Hi,
This summer I plan to scallop my fretboard. I have a Stratocaster Hwy.1
maple neck. I have never done any guitar mods before, but I played on
someone elses scalloped guitar(ibanez) and liked it alot. I read the
tutorial and I have a few questions.
1. Does a maple neck make a difference because, unlike rosewood, it is
finished?
2. Is there a good chance I will butcher the neck and have to buy a new
one, or scalloping easy?
3. I have side markers on my guitar. Will this be a problem?
4. How much shold I scallop. Is it better to scallop only, say, 13th
fret and up(22 on mine), because the spaces get wider and wider going
down? Or going down, you only scallop half of the space between frets
because it gets very wide?
5. Will this affect the tone quality negatively because the neck is
modified?
6. Finally, anyone who has done this, do you regret it? Or is it great?
I really don't want to do this and then regret it later. Id like to
hear a debate on scalloped necks and if they are worthwhile