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Did Gibson use cryogenically treated frets recently?
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Really? Cryogenic Frets? How about if they just effing made sure they were polished and the nut was cut decently? Why don't we get that right before we get all fancy and sci-fi. Maybe learn how to work a basic file.
More likely they removed everyones brains and cryogenically froze them.Originally posted by Bad City
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No matter what they did
someone would complain
They want the vintage spongy brass fret sound on their Gibby
When i got my Epiphone Florentine
I had just played Jerry's Les Paul Signature 335
and it had the super low frets
I asked the guy at the shop if he could file them down to the super low mystery fret level
Thankfully he talked me out of itEHD
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My research suggests that they used it sporadically until about 2018. This is probably when they ran out of their initial supply. As I've posted, the frets looked brand now, so the treatment obviously works well to prevent wear. I would like to see a Gibson fretted with this stuff 20 years down the road - will they still look new and untouched? Only time will tell. Hope I don't run into another guitar so equipped - frets that don't wear are bad news for repair guys....aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever
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Not being familiar with what this process is supposed to do....what is this process supposed to do?Administrator of the SDUGF
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Not being familiar with what this process is supposed to do....what is this process supposed to do?
aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever
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Originally posted by ICTGoober View Post
Cryogenic treatment slowly reduces the temperature of the material to -300 degrees and holds it for 20 hours before bringing the temp back up slowly. This process compresses the crystalline structure of the metal, making it denser and harder. It reduces wear and deformation of the metal - which is what happens to normal nickel silver frets during playing.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Ahhh, I didn't know this. I wonder why they just don't use a harder metal to begin with?
Don't say titanium - it's strong and light, but not easy to form. Good wear resistance? Believe it or not - cast iron is tough as hell. You want exotics like Inconel or Waspalloy? High dollar. Someone suggested depleted uranium which would be heavy as hell, but resists heavy artillery.
I'm making fun of you, Dave. There's a reason nickel silver has been used almost 100 years. It works.Last edited by ICTGoober; 04-20-2021, 10:01 PM.aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever
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Originally posted by ICTGoober View Post
You have suggestions, Dave? Got your engineering degree handy?
Don't say titanium - it's strong and light, but not easy to form. Good wear resistance? Believe it or not - cast iron is tough as hell. You want exotics like Inconel or Waspalloy? High dollar. Someone suggested depleted uranium which would be heavy as hell, but resists heavy artillery.
I'm making fun of you, Dave. There's a reason nickel silver has been used almost 100 years. It works.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by ICTGoober View Post
Someone suggested depleted uranium which would be heavy as hell, but resists heavy artillery.
.Originally posted by crusty philtrumAnyone who *sings* at me through their teeth deserves to have a bus drive through their face
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