Scalloped Fretboards...
I was going through some YouTube bookmarks and came across a video of guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen doing a tune called Arpeggios from Hell. He has another video describing his signature guitar and how the fretboard features scalloped cuts between the frets that allow for less resistance and much faster play.It's not a new concept as some Asian stringed instruments dating back a few hundred years have scalloped fretboards, but in the rock music world some of the best (or flashiest) players have them.
The average music listener probably doesn't know or have heard about scalloped fretboards but it's an example of how some guitarists can attain those blistering fast solos!
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Possibly the worlds greatest guitarist.
John Petrucci
Steve vai
Buckethead
Sam Totman
Andy Timmons
Gus G
Jeff Beck
John Mayer
BB King
Eric clapton
Frank Zappa
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you forgot lars ulrich
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Billy Sheehan, but on a bass. He scalloped the top 5 frets below the G and D strings.
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Yngwie is the only famous one... Wait I'll go check.
Edit: Apparently Ritchie Blackmore does it too.
In an interview he mentioned the scalloping starts from the 12th fret up.
Scalloped Fretboard Guide
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Cool with that. We all enjoy unique music and sounds.
But it is decades old and even B.B King used one.
I'm more impressed with the fruitless and wonder what those sound like.
It is like a theremin, you hear it once and it is cool. Then it is just blah.
Really you could have posted Buddy Guy or David Bromberg.
Like a comparison of unrecognized guitarists.
Cool with that. We all enjoy unique music and sounds.
But it is decades old and even B.B King used one.
I'm more impressed with the fruitless and wonder what those sound like.
It is like a theremin, you hear it once and it is cool. Then it is just blah.
Really you could have posted Buddy Guy or David Bromberg.
Like a comparison of unrecognized guitarists.
Thanks for your help!
I'm a hobbyist who started playing around in my forties. I'm not good at all, when I play it's mostly a form of meditation. The most reliable path I've found to a flow state.
I think I like the gear more than I like playing though.
Like a dentist with a closet full of Les Pauls.
For years I was where cool gear went to die.
Thanks for your help!
John Petrucci
Steve vai
Buckethead
Sam Totman
Andy Timmons
Gus G
Jeff Beck
John Mayer
BB King
Eric clapton
Frank Zappa
...
you forgot lars ulrich
...
Billy Sheehan, but on a bass. He scalloped the top 5 frets below the G and D strings.
...
Yngwie is the only famous one... Wait I'll go check.
Edit: Apparently Ritchie Blackmore does it too.
Pretty funny... Lars Ulrich is the DRUMMER for Metallica.
Scalloped frets... for a drummer !!
Pretty funny... Lars Ulrich is the DRUMMER for Metallica.
Scalloped frets... for a drummer !!
Write them.
Cool you posted the guy who recently released his own brand.
Wow it is the Thermin all over or maybe Auto tune.
Listen to some Buddy guy and chill the feck out.
Maybe so Hawaiian slack key guitar.
Just because all your Biden crao gets you pimp slapped and leaves you with a red a** doesn't mean you don't deserve it.
It is from Ultimate Guitar.com dated back in 2009
"Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck"
Gibson brand forums
Scalloped fretboard? Opinions.
Fretboard Basics #1 - Frets and Inlays
Your guitar's fretboard has a sequence of raised metal wires called frets. Most electric guitars have 21, 22 or 24 frets and acoustics tend to have 20.
I guess you were wrong they are FRETBOARDS!
Soros really needs marters posters, noi wondre your Biden crap goes so badly.
Intellect is not your strong suiot. Plus I found all that on my bedtime meds.
Thus any spelling erroes.
Write them.
Cool you posted the guy who recently released his own brand.
Wow it is the Thermin all over or maybe Auto tune.
Listen to some Buddy guy and chill the feck out.
Maybe so Hawaiian slack key guitar.
Just because all your Biden crao gets you pimp slapped and leaves you with a red a** doesn't mean you don't deserve it.
It is from Ultimate Guitar.com dated back in 2009
"Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck"
Gibson brand forums
Scalloped fretboard? Opinions.
Fretboard Basics #1 - Frets and Inlays
Your guitar's fretboard has a sequence of raised metal wires called frets. Most electric guitars have 21, 22 or 24 frets and acoustics tend to have 20.
I guess you were wrong they are FRETBOARDS!
Soros really needs marters posters, noi wondre your Biden crap goes so badly.
Intellect is not your strong suiot. Plus I found all that on my bedtime meds.
Thus any spelling erroes.
Write them.
Cool you posted the guy who recently released his own brand.
Wow it is the Thermin all over or maybe Auto tune.
Listen to some Buddy guy and chill the feck out.
Maybe so Hawaiian slack key guitar.
Just because all your Biden crao gets you pimp slapped and leaves you with a red a** doesn't mean you don't deserve it.
It is from Ultimate Guitar.com dated back in 2009
"Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck"
Gibson brand forums
Scalloped fretboard? Opinions.
Fretboard Basics #1 - Frets and Inlays
Your guitar's fretboard has a sequence of raised metal wires called frets. Most electric guitars have 21, 22 or 24 frets and acoustics tend to have 20.
I guess you were wrong they are FRETBOARDS!
Soros really needs marters posters, noi wondre your Biden crap goes so badly.
Intellect is not your strong suiot. Plus I found all that on my bedtime meds.
Thus any spelling erroes.
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