Steve Vai Offset Frets? |
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Aug 19 2007, 03:13 PM
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Yhea thats pretty interesting eh... bummer the acoustic bit was cut off though
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Aug 19 2007, 03:44 PM
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he was showing the guitars he brought along on tour and the was the only one with that fret thing.
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Aug 19 2007, 04:12 PM
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QUOTE (JOhn @ Aug 19 2007, 04:44 PM)  he was showing the guitars he brought along on tour and the was the only one with that fret thing. These frets are great stuff,I've seen it before. It's just that you need new fingerboard to set them on guitar... 
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Aug 19 2007, 07:09 PM
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Here's the web site of the guy who makes those 'true tempered' fretted necks. The guy will probably be inundated with orders when people see the video of Vai recommending it. So if you really want it be quick
 .Personally I'm in agreement with fkalich here. I've always tuned by harmonics and pitch fork and have so known for ages that a 'standard' guitar is not in perfect tuning all down the neck (try your harmonics at 19 and the corresponding note - not quite the same). However perfect consonance/temperament is not necessarily better musically. Blues players have always bent the blue note slightly out! Cheers, Tony -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Aug 19 2007, 08:42 PM
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QUOTE (Capn' Jef @ Aug 19 2007, 10:32 AM) Honestly, why bother? That problem has bugged the crap out of me for 30 years, although it is more of an issue when you are playing chords than lead, getting a solution that works would be pretty amazing to me, although I can't see having my Jem refretted this way - I bet it would cost a mint! No need for lead though - as you are always tensioning microbending and vibratoing the notes anyway. This post has been edited by Andrew Cockburn: Aug 19 2007, 08:44 PM -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Aug 19 2007, 09:23 PM
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Guitarists have played guitar for ages and none of them ever bothered with micro-detunings. I see no need in this for anyone.
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Aug 19 2007, 10:26 PM
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Interestingly for Metal this probably isn't so important - Power Chords rely on a 5th interval, and that is pretty well represented in the Even Tempered scale. These sweetened tempers help other intervals notably 3rds to sound better - not an issue for power chords at all. I would guess that Jazz chord players would probably get the most benefit out of this.
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Aug 19 2007, 10:30 PM
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Would help at all if you invert chords? when i play i like to invert chords for a "Darker" Sound alot.
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Aug 19 2007, 10:39 PM
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QUOTE (The Uncreator @ Aug 19 2007, 05:30 PM) Would help at all if you invert chords? when i play i like to invert chords for a "Darker" Sound alot. Well inverted 4ths are 5ths, which are again fairly reasonable in the even temper scale, its those close and more unusual intervals that really cause problems, like 3rds, major and minor 7ths (against the root note these are small intervals) -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Aug 20 2007, 06:37 AM
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I thought Steve Vai was like Jesus to a lot of GMC'ers. I wholly expected to open this thread up and find that at least a dozen people already had this on order.
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