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  • Progressively deeper scalloped fretboard?

    I have never played a scalloped fretboard, but I have always been intrigued by the idea. I am starting a new custom guitar project and I am thinking of doing a scalloped fretboard. I'll be cutting this fretboard completely on a CNC machine, and I have modeled up what I think I'd like the scallops to look like for doing just that. I'm thinking of doing from the 12th fret up and taking them progressively deeper as I go up the neck. What do you guys think of this approach?
    Here is a snapshot of the model I have drawn up, the body is just there as a reference.

  • #2
    12-24th is a good idea. Don't overdo the progressively deeper frets though. Even a shallow scallop makes a huge difference. Are you familiar with the Grover Jackson Doug Aldrich model? It has this very feature.

    Your project sounds very interesting - and challenging. Good luck!
    Henrik
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    • #3
      Scallop the entire neck. Don't be a pussy. 12th and up scalloped necks are for girlymen.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by jgcable
        12th and up scalloped necks are for girlymen.
        ....and for people who can't decide whether they really want scallops or not.
        My goal in life is to be the kind of asshole my wife thinks I am.

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        • #5
          Hey metalhead28, we've just been called out as indecisive pussy girlymen! Thanks guys, for your honest and frank opinions. Don't be shy now
          Last edited by jackson1; 07-14-2006, 03:13 AM.
          Henrik
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          • #6
            Originally posted by jackson1
            Hey metalhead28, we've just been called out as indecisive pussy girlymen! Thanks guys, for your honest and frank opinions. Don't be shy now
            Its all good. I meant it is a manly good way!!!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by mm2002
              ....and for people who can't decide whether they really want scallops or not.
              How many frets will be enough, 11th and up? j/k
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              • #8
                Originally posted by jgcable
                Scallop the entire neck. Don't be a pussy. 12th and up scalloped necks are for girlymen.
                Well, part of me thinks that scalloping the neck at all is for pussy girlymen. So what's your point? j/k

                Yeah, you can call me indecisive. I just might do the whole neck, I don't know. It would be nice to find out for sure if I really like it. If I don't, at least I'll have an interesting guitar that everybody will want to play.

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                • #9
                  I liked the Richie Blackmore type scalloping. Its deaper on the high strings and more shallow on the low strings - like a compound scallop.
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                  • #10
                    All this talk of scallops is making me hungry!
                    I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by toejam
                      All this talk of scallops is making me hungry!
                      Blackened with some cajun spices and drowned in butter.
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                      • #12
                        I scalloped a model 2 neck from the 7th to the 22nd fret and that to me seemed perfect for me.You dont have to go real deep to get the effect.If you go too deep you will loose your dots and side dots.
                        Really? well screw Mark Twain.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by jgcable
                          Scallop the entire neck. Don't be a pussy. 12th and up scalloped necks are for girlymen.
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                          Originally posted by straycat
                          I scalloped a model 2 neck from the 7th to the 22nd fret and that to me seemed perfect for me.You dont have to go real deep to get the effect.If you go too deep you will loose your dots and side dots.
                          take some regular printing label paper and a hole punch and make your own dots. after you oil the neck with them stuck on, no one but you will know they are stickers.
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                          • #14
                            Do the whole neck, I love my YJM strat.
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