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What the hell is this !?

#4
Weasel said:
Warwick thumb it is, that part I knew ;)

But how does this fret placement works? Do you know more about it?
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Equal temperament (ET), as used on guitars and basses, is a compromise. In ET, an octave is divided into 12 equal parts so you can play in all keys equally well (or badly). The trouble is some notes sound off.

A "correct" major third, for example is slightly flatter than an ET major third. This drives some people nuts, hence the just intonation system.

Looks like it would be horrible to play.
 
#5
You see a slightly more palatable idea with the fretwave system...

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This adjusts the thirds on some of the more commonly used open chords to make them sound slightly better.
 
#6
dlloyd said:
You see a slightly more palatable idea with the fretwave system...

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This adjusts the thirds on some of the more commonly used open chords to make them sound slightly better.
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That looks managable, the Warrick, wow.

Why not just go and master fretless if you want to be that accurate.
 
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dlloyd said:
You see a slightly more palatable idea with the fretwave system...



This adjusts the thirds on some of the more commonly used open chords to make them sound slightly better.
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Well, those are two different things.
I have the Steelblue album that has Hansford Rowe playing a Warwick like that, the guitarist uses Novanex interchangeable fretboards.
The music is kind of post-wave pop-ish, the tuning sounds interesting, much less unusual than you would expect.
 
#10
Dirk Diggler said:
I had thought that was a micro-tonal fret job. The octave is divided into much smaller than 12 parts. And I have to agree if you want to play that much in between the scale a fretless would be easier, plus the slides. :)
Dirk
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There's a few different approaches to JI that allow you to play in a number of different keys. Here's a headache inducing version...

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#11
You're exactly right, JMX. That arrangement was first made at the request of Hansford Rowe around the time he was playing with Gongzilla in early and mid-90's, if I'm not mistaken. I had seen a picture of him holding one in a magazine and then I eventually saw him play it with Gongzilla in 1994.
Apparently he wanted to be able to get those "in-between" notes! :p
But seriously, he must've wanted to be able to get microtonal with a fretted bass.
 
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Dirk Diggler said:
I had thought that was a micro-tonal fret job. The octave is divided into much smaller than 12 parts. And I have to agree if you want to play that much in between the scale a fretless would be easier, plus the slides. :)
Dirk
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That's exactly what I thought too when I saw that picture.

SuperSonic!!! said:
What a joke. Can't people just play bass and get on with it?
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Er... I suppose we should all just play four strings too, right?

Jeez...
 

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