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Alembic products => Dreaming... for now => Topic started by: Steve Smith (alembickoa) on June 18, 2002, 09:26:05 AM

Title: Fanned Fret....
Post by: Steve Smith (alembickoa) on June 18, 2002, 09:26:05 AM

Mica or Susan or Ron or whomever...
 
Has Alembic ever been asked to use the Novax fret system...ala Sheldon Dingwall...on an Alembic bass? I have a friend interested in the fretting system and seriously interested in the product you offer. Is the fanned fret an Alembic option?
 
Alembic rules!!!

Title: Fanned Fret....
Post by: mica on June 18, 2002, 09:37:44 AM

I have been asked a few times for this. As a one-off project, the price for a license from Novax has been prohibitve for the few that have inquired. In addition to the $500 (last time I checked) fee from Novax, you need to have an individual bridge and tailpiece for each string and other engineering considerations. You're talking probably $1000-1500 additional to be the first one to get it on an Alembic.  

Title: Fanned Fret....
Post by: Hartmut Engel (haddimudd) on December 02, 2002, 07:29:31 AM

Would that significantly improve the intonation issues particularly discussed on short scale basses?
 
Hartmut

Title: Fanned Fret....
Post by: evan meyers (cosmicevan) on January 30, 2003, 11:53:39 AM

i've heard and played a dingwall with the fanned fret system and to my ears it really provides a vibrant and alive b string.  one of the best i've ever heard.

Title: Fanned Fret....
Post by: Michael Walker (rockandroller) on February 01, 2003, 10:06:00 AM

Hartmut: if you had a fanned fret bass, it would no longer BE a short-scale (at least not all of it - fanned-fret instruments usually use longer scale lengths on the lower strings!)