spongebob Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 I read somewhere online about the frets on the Classic Vibe Squires. Don't know if this is true, but being the lower vintage style, stainless steel strings will just eat them up, and it'll need a re-fret within 12 months. This can't be right, surely (don't call me Shirley, etc....!) I know SS aren't great for Rics (always used Flats or Nickels on my 4003), but I'd have thought they be fine on the CV's, as I think my CV-P has come fitted with them! Any experiences? Quote
bumnote Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Ive sold mine now, but I didnt have any sign of fretwear after a year Quote
Mr. Foxen Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 I recall they have tiny frets, but I've always used steels, and the frets on my first bass, the laying around noodling on bass, show hardly any markings, so I don't think 12 months is gonna make much odds, unless they are made very soft, which I doubt. Quote
Cat Burrito Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 Sounds like a silly internet rumour to me Quote
Ou7shined Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 I suppose it would depend on your playing style too - slapping and popping is not as fret friendly as just plucking or fingering. Quote
Grand Wazoo Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 sounds to me like..... I have a spare Squier Classic Vibe neck and I 've played that neck from March until I replaced it last week with the Mighty Mite and there isn't one bit of wear on those frets. I could take pics to show you that neck is a minter. By the way that neck is for sale £50 delivered, anyone who needs it for a project that would be pukka, comes fitted with the original tuners and evvythang. Quote
spongebob Posted January 25, 2011 Author Posted January 25, 2011 That's great to hear. Must be a scare story put out by Squier haters! I think it sounds fab with stainless steel's on them, and I'd rather stick to them. Looks like I will, as no-one has yet to say don't! Quote
mcnach Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 [quote name='BurritoBass' post='1102464' date='Jan 25 2011, 06:04 PM']Sounds like a silly internet rumour to me[/quote] +666 Quote
The Burpster Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 I'm not aware of any frets that are that soft that they'd wear out in 12 months, even playing 8hrs a day every day.... I'd say that was a load of old tosh. Squires are usually bomb proof! Quote
EssentialTension Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 I've got non-stainless flats on mine so maybe not the test you're looking for but the frets look brand new after fifteen months. Quote
Mr. Foxen Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 [quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1102489' date='Jan 25 2011, 06:12 PM']By the way that neck is for sale £50 delivered, anyone who needs it for a project that would be pukka, comes fitted with the original tuners and evvythang. [/quote] What style of neck? Quote
Grand Wazoo Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1102740' date='Jan 25 2011, 08:58 PM']What style of neck?[/quote] It was a Squier Classic Vibe Precision neck, but it was sold the minute I put it up for sale in the Miscellaneous sale items. Someone snatched it faster than I could wrap it. Quote
rjb Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 Rubbish I'd say. My CV P neck is one of the best I've played full stop, and I own basses that cost many times more than a Squier. Quote
absolutpepper Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 Load of codswallop. Never had a single fret issue (wear or otherwise) in the two years I owned my CV Jazz. Great basses. Quote
Ou7shined Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 I won't comment on CV necks per se because I've never owned one but reading the depositions from past and present owners in this thread you would believe that CV fret wear doesn't exist. Which is an affront to logic. [b]For the sake of balance,[/b] I would like to ask those who in their own personal experience have not seen any wear on a CV neck, have you worn out the frets on any other make of bass in the same time scale? Couldn't it just be that you are gentle/careful players? I have a very percussive fingering style and have subsequently done in a fret or two on differing makes of neck in my time and because of that I stay clear of SS strings because they are undoubtedly the worst culprit (lucky for me I don't even like the sound of them anymore ). I wouldn't want to make distinctions between makes of neck but to me it makes perfect sense that someone who is prone to wear out frets faster would undoubtedly blow holes in vintage style frets faster than they would their jumbo counterparts. I think it only becomes an issue if the alloy used in the frets is of an inferior quality and wear out quickly through normal usage, then we'd really have something to complain about. Quote
neepheid Posted January 26, 2011 Posted January 26, 2011 (edited) If any new bass needed a refret within 12 months then I'd say it was faulty. Either that or the user is doing it very wrong. Like fretting-with-a-claw-hammer wrong. Edited January 26, 2011 by neepheid Quote
spongebob Posted January 26, 2011 Author Posted January 26, 2011 Love the tone of stainless rounds on the P, so I can ignore the rumour.....and keep my strings AND my frets! Quote
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