I’m a big fan of SS Frets. Got a guitar with them on in 2019, and a little over three years down the road I still have no Discernable where. Thinking about getting my other main stage electric refretted with them very soon. If you practice a lot on the same guitar, or gig regularly like me it’s a very nice option.
Interesting to hear and see the fretboard chipping and remaining excess glue. To be honest, your luthier should have filled the chips with fretboard dust and glue and definitely should have cleaned all the excess from the fingerboard. Pretty common for rosewood boards to chip when removing old frets, but a competent luthier will take this into consideration. Not ragging on your fret job, but feel strongly about luthiers doing decent, error free work. Glad you are happy with your re-frets. Love stainless and EVO frets and typically re-fret all my guitars with either one.
Interesting input! It might be true, but it also does not affect my playing. It only affect my playing for the better with the new frets. ☺️ But again it’s interesting to hear other people’s opinion on it. Oo, EVO frets sounds interesting. What do you like about them, compared to CRES? :)
@@Vigi I had a one year old Gibson refretted with jumbo frets, no chips. He used heat and humidity to soften the wood a bit so the frets slipped right out. That is how pros do it...they take their time and work to do the least damage.
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Totally an opposite explanation Ive heard. Someone said that stainless steel frets wear out string faster. I could see this being the case only if the frets had a burr or wear rough I guess.
Heavy play, lucky to get a two full weeks out of a pack. Usually change them after about a week. The wound strings wear first, so the winding will wear away on the D string at every fret. So they will wear faster than nickel frets. I love stainless frets though and wouldn’t go back
I switched to evo gold a couple of years ago now on my strats. Main reason: I prefer vintage frets but I can't handle it when they wear/dink. There's just no margin for error with vintage frets. They are either BUTTER or BALLS. Have about 10, 000 hrs on my evo golds now and will never go back. The tools cost me about £400 including enough wire for 2 guitars. I figured out how to do it based on youtube videos.. anyone absolutely can and I strongly recommend it!
Interesting stuff, man. I didnt even know that was a thing, guess Im really a newbie when it comes to the technical aspects of guitars. Btw, amazing played intro, sounds so good, wow!
I’ve just put some stainless steel frets on my old SG copy The old frets were so flat I had dead spots on the neck and as of now I’m just doing the setting up so hopefully there is an improvement. Thank you, was interesting
Im currently restoring my old cheap japanese strat and the last step is refretting and stringing it up. I never laid a hand on a refretted guitar but I believe stainless steel makes your tone brighter. Furthermore, my priority when it comes to a strat will always be refretting then upgrading either the bridge or neck pickups. Likewise, slick playing and thanks for sharing!
Same here. I have a fender strat from 2002 with steel frets. There's some wear after almost twenty years, and I'm heavy handed, but it's not too bad. Might need a crown and polish in five to ten years, then that should last until I'm too old to play
I put s.s. on my bass, and s.s. strings at the same time. It was horrible. I got flange - chorus efect so intense and even more string effect then you usually get with new strings that the actual tone was around 50‰ of overall sound. When I put on nickel strings it was a little better. I'm taking off s.s. frets for shure as soon as I can.
@@Vigi Actually not, but I play that bass for a long time and know how it sounds. But sound with new s.s. frets was so strange that I would notice that even if it was the first time that I play. Now, when the strings are older it is much better but still somehow different.
Hmm, maybe it’s a more common issue for bass? I honestly do not notice and significant different for guitar. The only difference I noticed is the feel. ☺️
Great video. I just wish share, they are now making nickel fret with the rockwell hardness of stainless. Prs now use nickel fret with a hardness very close to stainless. I do love the stainless jumbo on super strats like Suhr and Charvels. On a classic custom shop tele's l prefer these new super hard med jumbo nickel. (Just a person preference,) we will see if they start to become popular with time.
Stainless frets and a nitro paint job. Get the mojo of a relic but have the frets stay perfect forever. I refret with stainless and then have it pleked. Then im good for life, i can wail and slam the bends as hard as i can not having to worry about fret wear
that's weird that the 62 reissue had a thin neck...I thought they had thicker necks back in 62..and you say the pickups on the green one sounded so much better....you would think that the pickups in a USA made 62 reissue would be awesome...but so many variables and contradictions with guitars. Thank goodness I chose a silver sky for my first premium guitar because I was trying for the sound of Jimi-castles,little wing and the sound of Frusciante songs like under the bridge, scar tissue and gong li. The SS is expensive but consistent.Every one sounds almost exactly the same
@@Vigi thanks. i couldnt get mine that low. i can only set it to as low as 2mm or it will create buzz beyond that. i believe i have already set the neck relief almost dead straight.
I would be disappointed with this quality of a refret. Chips should be filled in, same goes for the gap beneath the nut. After trying a cheap guitar with SS I decided to refret my main guitar. Will see if it will that much affect the tone, as people mention.
Stainlesssteel frets is only worth it if you put softer nickel alloy strings like those run of the mill ERNIE BALL slinkys, they will practically last FOREVER. You put harder steel strings like Fender and NYXL you'd better think twice though.
Personally I use Stringjoy Signatures, I checked and they’re nickel-wound, so stainless steel frets should work for me. Personally, ever since I found out about ss frets, Ive been wondering whether it’s made me greatly underestimate the durability of nickel frets. They probably wont deteriorate like butter by comparison, but Im a bit paranoid about it. Then again, refrets are always a possibility.
If you plan on doing this yourself get a fret wire bender. Stainless fret wire is a PITA to get to bend without one. I will not use anything other than stainless from now on. My Tele build after ten years of playing the only thing i had was a fret pop up.
Re-fret with stainless steel frets yourself, it's not magic or difficult, just takes some time, patience and basic tools. Far easier are far faster to Re-fret a guitar then to learn to play a guitar :-)
Those things you mentioned are exactly what I don’t want though. 😅 I literarily needed to just refret one guitar at that moment in time. It might take years until next time. Edit: So what I mean is that I rather spend my time, patience and money on other things. :)
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I’m a big fan of SS Frets. Got a guitar with them on in 2019, and a little over three years down the road I still have no Discernable where. Thinking about getting my other main stage electric refretted with them very soon. If you practice a lot on the same guitar, or gig regularly like me it’s a very nice option.
chip out is common for rosewood but it looks like the job was done well don't worry you won't have to do it again with stainless.
Interesting to hear and see the fretboard chipping and remaining excess glue. To be honest, your luthier should have filled the chips with fretboard dust and glue and definitely should have cleaned all the excess from the fingerboard. Pretty common for rosewood boards to chip when removing old frets, but a competent luthier will take this into consideration. Not ragging on your fret job, but feel strongly about luthiers doing decent, error free work. Glad you are happy with your re-frets. Love stainless and EVO frets and typically re-fret all my guitars with either one.
Interesting input! It might be true, but it also does not affect my playing. It only affect my playing for the better with the new frets. ☺️ But again it’s interesting to hear other people’s opinion on it. Oo, EVO frets sounds interesting. What do you like about them, compared to CRES? :)
@@Vigi I had a one year old Gibson refretted with jumbo frets, no chips. He used heat and humidity to soften the wood a bit so the frets slipped right out. That is how pros do it...they take their time and work to do the least damage.
@@RickMcCargar Interesting! Thanks for the input! :)
@@RickMcCargar Just saw this and I am definitely interested in this quality of work. If you don't mind, what is the luthier you used?
@@danharris2253 Guy worked out of Guitar Center in Virginia Beach, but he moved on. Wasn't surprised, he was too good to stay there. Best guy in Hampton Roads are of Virginia is Kenny Marshall in Newport News, Va
Stainless steel frets makes strings last longer due to less friction and no oxydation starting points ;)
Good points! Sounds great. Thanks for the input! 👍😊
Totally an opposite explanation Ive heard. Someone said that stainless steel frets wear out string faster. I could see this being the case only if the frets had a burr or wear rough I guess.
Also; when metal meets metal it's always the softest metal that's gonna wear, so in this case the strings (nickel) unless you play SS strings FWIW
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Heavy play, lucky to get a two full weeks out of a pack. Usually change them after about a week. The wound strings wear first, so the winding will wear away on the D string at every fret. So they will wear faster than nickel frets. I love stainless frets though and wouldn’t go back
Just had my 1988 peavey vandenburg frets replaced with stainless noticed my strings dont last long at all now.
Hmm, I haven’t noticed that. 😮
I switched to evo gold a couple of years ago now on my strats. Main reason: I prefer vintage frets but I can't handle it when they wear/dink. There's just no margin for error with vintage frets. They are either BUTTER or BALLS. Have about 10, 000 hrs on my evo golds now and will never go back. The tools cost me about £400 including enough wire for 2 guitars. I figured out how to do it based on youtube videos.. anyone absolutely can and I strongly recommend it!
Interesting stuff, man. I didnt even know that was a thing, guess Im really a newbie when it comes to the technical aspects of guitars. Btw, amazing played intro, sounds so good, wow!
Thank you very much! I’m glad you learned something new. ☺️ The intro was really fun to learn. 😃
On a good Refret there will be no Chips and no Glue to be seen. An experienced Luthier can get the Frets out without any Traces.
Thank you for the input! :)
Luthiers are human, this isnt true. We can only minimize imperfections. I wouldve fixed those chips for sure tho.
I’ve just put some stainless steel frets on my old SG copy The old frets were so flat I had dead spots on the neck and as of now I’m just doing the setting up so hopefully there is an improvement. Thank you, was interesting
Im currently restoring my old cheap japanese strat and the last step is refretting and stringing it up. I never laid a hand on a refretted guitar but I believe stainless steel makes your tone brighter. Furthermore, my priority when it comes to a strat will always be refretting then upgrading either the bridge or neck pickups. Likewise, slick playing and thanks for sharing!
Super helpful to hear your experience. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for taking the time to live your comment! 😀
I bought a Steel Fret guitar brand new. I don't feel a huge difference in tone, but I like that they will last a lot longer.
Cool! What brand and type? I feel the same way! I’d say maybe you could notice a different feel more then you’d notice a different tone. ☺️
Same here. I have a fender strat from 2002 with steel frets. There's some wear after almost twenty years, and I'm heavy handed, but it's not too bad. Might need a crown and polish in five to ten years, then that should last until I'm too old to play
@@honkytonkinson9787 That seems great! :)
@@Vigi Ibanez RG. The frets just feel new and smooth, as they are supposed to.
My EART ES-335 ($389USD) came with perfect stainless steel frets, and is a joy to play, good sounding pickups too!
thank you! that was great feedback on SS frets
I put s.s. on my bass, and s.s. strings at the same time. It was horrible. I got flange - chorus efect so intense and even more string effect then you usually get with new strings that the actual tone was around 50‰ of overall sound. When I put on nickel strings it was a little better. I'm taking off s.s. frets for shure as soon as I can.
Hmm, I’m sorry to hear that. But it’s also quite interesting. Do you got sound comparisons with and without stainless steel frets? 🤔
@@Vigi Actually not, but I play that bass for a long time and know how it sounds. But sound with new s.s. frets was so strange that I would notice that even if it was the first time that I play. Now, when the strings are older it is much better but still somehow different.
Hmm, maybe it’s a more common issue for bass? I honestly do not notice and significant different for guitar. The only difference I noticed is the feel. ☺️
@@Vigi Maybe is bigger problem on bass, actually, you're right. Thanks for opinion and time. All the best.
I've heard some excellent and experienced guitar players say they hate the sound of stainless steel frets, but I don't hear much difference.
who is ferjantes??? cant find him on google???
Maybe I mean Frusciante? But I don’t remember if I mentioned him on the video. 🤷♂️😊
Great video. I just wish share, they are now making nickel fret with the rockwell hardness of stainless. Prs now use nickel fret with a hardness very close to stainless. I do love the stainless jumbo on super strats like Suhr and Charvels. On a classic custom shop tele's l prefer these new super hard med jumbo nickel. (Just a person preference,) we will see if they start to become popular with time.
Great vedio but the intro was a pleasant suprise...great playing ✌️
Thank you! Do you recognize the riff? :)
absolutely beautiful riff from mateus...I've been learning it too...Bluesy Wednesday ✌️
Awesome! 🤩
Stainless frets and a nitro paint job. Get the mojo of a relic but have the frets stay perfect forever. I refret with stainless and then have it pleked. Then im good for life, i can wail and slam the bends as hard as i can not having to worry about fret wear
It’s awesome! I love the feel of stainless steel frets too! :)
that's weird that the 62 reissue had a thin neck...I thought they had thicker necks back in 62..and you say the pickups on the green one sounded so much better....you would think that the pickups in a USA made 62 reissue would be awesome...but so many variables and contradictions with guitars. Thank goodness I chose a silver sky for my first premium guitar because I was trying for the sound of Jimi-castles,little wing and the sound of Frusciante songs like under the bridge, scar tissue and gong li. The SS is expensive but consistent.Every one sounds almost exactly the same
I'm gonna refret all the mistakes I made in college and in the comments . Cheers to our refrets
Haha, sounds good. 👍😁
great video! keep up the good work! experimental video! GREAT!
Thank you very much! I like experimenting with different ideas. 😃
what is your action height on this guitar?
A little over 1/16 of an inch between the low E and 12 fret. :)
@@Vigi thanks. i couldnt get mine that low. i can only set it to as low as 2mm or it will create buzz beyond that. i believe i have already set the neck relief almost dead straight.
Hmm, well my higher strings are probably higher, because I tend to bend them more high up the fretboard so they are more susceptible to buzzing. :)
Lovely strat man.
I like it. :)
Stainless frets have one disadvantage and that is the extra effort to work with.
I would be disappointed with this quality of a refret. Chips should be filled in, same goes for the gap beneath the nut.
After trying a cheap guitar with SS I decided to refret my main guitar. Will see if it will that much affect the tone, as people mention.
Someone's become a mateus fan! Sounded great and a really interesting video.
I’m amazed how he mixes extreme technical skill with very original musical compositions. Thank you! ☺️
Nice Video!
Thank you! ☺️
Stainlesssteel frets is only worth it if you put softer nickel alloy strings like those run of the mill ERNIE BALL slinkys, they will practically last FOREVER.
You put harder steel strings like Fender and NYXL you'd better think twice though.
Mine are nickel wound just like EB Slinky. :)
Personally I use Stringjoy Signatures, I checked and they’re nickel-wound, so stainless steel frets should work for me. Personally, ever since I found out about ss frets, Ive been wondering whether it’s made me greatly underestimate the durability of nickel frets. They probably wont deteriorate like butter by comparison, but Im a bit paranoid about it. Then again, refrets are always a possibility.
If you plan on doing this yourself get a fret wire bender.
Stainless fret wire is a PITA to get to bend without one.
I will not use anything other than stainless from now on.
My Tele build after ten years of playing the only thing i had was a fret pop up.
Thank you for the advice! I really like stainless steel frets. :)
Re-fret with stainless steel frets yourself, it's not magic or difficult, just takes some time, patience and basic tools.
Far easier are far faster to Re-fret a guitar then to learn to play a guitar :-)
Those things you mentioned are exactly what I don’t want though. 😅 I literarily needed to just refret one guitar at that moment in time. It might take years until next time.
Edit: So what I mean is that I rather spend my time, patience and money on other things. :)
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How do I choose him?
@@Vigi accept him into your heart and truly repent and obey him
How do I on a practical manner accept him into my heart, repent and obey him?
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@@Vigi "Clash of Minds" (Walter Veith) is my spiritual mentor, he explains the Holy Bible so I can really understand it. You need to understand the Holy Bible before you can really repent and be saved by the only redeemer and savior. Man invented religion for people to seek God, but God invented Christ to bring people to Him.