Recent content by Luke P

To those still interested, I think I’ve had some luck. More testing is needed though. I wiped down the underside of the strings with a microfiber cloth and honestly that helped a lot. Granted, my frets aren’t in bad shape anymore since I polished them about 3 weeks ago or less when I changed...

I’ll try investigating tonight. If that doesn’t solve my issue, I’ll change strings and hope for better luck. I cannot imagine my frets have wear after less than a month ~28 hours of play.

I’ve never noticed. I never play with sweaty hands so I don’t see how that could be an issue really. I ensure my hands are clean before touching any guitar

I prefer to use Elixir custom 09-46 gauge but those have been out of stock for months. I’ve tried Daddario NXYL Custom 0946 in the mean time and get bad luck apparently, it’s been likely this for 5 months. Someone on YouTube said I should switch to elixir poly web and try that. I prefer using a...

The frets themselves are giving me trouble. Scratchy might not be the best word to describe it. The string doesn’t bend well and glide across the fret. I change strings every 4 weeks, and I play about an hour a day, so that’s roughly 28 hours of use for each set of strings. I’ve been practicing...

I’ve owned the SS for 6 months now and I really love it. However, it’s come with some issues. After about a month of owning it, the frets were starting to get scratchy and it was hard to bend smoothly. When you do a full step bend, certain frets would have this awful feel to them. This isn’t...