Scalloped Necks

[kizo7]

hi guys. firstly i dun really know where to post this thread so i tink this section is the best.

i'm currenty using a gibson les paul, but will switch to a fender strat soon when i have enuff cash. but i really wanna switch to a fender strat with a SCALLOPED neck. need feedback from ppl ,who have experienced it, whether it really is a BIG LEAP from using the normal unscalloped necks on other guitars? wna test on a scalloped fender ytd (i tink it was blackmore's sig) at the shop opposite guitar77 but they dun allow unless i'm buying one.

and any idea how much does scalloping services for rosewood fretboard cost? and where?

 

[vernplum]

It is not the BIG LEAP that you expect.

No, by virtue of having a scalloped neck you are NOT going to get a sudden boost in the direction of playing like Yngwie. It's a different feel though, but I would say you can get a better 'grip' on the string when bending and doing vibrato.

Fender USA Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster « Gitbuddy’s Guitar Blog

 

[BonAparte]

And anyway..

...but they dun allow unless i'm buying one.

If they don't let you to try, how are you going to know if you are satisfied with it and are going to buy it. :roll:

 

[Whitestrat]

and any idea how much does scalloping services for rosewood fretboard cost? and where?

That's an irreversible change. AND will affect the guitar's value. Why don't you simply plonk those JUMBO frets into the guitar? As big and tall as you can find. That's most similar to a scallopped fret and is reversible.

Or why not scallop your Les Paul?:twisted:

 

[kizo7]

It is not the BIG LEAP that you expect.

No, by virtue of having a scalloped neck you are NOT going to get a sudden boost in the direction of playing like Yngwie. It's a different feel though, but I would say you can get a better 'grip' on the string when bending and doing vibrato.

Fender USA Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster « Gitbuddy’s Guitar Blog

nah, not going to the direction of malmsteen. can say its ritchie blackmore, but i wna try smth different which is of a greater challenge. just personal goals i set for myself =)

 

[kizo7]

And anyway..




If they don't let you to try, how are you going to know if you are satisfied with it and are going to buy it. :roll:

actually i've tried out before once in KL. it was malmsteen's sig. but i onli had 1 to 2 minutes there coz i was rushing off. and i didnt rly get to feel the difference yet. but i onli got to know that the thin E string was difficult to play, and that's all.

the one in g77 was blackmore's sig i tink. so maybe fretboard size difference does matter to me =)

 

[kizo7]

That's an irreversible change. AND will affect the guitar's value. Why don't you simply plonk those JUMBO frets into the guitar? As big and tall as you can find. That's most similar to a scallopped fret and is reversible.

Or why not scallop your Les Paul?:twisted:

actually i was asking how much to pay a person who does the scalloping for necks. that service. coz i may hav 1 or 2 fretboards that are nt often used. if im not mistaken, scalloping lespaul nt gd idea coz its one piece bro. =)

 

[fgl]

best to get a cheap scalloped neck guitar ...not a good idea to mod ur fav axe...

GOD FORBID if ever u think of scalloping a Les Paul

 

[Dime]

its a good idea to do it if you look like this

 

[penta-tonic]

yngwie is the man. i dont want his board, his leathers or his hair. i just want his vibrato. well when that happens the guitar, the leathers and the hair will come ahaha.

 

[mysticalpotato]

i came across a "super-strat" guitar with scalloped neck in the higher frets a while back. i didn't know what it was at the time, but a while later i read more about it and realised that yngwie has it for the whole fretboard

i think if u're used to playing a normal fretboard, it will take extra practice to control the notes u're playing. pushing down on the string harder will bring up the pitch somewhat....anyways, just my two cents worth

 

[Jiterator]

davis guitar recently brought in an Edwards Ritchie Blackmore signature strat copy.. yellowish white with large headstock, slightly reliced, and with his asymmetrical scallops, which cut deeper as the board gets closer to the fret..

heh quite easy to miss it though, cos it doesn't have anything on the headstock at all.. not even an edwards logo.. but the asymmetrical scallops are the telltale signs..

 

[bin4christ]

just asking, anyone scalloped their necks before? what do u use as a finish after that?

 

[Whitestrat]

i came across a "super-strat" guitar with scalloped neck in the higher frets a while back. i didn't know what it was at the time, but a while later i read more about it and realised that yngwie has it for the whole fretboard

That sounds like a JEM?

 

[Dolwood]

kizo7...
To scalloped the fretboard is a tedious work.I had done for my customer before & satisfy with what we want....cause he is also pro.It is not simply to file it away but to consider the correct radius how much deep to level it down.To deep might remove away the inlay embeded...
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Think abt it once is done is done.
Itz all up to u.

Dolwood
Guitar Tech

 

[wjl123]

I've got a squier strat with scalloped frets from 8 to 22. Easier to bend and do vibratos, somehow i feel that doing arpeggios and sweeps are easier dunno about that. You should try one out yourself, for me i dun think anything else of playing is affected for me...