Little bit o fret wear

[spencer]

Hey my peoples,

I was cleaning the fretboard of my stingray recently and when I removed the strings I found the the first three frets on the E string had pretty notice able wear long with the 1 and 2nd fret on the A string. Im not sure if its is from me but mostlikely the previous owner, I don't useually play too much down there. Anyways I was just wondering how long frets usually last and how big of a deal is it [recrowning ect] to replace them. It just seems like it'll be a nightmare to get done, does ernie ball redo them?

Also any diffrence in wear between a .100 gauge and .105 gauge string? I was just wondering if maby it had to due with the smaller me and the previous owner have been useing..

 

[Big Poppa]

spencer frets last a long time and can be re dressed..if you dont have action, buzzing or intonation problems then you are still ok

 

[silverburst]

Especially since (as you said) you don't play that part of the fretboard very much.

 

[spencer]

K, another thing is, does super low action or low action do damage to frets? I like my strings to buzz when I dig in and think this might affect the frets infront of it.

Another reason I asked if gauge mattered was becase I have a a few marks around the E where the string has marked the wood and I wanted to know why this happened? I use standard tuneing and super slinkies.

 

[rhythmCity944]

sounds like normal wear no matter what guage...my between the nut and my 4th or 5th fret i have wear on the fret board. My bass still plays great so I don't worry about it especially since you can't really see the marks with the stings on the bass...I use 105 guage strings