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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Madsakre on December 16, 2011, 08:27:06 AM

Title: Build an electric like this for me pl0x!(Microtonal)
Post by: Madsakre on December 16, 2011, 08:27:06 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYK_PF9WTRE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYK_PF9WTRE)
Pretty intelligent instrument.

Im actually sending one of guitars to my local luthier to get it fretted with quarter tones :)

Title: Re: Build an electric like this for me pl0x!(Microtonal)
Post by: Lezard on December 16, 2011, 05:02:46 PM

Thats Brilliant!

Title: Re: Build an electric like this for me pl0x!(Microtonal)
Post by: WezV on December 16, 2011, 05:40:48 PM

adjustable and microtonal

fooking hell!

Title: Re: Build an electric like this for me pl0x!(Microtonal)
Post by: Madsakre on December 16, 2011, 05:45:03 PM

Idd! Welcome to the future!

Title: Re: Build an electric like this for me pl0x!(Microtonal)
Post by: WezV on December 16, 2011, 06:46:08 PM

have you seen the second vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhdpsuXtewY&feature=related

worth going to 1:50 onwards where he starts talking about the 'sound of thirds'

Title: Re: Build an electric like this for me pl0x!(Microtonal)
Post by: Madsakre on December 16, 2011, 07:33:45 PM

will do later :P Watching handball right now.

Title: Re: Build an electric like this for me pl0x!(Microtonal)
Post by: JacksonRR on December 16, 2011, 10:48:51 PM

That is really cool. Even if you didn't want microtones, you could still set it up like those squiggly frets that make for perfect intonation everywhere. Thinking about the mechanics side, it does seem very hard to guarantee a perfect level on the frets. I wonder what the action is like on that.

edit: just watched it again. In the beginning, it does look like the action is fairly high

Title: Re: Build an electric like this for me pl0x!(Microtonal)
Post by: WezV on December 16, 2011, 11:17:14 PM

Quote from: JacksonRR on December 16, 2011, 10:48:51 PM

edit: just watched it again. In the beginning, it does look like the action is fairly high

to be fair - classicals are not unknown to have  4-5mm actions at the 12th fret.

but yes, i also had concerns about the levelling.  i dont see this ever being viable as a production instrument but as a tool for studing scales and fret placement/compensation it is invaluable7

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clearly no one has watched him talk about  'the sound of turds' on the second video.  it really tickled me ;)

Title: Re: Build an electric like this for me pl0x!(Microtonal)
Post by: Madsakre on December 17, 2011, 12:00:52 AM

Quote from: JacksonRR on December 16, 2011, 10:48:51 PM

That is really cool. Even if you didn't want microtones, you could still set it up like those squiggly frets that make for perfect intonation everywhere. Thinking about the mechanics side, it does seem very hard to guarantee a perfect level on the frets. I wonder what the action is like on that.

edit: just watched it again. In the beginning, it does look like the action is fairly high

Its a nylon string guitar, they do always have quite high action.