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    Overlord of Music Fretworn's Avatar
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    That turned out really well. How are you finding playing it. How is the learning curve to fan frets and 7 strings?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fretworn View Post
    That turned out really well. How are you finding playing it. How is the learning curve to fan frets and 7 strings?
    About the fanned frets:

    It takes me about 5 minutes to not think about it.
    Some strange chords shapes i struggle with on a standard fretboard now goes surprisingly quick.
    And when you goes up the neck, the frets gets closer giving a sense of fluidity for soloing.

    As for the 7th string,
    It took me a little time to calibrate myself on the low E which isn't the last string anymore. And I must think about my left hand thumb position more than I want to really cover all the width of the fretboard. But that's something I should do on a regular guitar too. Scale wise, i tuned it in B. So the scales just goes as the first two strings. Quite natural.

    Last thing about the fanned bridge is to palm mute the low strings. You have to really get your right hand back otherwise you are really muting the string.

    In the end, it's really enjoyable and I'm not disoriented when playing back on a regular fretboard. I'm surprised by the learning curve and the fact that I'm not overthinking the playability lets me just play.

    Great
    Last edited by lickmydoo; 25-12-2020 at 03:44 PM.

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