ScottR Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 They add weird overtones and are brighter than nickel. Yeah...that is less so if you use the tiny frets I use.I was using SS so that I could use smaller frets and not have to ever recrown them..but Maple really seems to make those harsh overtones jump out at you,while bubinga and mahogany type woods seem to swallow them up so you don't hear them. But I know exactly what you are talking about That beast I made years ago with a mahogany neck and mahogany body sounded nice and smooth,even with the SS frets.My personal "tone voodoo" says that there may be a rip in the time space continuum of woods with large pores,and that those harsh tones go into the pores and reappear in another dimension to plague an entirely different species of humanoids.. My last one has jumbo SS frets, on a maple over spanish cedar body, and it sounds great. That may have more to do with RAD's PAF A4 pups than anything else though. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 My Bubinga mini singlecut sounds really great...I think some woods just clash with SS...if a guitar already leans towards being bright SS can come up with some very disturbing overtones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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