Re: strat, scallops and new tuning Gb, Gb, Db Gb, Bb Eb
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 3:53 am
Yes, giving up picks is a big commitment. You lose speed, some of it may never come back, but what you gain in expressiveness and uniqueness is worth it imo.
The scallops are easy, I use a light touch anyway. One trick that helps even more is touching the string down right on the backside :of the metal of the fret, keeps it from sinking in.
The expressiveness upside is immense. Vibrato is better, and my multi string bending , even the ones that bend toward floor or ceiling ( not into the scallop) are easier without the fretboard wood to drag on.
Going to convert all my guitars to scalloped, even some new ones I have been wanting to build.
The scallops are easy, I use a light touch anyway. One trick that helps even more is touching the string down right on the backside :of the metal of the fret, keeps it from sinking in.
The expressiveness upside is immense. Vibrato is better, and my multi string bending , even the ones that bend toward floor or ceiling ( not into the scallop) are easier without the fretboard wood to drag on.
Going to convert all my guitars to scalloped, even some new ones I have been wanting to build.