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Have you tried using SS wire Grant? I guess it’s not keeping with any vintage feel.

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I haven't tried SS,but I think beeg has. If I recall right he said it wasn't a big deal to work with?
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Some guys reckon the SS have different sound characteristics than steel.

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GrantB wrote:I haven't tried SS,but I think beeg has. If I recall right he said it wasn't a big deal to work with?
haha, it was a pita as it was over binding, ended up having to grind tangs off with the bench grinder. My cutters wouldn't do the job ;)
Without binding, just hard to cut - I need bigger cutters. Much prefer nickel to work with.
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GrantB wrote:I haven't tried SS,but I think beeg has. If I recall right he said it wasn't a big deal to work with?
haha, it was a pita as it was over binding, ended up having to grind tangs off with the bench grinder. My cutters wouldn't do the job ;)
Without binding, just hard to cut - I need bigger cutters. Much prefer nickel to work with.
That is one thing about those expensive pesky StewMac tools - they're often rated for SS. I wouldn't mind using SS but I can imagine every aspect being more difficult. I like rounding the ends of frets...with SS that would be hard work to get perfect.
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I had a chat to my career luthier a while ago re: stainless; he said [given you’ve got the right tools, it isn’t hard on them] but it’s real hard on your hands when you’re tryna cut it and so on. His rate for stainless is pretty reasonable too, really.
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I didn't realize the soldering the frets before extraction was a thing.
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Oh, wait. What??
Maybe that’s why I took chunks out me board lololol
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Did you have a look at those smoking frets? Ah and now I see why, yes splintering their way out, maybe sometimes not so.
I've got an old acoustic that frets are near falling out.
I imagine that heat would undo the glue, if glued.
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Was talking to a guy whom I had sold a gat to. He was telling me he was proceeding to clean his strings with a cleaning solution when he saw smoke. One of the strings heated up so much it melted down through the nut...bizarre

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