Nah, that's what they want you to believe. It's actually caused by rust monsters.

Damn, 3-4 days? That's a pretty severe rust monster infestation you've got there...



...ok, back to topic.

Fast Fret FTW! Yeah, it doesn't make dead strings sound lively, but it helps when you just wanna play and don't wanna go through the hassle of changing strings, especially for floating trem guitars. It helps make the strings physically playable, but it'll sound like dead strings no matter what...