Chad Adam Browne wrote:
Another similarity I'd like to draw between fanned frets and piano is that in order to achieve a perfectly in tune sound each string of the piano is a different length, so essentially each string has it's own individual scale length for intonation purposes.
You can't compare - pianos have (at least) a separate string for each note. There is no intonation for a single note string - intonation is mostly a fretted instrument thing. Pianos have their own tuning issues for other reasons (Google "stretched tuning".
Guitar strings regardless of pitch or gauge have a single scale length
Not really - the scale length changes every time you fret a note. ?
Fanned frets or multi-scales essentially set out to remedy that issue by giving each string a progressively smaller (or bigger depending on how you wanna look at it) scale length.
Lengthening or shortening the scale of a string does not cure intonation problems, which are largely caused by straight frets (angled or perpendicular to the edge of the fingerboard). The scale length is more the tonal and tension things.
The simple fact is that even then, fanned frets are not really needed until you get to 7+ strings. There is a little bit of compromise to any scale length, but not enough to worry most people on a 6-string.
5mjacbyr wrote:
Very nice! Why are all the erg players in Cape Town!
More time to practice - no gigs! ?
