Rosewood neck with stainless steel frets? Ohhh yeah!

[darchirnoj]

So I can get a JP6 with the rosewood neck option, & it will have stainless steel frets?
I LOVE stainless steel frets!
Any other MM guitars with SS frets?
Thnx

 

[guitvai1]

I have a Silhouette Special PDN with SS frets, awesome.

 

[darchirnoj]

But the that guitar was special for that PDN offer, right?
I'm just wondering if ss frets are an option for this rosewood neck special offer?
Thnx

 

[dkannen]

Any guitar that comes stock with SS frets will have them. So yes, any JP you order will come with SS frets.

 

[balance]

Despite my aversion to Rosewood (I've never kept a guitar with a Rosewood board), I'd be hard pressed to pass up an all Rosewood Morse if it had SS frets on it!

 

[ksandvik]

I would prefer SS for most guitars as fret wear is not fun but is there any consensus that SS frets sound more sterile, or is this just a placebo effect?

 

[balance]

I would prefer SS for most guitars as fret wear is not fun but is there any consensus that SS frets sound more sterile, or is this just a placebo effect?

I've seen some debate both ways, but many well respected luthiers state they can hear zero difference. I have SS on all but my EVH and SS frets do nothing to detract from the tone: zero "sterility" in my experience.

 

[Firewalker]

I have been playing my JP6 for a year and a half now and I have been unable to hear the difference between stainless steel frets and the reg nickel frets. The ss frets still look brand new after all the playing on them.

 

[TNT]

Stainless steel frets are NOT nickel frets, so is their a difference - of course! However minimal or minute it would be, there are dozens of differences (if you break it down scientifically). And, they can be "compared" in each individual category.

I actually "love" both, although if I had to choose just one, I know which one I would have to pick. I hate the "wear" on nickel, and I enjoy the buttery smoothness of ss. There may be a slight "ping" of treble with the ss, but one thing
you can't do on ss is "burn" a note. (play a note and wear the fret up and down for until it burns). Of course this will really mow down the nickel frets in no time.