LOOKING FOR MEDIUM SCALE BASS

[uonra]

ALWAYS INTERRESSING IN MEDIUM SCALE ALEMBIC or other bass
ON THE RIGHT PRICE
PLEASE CONTACT ME ON  
claude.arnou@skynet.be
I'm from Brussel Belgium
kind regards
Claude

[adriaan]

Hi Claude,
 
The distributor for the Benelux is Edwin van Huik in Hilversum. He often has second-hand Alembics. Here's his site.
 
There's a medium scale Distillate on the list for 2495 euro, which seems a bit pricey. The fretboard is scalloped from the 7th fret - Blackmore/Malmsteen style. That would be a deal-breaker for me.

[georgie_boy]

Can anyone tell me what the point is of scalloped fingerboard?
 
George

[adriaan]

With the Malmsteen connection, perhaps fishy scales.

[georgie_boy]

LOL
 
Nice one Adriaan!
Still would like to know the purpose of the aforementioned.
 
G

[adriaan]

From the dark recesses of my memory, something like: your fingers are less likely to stick to the fingerboard, especially when sweep-picking or shredding the aforementioned scales.

[dadabass2001]

John McLaughlin had a guitar with scalloped frets, purportedly to enable sitar-like quarter tone scales during the Mahavishnu Orchestra days. Billy Sheehan's bass has a partially scalloped board as well, maybe 8-10 high frets.
 
(and then my brain exploded from an overload of useless 1970s trivia)

[uonra]

Thanks, but I don't want a scalloped board.
Claude

[darkstar01]

not that it matters, but i think the mclaughlin guitar you're talking about was the acoustic he used with shakti. could be wrong, though.