po_0784 said:It is a vintage modern, maple / kingwood with graphtec nut and SS6100 frets... for a shred-o-caster (with Texas special's p/u). Schaller lockings tuners..
I like everything about Fender strats (sound, feel, look), except the usual cheapo hardware (I know, its subjective and a matter of taste) : i.e baby frets and 1:1 ratio tuners.
I was gonna buy a scalloped neck since I got already 2 guitars with them (originally, it was a special medic solution for the baby frets symptom, economic too since I do it myself!). But with time, I got so much used to my standard Ibanez RG7 neck, that I wasn't sure anymore about it. I like it : skyscrapper frets, good feeling neck, well made... I might scallop it in the future... it suffered already from 2 fret leveling and it may be get into the "baby frets" zone soon enough :sad1:. I do the scallop at home, less expansive than a refret :icon_thumright:
SrDeMaFp said:Nice, how do you scallop your fretboard? How long does it take? Any pics?
David said:I have to say that kingwood makes for the most beautiful fret boards. I have a telecaster with one
line6man said:i was going to have the last couple of frets on my Line6 Variax Bass 700 partially scalloped to improve my access to them.
po_0784 said:line6man said:i was going to have the last couple of frets on my Line6 Variax Bass 700 partially scalloped to improve my access to them.
It is exactly the place where it matters the most (think Ibanez JEM). Why? Because in the upper register you have 2 kinds of problem : fingers dragging on fretboard and fingers dragging on the frets! Maybe I should have taken the "half scallop" option from warmoth . A good in between. But I really wanted a neck with a simple truss rod on top of the headstock...
Seems like my shred/prog past will never fade away :laughing7:
po_0784 said:only 2 frets ? on the treble side? I would do it myself, wouldnt take more than a halfhour to get it perfect. Take a wood rasp, work safe, and have fun :icon_thumright: .
(most people will tell you to not do it, but I dont trust luthier in general from bad exp.)
Max said:*hides before getting shot down over risks of using a router on the neck of a guitar*
po_0784 said:I was thinking about Billy Sheenan too :laughing7:. Honestly, I dont see the point of following the original radius? Since you dont touch the fingerboard, who cares about radius? The frets themselves still follow the radius. I can understand you dont want to try this yourself. But believe me, its really a BASIC job. If someone ask you big bucks to do it, think about it. Its just 2 holes in the wood.
Actually, for this kind of scallop (partial), I would use only a dremel. Also give you less finishing and sanding to do by hand. Anyway, just my 2 cents. Good luck with the project