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I don't know much from Ingwie but I do like the scalloped fretboard they put on
his signature strat. John McLaughlin used a scalloped fretboard as well. I
played that configuration on a Vox guitar in the mid '70's. It takes a minute to
get used to, but it keeps your fingers off the wood. Very much the opposite
idear from what Semi Mosely was doing with his fretless-wonder Ventures models.
I'd be afraid to put heavy strings on a scalloped fretboard so I haven't used
one for surf music. It certainly would make bends easier.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: Leslie Fradkin
To:
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] strings and strats
If you listen to my CD's, I'm double picking faster than Dick on some
of the tunes ("Surfin' The Classics, Part 1" for example), and I'm
doing that with a .042 on the bottom E.
Of course, I'm also "palm muting" to control "flap" so maybe that's why
I can do this the way I've described.
I think every guitarist evolves his / her own way of solving problems
and defining approaches. What works for A may be useless for B.
By way of example, I love Jeff Beck and rushed out to buy his 1st
signature Strat many years ago, you know, the one with the FAAAAT neck.
I couldn't for the life of me, figure out how he could play that. And
yet, that guitar sounded great for him. But not for me....
Yngwie Malmsteen plays with an .008 on top and that puzzles me as well
as regards certain licks he does.
But he's evidently adapted a individual technique to do it that way...
as I have to do things my way...as you have to do things your way.
Coming from bass, I can definitely see how light guitar strings could
feel like rubber bands to you.
Les
On Monday, September 6, 2004, at 12:29 PM, Richard wrote:
>
> I don't see how you can double pick that well with
> lighter strings. I started out on bass and didn't
> touch a guitar for almost two years. When I finally
> got curious about those little six string things I
> picked it up and thought it would be absolutely
> impossible to play strings that small. I immediately
> went to 11's to learn on, went to flat-wound 11's which
> I found easier to trem pick on, and am about to try 12
> rounds because I find the 11 rounds too slack now that
> I'm back to those. I'm not the world's greatest, but
> with the 11 rounds I'm unbearably sloppy. I just
> can't keep it under control, even with a lighter pick.
> I always assumed that the only way to really double
> pick that fast (like Dick, or faster) and get that big
> a sound was to have 13's or larger.
>
> Richard
>
>
>
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