Stainless steel strings and my tiny frets.

ampegfuzz · #1 10-23-2007, 04:00 PM

I have an older gibson bass and the frets are wore down (still alive but wore down). The bass plays awesome but i afraid the stailess well chew up the frets real bad and i will have to get a refret (which i dont want to do)........ How bad do they eat frets(if at all) and should i just stay with nickel.

SuperSnake2012 · #2 10-23-2007, 04:01 PM

Sounds like you should play with nickels or flatwound strings. Stainless steel strings are notorious from eating away at your frets.

rickfan63 · #3 10-23-2007, 06:22 PM

If you really want to use SS rounds. I'd go with the DR Hi-Beams. They are the only SS strings that I know of that will be easy on the frets. But they are low tension strings, so be aware of that. I am very concerned about fret wear too. I use DR nickel Lo-Riders on two for my three Ricks and haven't had an issue with the frets. I use Chromes flats on the other. If you can, experiment and see what works best for you.