The other scoop

I was flipping the pages of an old magazine when I stumbled upon this guitar- it's the Alvarez electric, featuring the dana scoop. It's essentially the manufacturer's take on upper fret access, merging the guitar's treble side cutaway with the neck pickup's slot. The obvious compromise here would be the neck pickup & the overall instrument's rigidity. For those of us who keep whining about not having real upper fret access, this guitar might just work for you but it's extinct...

Despite the backing of Lita Ford- rock's femme fatale of the '90s- this guitar didn't live to see the turn of the century.