stainless eating my fretts.

[mantaraya]

has anyone played his rays with stainless strings, they will eat my fretts ? is the frett material strong enough for them?

 

[phatduckk]

has anyone played his rays with stainless strings, they will eat my fretts ? is the frett material strong enough for them?

lots of people say that stainless steal strings wear out your frets quicker than nickel etc... personally ive been playing all my basses w/ stainless strings for years. my frets are still cool.

if i have to get a fretjob a year or 2 earlier that's fine. the tone i get from using stainless is worth it (for me).

so i say use what sounds best for you... sure, you might have to redo the frets a bit quicker but that's a few years down the road. its not like stainless strings will wear thru all your frets immediately

 

[Oldtoe]

A certain brand of stainless steel strings that rhymes with "DR Hi-Beams" has never eaten my frets. Been using them for years.

 

[EasyTiger]

just changed from *cough*DR*cough* to some EB stainless for my ray....3 cheers for turning off the bright switch on my amp!

 

[phatduckk]

just changed from *cough*DR*cough* to some EB stainless for my ray....3 cheers for turning off the bright switch on my amp!

i pulled the switch to the EB Stainless from DR hibeams around 9 months ago... i like the EB stainless a lot

 

[EasyTiger]

I've never used steels before, but I've now playing with 2 guitarest, one with a tele and one with a strat, SOO bright!

so the steels give me the brightness I need to cut through