Someone told me he took the frets off and scraped out the fingerboard for each fret?...That would explain his unique tone...
2006-12-28 20:05:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Like someone else said, he has the fretboard scalloped. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerboard#Scalloping
The person who said that a guitar without frets doesn't produce sound is incorrect, frets have no effect on the sound. You can actually buy fretless guitars
http://www.unfretted.com/loader.php?LINK=main
2006-12-28 20:24:08 · answer #1 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Impossible, the frets on electric guitar feed resonance via the strings back to the pickups! Without frets there would be NO SOUND from the guitar except maybe a strange hissing noise...but no tone.
2006-12-28 20:08:05 · answer #2 · answered by DEATH 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most likely he just has a fretless guitar I dought he did any of the work himself. It is pretty common now a days pat matheney plays a fretless baritone it sounds so smooth. As well Nguyen Le plays a fretless guitar on some of his older albums you can tell by how slides sound they are much smoother on a fretless.
2006-12-28 21:27:42 · answer #3 · answered by ethereal_00@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can have the frets scalloped and filed which some people do but i doubt it has anything to do with noodles malmstings sound.
2006-12-28 20:10:23 · answer #4 · answered by skcus ome 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, really!
He's da real man, Mr. Malmsteen
2006-12-28 20:24:41 · answer #5 · answered by Paula 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats what i heard
2006-12-28 20:08:01 · answer #6 · answered by Miss Sabotage 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋