[vy100]

I have a nice ‘91 777VDY with the old square neck joint, but a fantastic D-shaped 17-19 mm wizard neck. My best sounding guitar was my beloved ebony fretboard ‘98 7VWH, but it had the U-shaped Jem neck profile 19-21 mm. I decided to sand it down to 17-19 mm wizard profile neck and throw some Jescar 6105 SS frets on it. Couldn’t be happier with the result.

 

[vy100]

Nice! I’m thinking about a typical nickel refret for my first few attempts, then I’ll try the evo gold, then stainless. Did your necks resonate differently after? Mine are far more resonant it feels, it’s hard to explain.. much more lively even at low volume.

Unplugged the 7VWH it is the less resonant and more trebbly guitar I have. Compared to the other Jems it’s the less acoustically sounding guitar. Surprisingly, when plugged it is the better sounding Jem I have. The reasons for this issue I think they are two: SS frets and Ernie Ball Cobalts 9-46 gauge strings. All my other guitars are nickel frets and are D’ Addario 9-42 gauge strings. I want to re-string my 7VWH with D’Addarios to check if Cobalt strings have anything to do with the weaker unplugged sound.

To sum up: If I had to refret that neck again I would give nickel 6100 frets a chance.

I think that the 17-19 mm neck has also something to do with that, but not too much, as the other wizard 777VDY resonates better unplugged and other factors like neck-to-body contact should be considered on this issue too.