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Posted by: Darfuria Apr 12 2008, 03:10 AM

I did a search for this before posting, and noticed that it is only mentioned in one thread - so I thought I'd bring it to the attention of the whole forum, because it is fantastic.

http://www.truetemperament.com/

Basically, a new approach to the design of the fretboard where fret positions aren't calculated mathematically, like they are with standard guitars, but with physical measurements. This results in a fine-tuned intonation for each note on the guitar, and it sounds fantastic.

I know that Steve Vai has recently gotten well into this, as well as a bunch of other artists, so, check it out.

Posted by: skennington Apr 12 2008, 04:31 AM

56 Frets!!!

Whoa man, thanks for sharing. This is definitely intresting. He talks about Just Intonation but it seems to me that the strings have more to do with it than the frets. I see theres a Jem there but they are advertising for bolt-on's. Is'nt the Jem a neck-thru?

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Apr 12 2008, 10:55 AM

Wow, pretty interesting

Posted by: Darfuria Apr 12 2008, 01:33 PM

I think watching this video allows you to appreciate how good the sound is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9uiBnM_AgE

However, I wish they'd simply record someone playing chords up the neck. One of the main places you notice poor intonation is between the E and A chords.

Posted by: at lights end Apr 12 2008, 02:19 PM

wow, that makes quite a difference. that's a possible buy in my later life.

Posted by: Daniel Robinson Apr 13 2008, 05:56 PM

Wow this is definately a must check out. Thanks for posting this man its unique to say the least.


Daniel

Posted by: Scott Gentzen Apr 14 2008, 02:31 PM

The Jem's a bolt-on.

http://www.vai.com/Machines/guitarpages/EVO/images/large_images/body_bkLRG04.jpg

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Apr 14 2008, 06:57 PM

Wow this is great Looks a little weird at first (like the frets are melted) but it sound wonderful

Posted by: Nick Kellie Apr 14 2008, 07:20 PM

make sure you re-mortgage your house in order to buy one - prices seem pretty extortionate for a neck - Have known about these for a while and have the fret wave system on my guitar which corrects the two worst offending frets that are used frequently in open chords.

nick

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Apr 14 2008, 08:17 PM

Hey Nick can you tell us a bit more about this system. Like how it behaves in real life playing and can you bend with it properly etc..

Posted by: Nick Kellie Apr 14 2008, 08:57 PM

bends are the same and playability is the same - it only terrifies people because it appears so different - but in actuality there is no noticeable different in the feel.

nick

Posted by: Juan M. Valero Apr 29 2008, 12:35 AM

I think is horrible to look !!

there are some videos and sounds good, but I don't know if I would feel better with this neck... when I look at this one I feel I'm drunk

this one is specially horrible XD
http://www.truetemperament.com/site/images/media/anders_m.mov

Posted by: JVM Apr 29 2008, 12:43 AM

I think we've gotten by just fine with normal guitars the past oh, entirety of their existence.

Posted by: Danilo Capezzuto Apr 29 2008, 01:37 AM

660 euro for a neck ? Steve Vai wrote Passion and Warfare with a normal fretboard and it sounds amazing, so...I think that my normal frets can still work...

Posted by: Juan M. Valero Apr 29 2008, 07:20 AM

I want to say that this neck only should work with a particular scale, because if we want to tune properly we must know that every note have a different frecuencie depending in witch scale was played. It means that for instance if we play a G major the A is 440 but if we play in other scale it would be for example a 439,7...

I read about it in some books... I think that also Guthrie Govan explains it in his books. That's mathematics, my friends !!!