I left a couple of my friends at the doctors...

[Mark Wein]

My McFeely 454 and Les Paul Standard are at Grant Guitars for the next couple of weeks for setups and a set of replacement tuners in the case of the McFeely. Both are refret candidates but we decided that the McFeely has one fret dressing left in it (the frets are pretty worn the fuck out) and the Les Paul should just be played without a dressing because doing a good dressing at this point will make it play like a fretless wonder and I don't want that. Yay. I have probably three refrets to pay for next year (my other Les Paul will be getting a bit of a face lift as well).

 

[IamSeaDevil]

Do you need to borrow the Hemi? @Mark Wein

 

[Mark Wein]

Do you need to borrow the Hemi? @Mark Wein

I’m good for now - I timed this in a window between AST gigs. I will keep in it mind though if something comes up. It would be fun to play on a gig


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[IamSeaDevil]

I’m good for now - I timed this in a window between AST gigs. I will keep in it mind though if something comes up. It would be fun to play on a gig

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Anytime

 

[yabba]

thoughts on stainless for a potential refret?

 

[Mark Wein]

thoughts on stainless for a potential refret?

I’m really considering it for the McFeely although finding someone local to do it is a bitch.

 

[jelloman]

Considering how you use them stainless frets would be a worthwhile investment...sucks that they all hit at the same time, but yours don't spend a lot of time in cases...

 

[Jbird]

Do the EVO gold frets. I hear they are about halfway in between regular frets and SS frets, hardness-wise, but you only need regular fret tools to work with them. You'd get much more life out of your frets, and your local luthier doesn't need to get specialized tools, a win-win.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Mojo sent! I need to pack up a bunch of things to my friend who techs for me, now that the longstanding local (the one Tom Petty hung out in and worked at as a kid) closed. Have a couple guitars with input/electrics probs, a tube head that hopefully just needs a retube, and a Vox combo and a PA coulmn with broken input jacks.

Having so much crap means I take forever to get repairs done, because I just switch to alternate gear.

 

[Mark Wein]

Mojo sent! I need to pack up a bunch of things to my friend who techs for me, now that the longstanding local (the one Tom Petty hung out in and worked at as a kid) closed. Have a couple guitars with input/electrics probs, a tube head that hopefully just needs a retube, and a Vox combo and a PA coulmn with broken input jacks.

Having so much crap means I take forever to get repairs done, because I just switch to alternate gear.

That’s kind of how it works here too although I not have as much as i used to.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

That’s kind of how it works here too although I not have as much as i used to.

I'm hoping to have Crash Pad back on the boards by the end of January, so at a minimum I need to get my Sovtek head looked at. That Tube Midget into a Risson 4x12 (or my vintage Kustom 1x15, for a smaller room or smaller stage footprint) has been my Crash Pad rig for years now. I've got a couple '80's solid state Marshalls I could use in a mini-stack (I payed a reunion show with a different band a few months back with them), and in the distant past have gigged my vintage Sunn head, with a stompbox, with the same cabs (and before that, my Super Reverb with a dirtbox), but I'd rather go with what I know.

 

[Chad]

I'm hoping to have Crash Pad back on the boards by the end of January, so at a minimum I need to get my Sovtek head looked at. That Tube Midget into a Risson 4x12 (or my vintage Kustom 1x15, for a smaller room or smaller stage footprint) has been my Crash Pad rig for years now. I've got a couple '80's solid state Marshalls I could use in a mini-stack (I payed a reunion show with a different band a few months back with them), and in the distant past have gigged my vintage Sunn head, with a stompbox, with the same cabs (and before that, my Super Reverb with a dirtbox), but I'd rather go with what I know.

You know EHX is making those Sovtek Mig 50s now? I haven't played one, but my trigger finger is very itchy

https://reverb.com/item/3601868-electro-harmonix-mig-50-tube-guitar-amplifier-head-sovtek-reissue

 

[reverend1]

I was worried you got neutered.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

You know EHX is making those Sovtek Mig 50s now? I haven't played one, but my trigger finger is very itchy

https://reverb.com/item/3601868-electro-harmonix-mig-50-tube-guitar-amplifier-head-sovtek-reissue

:barney:

WHOA! I didn't know about the re-ish. That's not the same amp as mine, though.

Confusingly, Sovtek put out two different fifty watt heads. The regular MiG50, in a box a little smaller than a standard Marshall-size box, was more like a Fender Bassman amp, and didn't have a master volume. That's the one EH is reissuing:

With the channels jumped like this, the two volumes might work like a gain and a volume, but generally I think it was designed to only use one channel or the other, like a lot of classic Fender amps, with each volume for each channel.

At any rate, the OTHER fifty watt Sovtek was called the "Tube Midget," and was in a still smaller box. The model number for the Midget is MiG50H. This also had two separate channels, high and low, not switchable, but the Midget has a volume and a gain, like a master-volume JCM 800. They're both good amps (a former bandmate of mine had the big-box MiG50) but the Midget is a better match for Crash Pad.

 

[Chad]

:barney:

WHOA! I didn't know about the re-ish. That's not the same amp as mine, though.

Confusingly, Sovtek put out two different fifty watt heads. The regular MiG50, in a box a little smaller than a standard Marshall-size box, was more like a Fender Bassman amp, and didn't have a master volume. That's the one EH is reissuing:

With the channels jumped like this, the two volumes might work like a gain and a volume, but generally I think it was designed to only use one channel or the other, like a lot of classic Fender amps, with each volume for each channel.

At any rate, the OTHER fifty watt Sovtek was called the "Tube Midget," and was in a still smaller box. The model number for the Midget is MiG50H. This also had two separate channels, high and low, not switchable, but the Midget has a volume and a gain, like a master-volume JCM 800. They're both good amps (a former bandmate of mine had the big-box MiG50) but the Midget is a better match for Crash Pad.

Sounds like we need to start hammering EHX to reissue that one too. Maybe release a Crash Pad signature head

 

[yabba]

I’m really considering it for the McFeely although finding someone local to do it is a bitch.

I don't have personal stainless steel fret usage experience, but like jelloman says, you seem like a prime candidate! There have got to be plenty of people in socal who do stainless (dunno how local you need local to be..)

 

[DFB]

The McFeely gets played a bunch doesn't it.
What is it,4 years old and it needs a refret?

Stainless steel for sure.

 

[Grant Harding]

I'll give a vote for high quality stainless. My Anderson still has NO visible signs of fret-wear after 14 years of torture. I still can't believe it - all of my other guitars with regular frets have really obvious wear and in the case of my Strat is on it's second refret.

 

[bsman]

I'll jump on the SS bandwagon. My Emerald is seven years old and gets played pretty much every day. The frets are perfect and shiny. I have a Tacoma that after a similar amount of play has grooves worn in the frets as well as a distinct flattening. If you need new frets, you may as well pay the extra and ensure that it's the last time you'll ever need to do so.

 

[Flatspotter]

Another vote for stainless. I love that when you bend a string, you don't get that "gritty" feel that you get with nickel-silver frets, especially on the plain strings.