Snork Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 my idea for a 36 fret guitar....... ok so you have essentially a neck through right. except the there is only one wing glued to it. then the frets go pretty much through the body. and the neck thru part would be shaped like a neck. I guess the scale would have to be like 35 inches. It would go about 25.5 inches off of the body, and i guess 9.5 inches into the body would be fretted. Yes, this would mean the first few frets would be huge but why not... you could always just scallop them. And in the remaining few inches of the body why not just put in a single hum, and then a thin bridge or something. the cool part is that it would be actually easy to play the 36 frets. this could be quite interesting but wouldnt intonation be really difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 I have to ask, why do you want to do it as 35" scaled? That's like bass guitar scale length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 I have to ask, why do you want to do it as 35" scaled? That's like bass guitar scale length. that IS a bass scale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 If you're concerned about how close the frets'd be in the higher register, here are some numbers: For 35" scale, 36 frets: Distance to fret 34: 30.089 Distance to fret 35: 30.365 Distance to fret 36: 30.625 (0.260" difference between 35th and 36th frets) For 25.5" scale, 36 frets: Distance to fret 34: 21.922 Distance to fret 35: 22.123 Distance to fret 36: 22.313 (0.190" difference between 35th and 36th frets) and you'd have about 3" for a pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Would strings be long enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Would strings be long enough? ok, just measured an ernie ball slinky (low E, 0.046")...38". That's not much of a headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Plus you eat a little bit of length at the bridge end too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 I think Steve Vai had a guitar with around 36 frets. Saw pics and description of it in a mag in the 80's. I guess I could see if I can find it, but maybe I'm just not THAT curious. I'm quite sure it was 25.5" scale. It was purple and I think it just had a bridge pickup . Didn't Washburn also have a guitar with an insane amount of frets ? I think the notes sound like crap after 22 frets. 24 is pushing it, tone-wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 Steve Vai did indeed have a Hamer Virtuoso guitar, which had 36 frets. Washburn also made one, but I cannot recall the model. They're just standard scale, not extended in any way. You pretty much have to play with your nails instead of your fingertips when you get to the top... But it sounds pretty cool. Like stepping on a Whammy pedal, and kicking everything up one octave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted January 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 not with this huge scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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