IanHenry Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I just don't get this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 yeah I am with you..not for me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 How about that chick next to Joe Dirt! 😛 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 eh. Every few years someone does the super scalloped fingerboard thing in combination with some other gimmick. Guitar players ignore them in droves and buy more Teles and Strats and Les Pauls. Same as it ever was. rct 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 yeah.... .....no... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 ...But it has the special metal on it I can't pronounce, so they must be good. I played a Yngwie Strat with the scalloped fretboard once. Until you get how to press down on the board properly, you play everything sharp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Yes I got an email about them. The 'Tree' bass.......ho ho.....but I suppose I'm just an old git. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I'll be diplomatic and say "not for me". And, "why???" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Looks like that would be very difficult to play. I'll stick to normal guitar necks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dog Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Seems like a terrible idea. But, just for fun, I'd like to see what it feels like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 To answer your question in the title - Yngwie Malmsteen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Eekkkkkk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 4 hours ago, Black Dog said: Seems like a terrible idea. But, just for fun, I'd like to see what it feels like. That's what she said. rct 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx-ogre Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) While I’m not a diehard traditionalist and have embraced things like extended range guitars and basses, I find these guitars and basses to be over the top. Interesting concept though. Edited April 16, 2020 by tx-ogre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Looks like grandma's old washboard got matted to a scarecrow. Sounds like cheese cutter I'll pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Mad Max: Fury Road? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 8:40 AM, Big Bill said: How about that chick next to Joe Dirt! 😛 How much? She has a Lovely neck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Apparently the guitars are made to order (makes sense...). I wonder what they cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Weird - at first I didn't get it at all. But thinking about it a little more, there is no fingerboard, you just press down and the strings only touch the frets. Eliminates the question about how the fingerboard effects the tone!! Like RCT said - just another gimmick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Twang Gang said: Weird - at first I didn't get it at all. But thinking about it a little more, there is no fingerboard, you just press down and the strings only touch the frets. Eliminates the question about how the fingerboard effects the tone!! Like RCT said - just another gimmick. Yes, scalloped boards have been around since at least Blackmore in the early 70's. Super light touch, string touches fret and nothing else, mostly classical type players. I think his was scalloped from 12th up. It's a thing, but it isn't really a sellable thing. I had a good time at the Fender Fakktory with some Yngwie necks they were rushing out, they are scalloped. It's odd, but if it is your thing it is your thing. And every few years someone does it again, one was scalloped AND fan fretted I remember. But put it on one of these hideous things and you are guaranteeing zero sales to the most conservative consumers on the planet, us. rct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, rct said: But put it on one of these hideous things and you are guaranteeing zero sales to the most conservative consumers on the planet, us. rct Zero sales across the board. No one's THAT liberal. I wish them luck, though. They'll need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) Allan Gittler invented this back in the 20th century..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gittler_guitar Company now run by his son, do not go to their website - malware! Here is a quick youtube demo... Edited April 16, 2020 by jdgm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 While I welcome any alternative to a wood neck in principle, that is too hard on the eyes. I don't know why that should matter; but it does. I must be getting like you lot?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 2 hours ago, merciful-evans said: While I welcome any alternative to a wood neck in principle, that is too hard on the eyes. I don't know why that should matter; but it does. I must be getting like you lot?! Good on ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Unattractive, at the very least. Interesting though. I would love to hold one and try it out, before I pass judgement. Sparky PS I do recall hearing a lot of these same comments back in the 1980's, when the Ned Steinberger guitars and basses first hit the scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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