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by Ned Farnsworth
Sat May 25, 2013 12:47 pm
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Multi-Scale with Strat type "tremolo" bridge?
Replies: 13
Views: 10839

Re: Multi-Scale with Strat type "tremolo" bridge?

Very cool thanks for all info. Cool guitar, Patrick! FWIW I would never buy anything from Novak - or take anything for free. Google Novak Fanned Frets Patent and you may feel the same way. I decided to go ahead and lace up this project with a normal fretboard and save multiscale for a future project...
by Ned Farnsworth
Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:20 pm
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Multi-Scale with Strat type "tremolo" bridge?
Replies: 13
Views: 10839

Re: Multi-Scale with Strat type "tremolo" bridge?

Great idea - thanks!
David King wrote:I would start with the FretFind 2D app on line and print out, (from multi-page PDF), various string paths, nut angles etc and tape those to your present fingerboard to help you imagine how they will feel.
by Ned Farnsworth
Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:20 pm
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Multi-Scale with Strat type "tremolo" bridge?
Replies: 13
Views: 10839

Re: Multi-Scale with Strat type "tremolo" bridge?

Won't the bigger string allowed with lower tension yield louder output? I thought that was part of the attraction? How would e.g. a .012" string not cause more electrons to move than would a .010" string? When the scale length stays the same the larger string seems to balance better, but i...
by Ned Farnsworth
Thu Apr 25, 2013 11:01 am
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Multi-Scale with Strat type "tremolo" bridge?
Replies: 13
Views: 10839

Multi-Scale with Strat type "tremolo" bridge?

I have a generally strat-styled guitar with a frozen truss rod (friend made it for me - did his best LOL). I have Lace Alumitone pickups in it, which I love, but the mass of the smallest string is just too small - can't balance with other strings. Right now I'm only interested in the following solut...

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