MP63 Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Anybody ever make a slanted-frets guitar, like those Rickenbacker's from the early 70's? Opinions? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desopolis Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 look up "fanned" frets.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Irizarry Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 For more information, see Novax Guitars and Doolin Guitar's tutorial Cutting A Fanned Fret Fretboard. Note that the design is patented and requires a licensing fee although I believe it only applies in the U.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 he aint talking about fanned frets! Even wikepedia has slanted and fanned frets down as the same thing. They are wrong In the late sixties-early seventies rickenbacker made some guitars where the nut, frets pickups and bridge were all slanted to 'match precisely the natural angle of the fretting fingers', every string is the same scale, just slanted. they stopped doing it because nobody brought them. I cant find a picture of one on the web but apparently 8 degrees of slant is optimal Heres some info; http://www.guitarplayer.com/story.asp?sect...;featurecode=49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Irizarry Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Thanks for the clarification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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