Members jjang1993 Posted February 21, 2019 Members Share Posted February 21, 2019 Please check the thread in the Electric Guitar section pertaining to the topic above and the pictures below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted February 21, 2019 Members Share Posted February 21, 2019 Same advice you got in Electric Guitars. Suck it up and have stainless steel frets installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FretFiend. Posted February 21, 2019 Members Share Posted February 21, 2019 I reread above several times. I saw no valid excuse for not going with stainless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted February 22, 2019 Members Share Posted February 22, 2019 I reread above several times. I saw no valid excuse for not going with stainless. I see one very valid excuse. If his tech charges charges $770 for a Nickle Silver (which is about three times the normal going rate) and $330 to crown and dress the frets that are on it (roughly ten times the going rate) then he probably would charge a boat load for SS. He must be trying to amortize that Plek as quickly as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FretFiend. Posted February 22, 2019 Members Share Posted February 22, 2019 Yes, the guy is overpriced. No, that is still not a valid excuse for not installing stainless frets Jeez! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted February 23, 2019 Members Share Posted February 23, 2019 Meh, I'd take off the fret wires, braze-repair them with some silver solder wire, rough them out, then reinstall, file and crown them. Not talking but a few wires. I do a lot of silver soldering and it takes less time than removing a wire from the board. Brazing flux, silver solder wire and a mini torch. Harbor Freight has the torch for $15.00 (butane) and McMaster-Carr carries the flux and solder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjang1993 Posted February 23, 2019 Author Members Share Posted February 23, 2019 Ok, everyone who is here, follow DeepEnd's lead, the meat of this topic is found in the electric guitars section. In the future I'll make one post. I've owned and currently own one guitar consistently for the last decade, an Epiphone Emperor Regent, if I had multiple guitars, I'd probably have my head both the acoustic and electric forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted February 23, 2019 Members Share Posted February 23, 2019 I, for one, don't mind you cross posting. The more opinions the merrier and a number of folks only post here in Acoustic Guitars and not in both. If anyone wants to follow the OP's other thread you can find it here: https://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/forum/guitar/acapella-41/32479232-evo-gold-frets-are-destroyed-re-fret-with-other-frets-or-fret-dress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted February 24, 2019 Members Share Posted February 24, 2019 Roger, wilco, over and out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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