So, I went to my local Guitar Center.......I picked up a Squier Vintage Modified Jazz, for $314 out the door, unplayed and new. It has a neck as slim as the one on the Geddy lee jazz, the thing sounds awesome. I'd lke to string it with rotosounds(which I've used) I'm just concerned about fret wear, I'm paranoid like that....would rotos ruin my frets? The neck has beautiful binding and a very beautiful glazed finish on the neck. As many of you know, these instruments are very beautiful and of outstanding quality and pictures just don't cut it!
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I got a new player!
- Thread starter Donavan321
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I used Rotosounds for decades and yes you will get fret wear but it depends on your touch. Heavy handed playing will chew frets a lot faster. I'm a fairly light touch player and I got 30 years out of my P bass before it needed the frets to be releveled.
I'm not sure, I play aggresively/slap and pop, but I don't think I'm pretty gentle with my fretting hand.
It's been said that most steel rounds will take 10 years to cause any serious fretwear if you're heavy handed. Roto steels will do it in 8. It's not that big a deal.
Really? Yeah, I noticed that the older ones weren't very good. I've owned several basses over the past 4 years, including MIM Fenders, a Ric, and many other various brands. This guy is pretty killer, I'm not afraid to show this off while gigging! There are many Squier haters, saying they're junk. But the 299.99 price tag was a steal!
to me that is nothing wrong with any bass as long as it is good in the hands of the player. ive played p basses jazz basses t birds sound gears and my most recent love affair a thumb bass. And all of them were grate.
My jazz like yours was grate till it developed a nasty crack down the center of the neck. But I can also say I wasn't relly that gental with it.
