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Scallopping Frets

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bass_drum

Feb 13, 2005
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#1
Hey guys!

I'm wondering about scalopping frets on my bass and on a baritone guitar. Is it easy to do it urself, and if you do it, does it look/feel like crap?

Know of anybody that sells pre-scalopped frets??


Wat are the pros/cons of scalloped frets?

Thanks,
~JB~
 
#2
bass_drum said:
Hey guys!

I'm wondering about scalopping frets on my bass and on a baritone guitar. Is it easy to do it urself, and if you do it, does it look/feel like crap?

Know of anybody that sells pre-scalopped frets??


Wat are the pros/cons of scalloped frets?

Thanks,
~JB~
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Scallopong the removal of fretboard wood in between the frets. Check out a Yngwie Signature Strat if you are interested. Allows a lighter touch to play faster and bend notes easier, but if you fret too aggressively I would imagine you would be out of key most of the time. Unless you want to do the whole "sweep arp" thing, it has very few useable applications. But it the feel does it for you than research prices with an scallop-experienced luthier.

Not easy to do yourself, and a very easy way to ruin a good instrument just by attempting the process.

If you didn't even know what a scalloped fretboard was, you don't want to try it. :D
 
#13
abark000 said:
Scallopong the removal of fretboard wood in between the frets. Check out a Yngwie Signature Strat if you are interested. Allows a lighter touch to play faster and bend notes easier, but if you fret too aggressively I would imagine you would be out of key most of the time. Unless you want to do the whole "sweep arp" thing, it has very few useable applications. But it the feel does it for you than research prices with an scallop-experienced luthier.

Not easy to do yourself, and a very easy way to ruin a good instrument just by attempting the process.

If you didn't even know what a scalloped fretboard was, you don't want to try it. :D
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Well I dont know how clear i made it,but i do know what they are. I do know who Malmsteen is, and I know where he and Sheehan got the idea.

I was just seeing what other people thought about it with the pros andcons. How would I be able to ask the best way to do it if i didnt know what it was?

Think before youpost next time :rolleyes:
 
#14
abark dont be like that man! As bassists it should be our job to kinda cut eachothersome slack. Now, maby you enteprit mypost how i expected youto, and you thought i didnt know what they were. Well its neither your fault nor mine, sence you misinterprited mypost, and sence I didnt specify enough. So lets not be jackasses to eachother man,lifes to short! So I'm sorry and Itake back "think before you post". I hope that my post hasnt stopped you from answering my futur questions, and really do take back what i say.


Hows that for an apology?? lol

From the lows,
~JB~
 
#16
Hey folks,

Before a moderator comes in here and puts the lock on the post, lets all just simmer down...

bass_drum had a valid question... abark had a valid, albeit curt answer.

It happens...

I myself have no knowledge of scalloped fingerboards, and from the looks of it (even a professionally scalloped fingerboard) I would likely avoid them, unless someone.
 
#17
bassman314 said:
Hey folks,

bass_drum had a valid question... abark had a valid, albeit curt answer.

It happens...

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Thats what i was saying (kinda). **** happens! I didnt explain enough (even though I thought i did, even had my litttle cousin read it and he understands, but w/e) and he didnt understand me, and misenterpretid what i posted. So man simmer down a little! Quit pointing your finger at me man (in regard to the "no its your fault" post). Come on guys, we are musicians, we shouldnt be so uptight, right??? :p

~JB~
 
#18
Well, I guess ill throw in my two cents, because I have done it. Only the highest 8 frets on an Ibanez Soundgear and it turned out very nicely. Took about ten minutes every fret. Since I have a 24 fret neck instead of Billy's 21 or so, my scallops start in the same place as his.

Mine turned out fairly nicely in my opinion, it took a while, and rosewood dust was all over the place. A bastard file right down the middle started the shape, and a finger and a piece of sandpaper rounded it out. Index fingers work great for the highest of frets.

Pics are coming soon.
 

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