Got standard nickel frets and thinking of upgrading to Jescar's EVO Gold.
I know some of you will instantly think stainless instead, but assuming we stick to gold for the sake of the discussion. Anyone that's had any experience with it?
Beyond the obvious, if and how it affects the sound (some few posts exist on the net, but.. the forums they can be read on do not particularly fill me with confidence), or playing come to that.
Is it really any more durable?
Does the plating wear off?
Not even sure if it's a plating or a proper alloy, they're a bit hesitant when it comes to information
* incidentally, there's no direct replacement for medium jumbo size, least not for all types of Jescars. In my case (wanting the gold variant), i can go slightly thinner
and slightly higher, or thicker and even more high. In certain instances, the width of the tang also differs from the standard, as some variants are restricted to a thicker base. We're talking thousands of an inch here, so it's rhetorical; just mentioning it as a curio, no idea as to their thinking behind this.
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As to colour, not my primary choice either, but there's a lot of it on the guitar and i'm trying to match things; so it's either 250 all in to change the frets, or over 500 to change everything to nickel.
EVO Gold wins ^^
A size I like a lot is 47104 that's very close to 6150 med jumbo, it's a gnat's curly hair wider and taller but we're talking under a tenth of a mil.
Should be a while before it's installed (after summer), but will eventually report back once it's all done.