Oaky, i`m tinhikng aobut sacollpnig my fuor upeprs fert, and yaeh, i konw how. But i wnat to konw if taht rlaley hlep if you wnat to paly fetasr. Waht`s the rael adntvaage of hvanig a sacolpled ncek?
Scalloped neck...
- Thread starter 666laiho_4evacobhc
- Start date
Kenneth R.
Cináed
advantage: tapping is easier and some other techniques.
disadvantage: you can't undo scalloping, and it will seriously mess up bends and tuning if you push down hard to play. it only works for light-touch techniques.
grammar. heard of this word? take the time to spell things out, it really helps.
disadvantage: you can't undo scalloping, and it will seriously mess up bends and tuning if you push down hard to play. it only works for light-touch techniques.
grammar. heard of this word? take the time to spell things out, it really helps.
I was just thinking that about the grammar and spelling.
But yeah, Scalloping is really only good for doing sweeps and other techniques. I personally prefer my unscalloped frets 'cause it keeps the neck in better condition and I'm used to playing like that, but I wanna see if it's possible to get my frets scalloped like on Stephan Forte's custom LAG.
But yeah, Scalloping is really only good for doing sweeps and other techniques. I personally prefer my unscalloped frets 'cause it keeps the neck in better condition and I'm used to playing like that, but I wanna see if it's possible to get my frets scalloped like on Stephan Forte's custom LAG.
HackerX
Member
Rep if you can find a word longer than that 3 chars that's spelt correctly.
As for scalloped, it's not something I'd do, though I'd consider larger fret wire
As for scalloped, it's not something I'd do, though I'd consider larger fret wire
I cdnouolt blveiee that I cluod auaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the human mind. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer inwaht order the ltteers in a word are, the only iprmoatnt tnihg is that the frist and lsat ltteeer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can siltl raed it wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the hmaum mind deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tguhoht slpeling wa ipmorantt!
Taht was on pourpse,folos
edit: takhns for the ifno btw
Taht was on pourpse,folos
edit: takhns for the ifno btw
Anonymous
L'Étranger
progmetaldan
Member
Reps kplzthxmchI cdnouolt blveiee that I cluod auaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the human mind. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer inwaht order the ltteers in a word are, the only iprmoatnt tnihg is that the frist and lsat ltteeer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can siltl raed it wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the hmaum mind deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tguhoht slpeling wa ipmorantt!
Taht was on pourpse,folos
edit: takhns for the ifno btw
Anonymous
L'Étranger
progmetaldan
Member
Kenneth R.
Cináed
HackerX
Member
I can't rep anybody who posted here except for DJ unless I spread myself around some more
progmetaldan
Member
anacrucix
aka Shredcaptain Matt
I cdnouolt blveiee that I cluod auaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the human mind. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosnt mttaer inwaht order the ltteers in a word are, the only iprmoatnt tnihg is that the frist and lsat ltteeer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can siltl raed it wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the hmaum mind deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tguhoht slpeling wa ipmorantt!
Taht was on pourpse,folos
edit: takhns for the ifno btw
So you've spent time to spell your posts badly in an effort to demonstrate something which has been around for ages, was used in an advertising campaign by southwest trains in 2004, having originally been written up in a research report in 1999. Old news.
progmetaldan
Member
PoisonSeed
Grin
Jaen
Member
not really, a scalloped fretboard only gives you a better grip on the strings, so its really good for bending and vibrato. I played scalloped neck guitars exclusively for about three years, and just recently i started playing with a normal neck, it took me a while to get used to it, but in the end meh, its the same. nowadays i can play just as well on either kind of neck.
Kenneth R.
Cináed
it might seem the same to you, but i will now go into detail why what i said earlier about fucking up tuning is true:
if you tune your guitar normally, and push down a string to the fretboard, it increases the tension slightly (call it negligble) which in turn makes the note a tiny bit sharp. we don't normally care about this because it's on the order of 1-5 cents on a tuner.
now scallop the neck. you push down further. if you push a string down to the fretboard on a scalloped neck, the distance you moved it is greater. therefore, the tension increase (from stretching the string a longer distance between the fixed endpoints) is greater, and it is more out of tune. this time, it's noticeable and not pleasant.
for that reason, I agree with Ptah (and what I originally said) that it is only good for light-touch techniques where you don't push all the way down. this includes heavily strummed chords, prebent releases, and any other occasion where you have to exert more than minimal force. tapping for example does not require this as you can simply touch lightly (without pushing down all the way) on a scalloped neck, and that is the original point of scalloping - making sweeps and tapping fast and easier. there's a reason the original generation scalloped necks had scallops only on the upper frets.
if you tune your guitar normally, and push down a string to the fretboard, it increases the tension slightly (call it negligble) which in turn makes the note a tiny bit sharp. we don't normally care about this because it's on the order of 1-5 cents on a tuner.
now scallop the neck. you push down further. if you push a string down to the fretboard on a scalloped neck, the distance you moved it is greater. therefore, the tension increase (from stretching the string a longer distance between the fixed endpoints) is greater, and it is more out of tune. this time, it's noticeable and not pleasant.
for that reason, I agree with Ptah (and what I originally said) that it is only good for light-touch techniques where you don't push all the way down. this includes heavily strummed chords, prebent releases, and any other occasion where you have to exert more than minimal force. tapping for example does not require this as you can simply touch lightly (without pushing down all the way) on a scalloped neck, and that is the original point of scalloping - making sweeps and tapping fast and easier. there's a reason the original generation scalloped necks had scallops only on the upper frets.
Jaen
Member
Yea i know all of the perks, cons and pros of the scalloped fretboard. What I was trying to say (and failed at apparently) was that at this point, I'm used equally to playing on a scalloped or normal neck.
cheers.
cheers.
rockmanxpr
High Speed Samurai
I agree with the whole "your notes will not be in tune if you bend the strings further on scallops" statements, but my question is even on regular neck why are some people touching the fretboard with the strings when all you really have to do is make sure the strings touch the frets. Even when I'm "pressing" hard my strings are nowhere near the fretboard, so to me the scallped fretboard is just fine for any player that doesn't choke the shit out of their guitar neck, without have a so called light touch.
And in other news, I'm back in Japan and gunning for the Kiko Lauriero Edwards model, scalloped from 12th fret to 27th fret
http://www.espguitars.co.jp/artist/kiko/e-kl-160se.jpg
And in other news, I'm back in Japan and gunning for the Kiko Lauriero Edwards model, scalloped from 12th fret to 27th fret
http://www.espguitars.co.jp/artist/kiko/e-kl-160se.jpg
Similar threads
