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Old 01-11-2022, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryan Alexander View Post
Hey Dustin - I wanted to pick your brain on the fret choice. I had a re-fret done on one of my guitars with the EVO gold in .047x.095" size that turned out great. I see you've gone with the slightly wider .104" variant on your Taran as well as this OM. Would you mind explaining what drove you to this decision? Could it be related to a desire for hemispherical fret ends? I remember reading that there could be intonation issues introduced with wider frets as they wear, however this does seem like it would be less of a concern with the harder EVO material. Would love to hear your thoughts
Truth be told I would be happy with either the standard width or the jumbo EVOs, but I prefer closer to jumbo for the feel and sustain with hammer-ons/vibrato. At the rate that my nickel-fretted Larrivee's wires wear with over 200 gigs a year, (each being 3-4 hrs in length) I don't see any chance of ever needing to refret EVO golds on a studio/recording guitar like this Beneteau or Taran, to be honest.
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