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 Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:03 pm
does scallpoing your guitar neck really do anything for the sound and playability?
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:20 pm
well ... it makes it harder cause it kind of rises the action the strings , but it makes it easier to do bends and virbato . I wouldnt do it , mostly cause love the way fret board feel now .
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Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:58 am
it doesnt raise the action, so to say, it just raises the distance from the strings to the fret board, the same effect as , say, switching from small frets to extra jumbo, allowing you to bend easier, it actually makes it very difficult to play because you have to get used to only pressing the strings hard enough that it gets the right intonated note, as pressing hard will make everything sound out of tune, especially with chords. IMO its not worth the trouble of getting it done, it doesnt make you play faster, you have a chance of messing up your tone, and quite possible your neck/fretboard. gonk
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:32 pm
i was watching some malmseen videos and saw that his was scalloped and wondered if it helped any...thanks
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:29 pm
I'll agree with the discussion about warping your fretboard a bit, but I have played one and you don't have to press hard at all. No cheap or simple gimmick is going to make you a better player like that, but if you tried it and liked it a lot then it's for you. A lot of times you just have to try it out somewhere to find out.
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:15 pm
Just try it out , on another guitar . Ya might like it . Try out one of them yngwie models if you could find one . Or do it your self on a crappy cheap guitar .
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:26 pm
Sorry for being such an ignomus, but what exactly is scalloping?
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:13 pm
well , the frets are scalloped . Meaning that they're sanded down to kind of dip in . Kind of like old instruments of the old time I guess . Kind of like a sitar too I think . Just look up Yngwie Malmsteen model guitar .
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:24 pm
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