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Post by nothingnothing on Apr 17, 2022 18:33:59 GMT
My Harley Benton Fusion-HH FR has some serious fret wear after 2 years of playing, I am using only 52-10 EB nickel wound strings and I wasn't expecting it at all, because it has "stainless steel frets" and it's not even my main guitar, I was using it like 2 times per week for 30 min practices...
I have pretty big grooves on the top of my frets (not just small scratches). Meanwhile my other guitars with standard nickel frets have basically no fret wear after 5+ years of heavy usage.
I have seen a lot of people having the same problem with early Fusion I guitars.
If I remember correctly Fusion I had "stainless steel frets", but current Fusion III guitars have "blacksmith stainless steel frets", but the question is if latest guitars have higher quality frets?
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Post by stratsoundfan on Jun 5, 2023 20:06:10 GMT
If you thought you were gonna get high quality SS frets on a 300eur guitar, guess again. There is no free lunch, unfortunately. You get what you pay for. FWIW, my HB ST-62 had developed dents already after 3 months of use.
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advb
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Post by advb on Jun 7, 2023 21:40:24 GMT
Ah yes that is a commonly made mistake nothingnothing . You wouldn't be the first. That was my mistake, not nothingnothing ! I stand by my own errors.....
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DefJef
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Due to musical differences I've decided I can't work with myself any more.
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Post by DefJef on Jun 8, 2023 8:23:12 GMT
Good spot thunderbird . I didn't notice it was April 2022 when this thread was created. Just started using my 'smart' phone to interact with the forum and can't get on with it at all! It also explains my misrecognising advb so apologies there too. So it's back to the laptop for me! Weeeeee....it's lovely....the clarity......the space....the spelling.....the eyesight.....the freeeeedoooommmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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thunderbird
Harley Benton Expert
Less purchase, more practice
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Post by thunderbird on Jun 9, 2023 12:04:01 GMT
Good spot thunderbird . I didn't notice it was April 2022 when this thread was created. Just started using my 'smart' phone to interact with the forum and can't get on with it at all! It also explains my misrecognising advb so apologies there too. So it's back to the laptop for me! Weeeeee....it's lovely....the clarity......the space....the spelling.....the eyesight.....the freeeeedoooommmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate using my phone as a web browser.
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