I spoke to the luthier today about my Ken Stika guitar... he's had
it for a while, he's overwhelmed with work since the virus...
When I brought it, we looked at the frets, they have those grooves of
wear. Today he said he'd just been looking at it again and asked me
if I was OK with going with new frets. I said "of course", what he
thinks will make it better and is willing to do is what I want
...
He asked if EVO frets would be OK, I agreed with that too.
We talked for a second about stainless steel frets since I read on
here about luthiers not liking to work with them, he agreed and
also mentioned not liking the metallic sound that goes with them.
I got my Ken Stika guitar about 18 years ago new and I wore
the grooves in its frets... it has needed a good set up since before
I got my 57 Country Western almost a year ago. I love the
Country Western, which the same luthier set up for me, and I
can't wait to compare it to the Ken Stika guitar once it is
set up.
-Mike