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| I have a question:
Can the stainless steel windings of chromes , damage the frets?, since i heard that stainless steel could damage your frets much easier.
Is this a fact?
And another question :
Can Chromes suit well for a lead guitar and solos?
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| | I use Chromes, and haven't noticed this at all. I do get "normal" fret wear from strings, and haven't noticed a difference in any one type of alloy wearing them down any faster. Perhaps the smoothness of the flat wound Chromes helps to lessen any additional wear that the stainless steel might cause. Of course, I don't really bend strings, or use any similar playing styles which might abrade and grind the strings against the frets more than usual. As for taking leads, you can still do that with Chromes. Keep in mind that you'll have a bit of a mellow tone. The mellowness can sound quite juicy in a lead where you use some creamy overdrive and sustain. The tone won't "bite" as much as round wounds. If less "bite" and more "liquid" is what you're going for, Chromes would be worth a try! If they end up being too mellow for you, you could always try out the nickel Half Rounds.
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| This is what i taught about too. Thank you. I wait for anybody else's opinion , who uses Chromes. Thank You!
I still need to know if stainless steel windings of Chromes can cause more fret wear than usual nickel alloy, being used by a lead guitarist which will involve lots of bendings , vibratos, wide vibratos. Maybe Matt can answer. Thanks..
The thing is that i don't think they were quite designed for lead, due to the the gauge , due to the tone... I guess i will try them to convince myself if they can suit, But i still need to find out the thing about the frets damage.
Umm, the thing is that Half Rounds use also a Stainless Steel wound. Half round guitar strings are round wound with 430 stainless steel(from D'Addario). So i really need to know if it will damage the frets faster or maybe slower.
Thank you.
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| The worst thing for fret wear is tarnished strings (ie rough surface), so I would think that stainless/chrome have advantages here. It's worth keeping them cleaned/lubricated with Fast Fret or similar though.
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| | Aha! I thought that the guitar half-rounds were nickel-wound like the bass half-rounds. I see that I'm wrong there, as the guitar half-rounds are stainless steel as you mentioned. There's a new forum moderator now, I believe. Hopefully he can give you more specific information on the Chromes.
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| | Ok, no problem, i hope an admin can say something about this, confirm anything. I need a fact. |
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