Monahan
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Since it's a cold, December Saturday-- and raining (i.e. no motorcycling today) I decided to perform some overdue bass maintenance.
Question for those using cobalt flats:
Anyone notice unusual fret-wear when using cobalt flats?
As I understand it, cobalt ranks higher on the hardness scale than stainless steel. According to the string packaging, cobalt is used for the outer ribbon and underwraps. So my tendency of overthinking engages; theoretically, a string constructed of material harder than that of the frets should wear the frets quicker than strings made of softer material.
Again, I'm probably overthinking the matter. A quick search of the forums didn't help matters... although it did get me thinking of installing a set of flats on my Bongo
My #2 'Ray is currently wearing Cobalts, but I'm thinking of trying a set of something else I have on hand. Since my #1 'Ray is wearing DR Blues, I'm never without a proper amount of zing
Question for those using cobalt flats:
Anyone notice unusual fret-wear when using cobalt flats?
As I understand it, cobalt ranks higher on the hardness scale than stainless steel. According to the string packaging, cobalt is used for the outer ribbon and underwraps. So my tendency of overthinking engages; theoretically, a string constructed of material harder than that of the frets should wear the frets quicker than strings made of softer material.
Again, I'm probably overthinking the matter. A quick search of the forums didn't help matters... although it did get me thinking of installing a set of flats on my Bongo
My #2 'Ray is currently wearing Cobalts, but I'm thinking of trying a set of something else I have on hand. Since my #1 'Ray is wearing DR Blues, I'm never without a proper amount of zing