Sean, --- On Thu, 3/19/09, Sean Smith <lutesm...@mac.com> wrote: > > Correct me if I'm wrong here: Strings that are at a > lower tension are more susceptible to this form of bending. > That is why we see scalloped frets on older wire instruments > and less on modern (higher tension) guitars. > > I haven't seen scalloped frets on many modern > instruments: Once on a vandervogel guitar (not mine) and > sometimes on appalachian dulcimers. >
I understand this feature is particularly esteemed by electric guitar shred-meisters. Fender offers scalloped frets on their Yngwie Malmsteen model guitar. Chris > And yes, one can pull a string towards the bridge at the > fret and lower the tone a small amount. Somehow it seems to > work better on fatter/lower tension strings. I hear it has > its place in the viola da gamba players' bag of tricks. > I can do it on fat ropey gut strings where the fingertip can > get a little traction. > > Sean > > > > Martyn Hodgson wrote: > >> I am extremely sceptical about this claim, if > only for the > >> insignificant change in pitch which would be > achieved by an additional > >> depression of say 0.5mm (ie from stopping the > string without bottoming > >> to the fingerboard and fully depressed) . By way > of an example: the > >> increase in string length of a 64cm string > depressed at half its length > >> by 0.5mm is only about 0.0008mm! (Pythagorus > theorem: square root of > >> [320x320+0.5x0.5]) ie an increase of a mere > 0.000125% .............. > >> can any human ear detect this? > >> > >> MH > >> > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
