essexbasscat Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Hi all Raised this thread as I didn't want to hijack another one where a question about stainless steel frets has come up. A recommendation was made that a fret crowning file is best avoided for use on stainless steel frets. This raised a few questions for me, such as; - How would you recognise stainless steel frets ? or come to that, how would you know what material a fret in made from ? - Why is it best to avoid using crowning files on stainless steel frets ? (once you know you have them in front of you that is) - What else do you use, or how do you, shape or level and finish stainless steel frets ? - What material do you use to level SS frets ? As you can see, the whole shibang really. Just really curious now Thanks all T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 No reason not to use a crowning file on stainless frets, they are much harder though, so will be tougher going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 [quote name='essexbasscat' timestamp='1330609741' post='1560296'] How would you recognise stainless steel frets ? [/quote] They won't have any stains on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 The goo along the edges isn't green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 here is one of Ed Roman's rants on stainless steel frets. Not a big fan apparently! [url="http://www.edroman.com/techarticles/stainlessfrets.htm"]http://www.edroman.com/techarticles/stainlessfrets.htm[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Buy a Warwick and you have a nice 'bell-metal' alloy... defo NOT Stainless Steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 If Ed Roman hates then I want them all my basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I know I'm always gutted when my frets wear faster than my strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Blaming tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Someone who bought suitable tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 There's no shortage of proper tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 Don't fret about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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