Steve Wyrick wrote:
>
> Well actually Fender did make an "Yngwie Malmsteen" custom model
> Stratocaster with a scalloped fretboard for a number of years but as you
> say, this never really caught on amongst guitarists. I suspect one reason
> is that an electric guitarist can get many of the same effects by either
> bending the strings (i.e., pulling them sideways) or using a tremelo bar
> (which changes pitch by moving the bridge and reducing or increasing string
> tension), and with either of these methods the guitarist doesn't have to
> worry too much about finger pressure affecting intonation. Might be
> interesting to see what could be done with this on an acoustic guitar,
> though. -Steve
>
Actually, there's a guy on mp3.com playing scalloped fret electric as a speciality,
doing
Renaissance lute pieces and one Scots piece SHE METT HIM IN THE MEADOW or something
like
that. I did not bookmark this guy's page because to be honest after listening to
everything, quite impressed, I just thought he missed the point of the original MS and
made them sound un-renaissance or un-Scots or un-anything - and he did not really use
the
scalloped frets to very good effect either. I have heard note bending on a fretted
guitar
do more work.
David
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