Originally Posted by: rightturnonlyany insrument will develope fretware. especially when we do a lot of bending, tapping, whatever. I belive that this type of ware can be kept to a minimum
by using the least amount of pressure to get the desired result. I've see manny an old guitar,with thin frets, that show large amounts of such wear even down to the neck itself (between the frets). I think that if we play we pay, technique is so imporatnt this includes pressure as well. I allways have a guitar to use for pratice. I save my nicer instruments for performing. JIM :)

so what you're saying is eventually frets will wear if you bend and frets will cut if you tap?

if thats it then that sucks. i have scratchless spoons and my frets have cuts in them. did the spoon factory get their metal shipments mixed with the guitar factory?