brutal on your tools as stainless steel such that you need to charge a bit more for a refret using them?
Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
Stockist of: Earvana & Graphtech nuts, Faber Tonepros & Gotoh hardware, Fatcat bridges. Highwood Saddles.
Pickups from BKP, Oil City & Monty's pickups.
Expert guitar repairs and upgrades - fretwork our speciality! www.felineguitars.com. Facebook too!
Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
Stockist of: Earvana & Graphtech nuts, Faber Tonepros & Gotoh hardware, Fatcat bridges. Highwood Saddles.
Pickups from BKP, Oil City & Monty's pickups.
Expert guitar repairs and upgrades - fretwork our speciality! www.felineguitars.com. Facebook too!
I also prefer a ‘tapered dress’ where you remove little or no height from the higher unworn frets - because they’re not worn! - and more from the worn middle and lower ones. This produces a nice neck feel, a bit like a compound radius does, with low frets for rhythm chording and higher ones for solo bending.
You can usually do that at least once, sometimes twice, before the frets need to be replaced.
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I've just finished playing the Westie for an hour or so and now armed with your insights I reckon it'll be fine for a while yet. Yes, the frets are low but they're not damaged or limiting me in any way and I don't play enough hours to erode them significantly.
I guess it'll be ok to do simple polishes and maintenance for some considerable time.
Thanks again for the steer.