Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Crooked

Yamaha's Frank Gambale model features the Fret Wave system at the first & second positions to rectify tuning inaccuracy. Players with very acute tuning capacity, would tell you despite the guitar being in immaculate standard tuning, once you fret a chord, you can hear tuning anomalies for selected strings. The Fret Wave system addresses this situation.

Caparison's Apple Horn guitar features a similar rectification implement however, as depicted above, it's employed across the entire neck. It's actually a patented idea called the True Temperament system, conceived to address tuning accuracy in whole, not just selected frets. Looks overwhelming but if it works, then it works.

3 comments:

Ijau D. Koceng said...

it didn't went mainstream right?

owh, btw... i received ur package this afternoon, thanks bro!

subversion.sg said...

no it didn't... imagine having have to replace your frets when they wear out- can you get them off the shelves? hmmm...

glad you got them bro. enjoy green strings!

Anonymous said...

Steve Vai also has a few guitars with this type of frets.