Originally Posted by Elysian

i'd never do a full scallop again. i push way too hard in the lower register for that, it really sucks for riffing. i did a 12-24 scallop on this neck through 7 v i'm building currently, and its sextacular. i can't wait to finish it(though i'm still waiting on my pickup)


i reversed a scallop on my RG7421 i mowed off the rosewood fingerboard with a jig and a thickness sander, and replaced it with ebony and new dunlop 6100 frets

Sorry for beeing a noob, but what happens if you opush to hard on the string when you have scalloped and why do you need small strings for it ?

[bostjan]

push too hard = pitch goes sharp.

small strings? what do you mean?

Sorry it was me who read wrong.

"i did a 12-24 scallop on my RG7421, imo that is ideal, my RGT42 has a full scallop, and i have to run uber thick strings on it to not push too hard
"

but yngwie has like 08 and tune down half a steep on his guitar does he have super fingers or what then ?

[bostjan]

He is your new god, boys and girls. :P

Well, with Yng, I'm sure it definately helps him get some superwide wicked cool badass vibrato. Scalloping helps you get a really good grip on the string, so you can do some cool stuff with bends, vibrato, pull-offs and such.

I don't think it makes you play faster. But I'm no expert.

I was more thinking along the lines of;
”if he has a down tuned guitar with 08 he should never get a tone accordingly to Elysian’s statement unless yngwies fingers are sprinkled with fairy dust”

[bostjan]

Hmm, maybe I read him wrong, but that's not at all what I inferred from what he said.

And Yngwie's fingers are sprinkled with all kinds of glittery rings and jewelry and stuff. Seriously, Yngwie's style is all about the scallop, some people like it, and some people don't. If you press really hard, you will go sharp.

ok

[ChrisPcritter]

Stainless did someone say stainless... I love that... My Carvin has stainless. THe guy at the shop tried to get me to take the one on the wall but I wouldn't budge. I'm glad I didn't. It's definately a noticable difference. Oh year then scallop

[shredfreak]

In my experience with scalloped necks i've hardly come across any good ones actaully ...
The fender models are complete bullshit, the blackmore sig is like it's been scalloped by a 5 year old and the ynwgie sig isn't that much better.
Anyhow, if you do decide to scallop it, go deep or just stay the fuck off of it.
A good dept for a scallop is the side dot, half of the side dot gone is good. Anything lower is just crap and isn't going to help you at all, it's just gonna be a hassle to play it (played on all of these noob scalloped necks and it doesn't even get close to the feeling i got on my 7620). And do keep in mind this at all times, SCALLOPING MEANS -30% STABILITY!!!! at least if it's a good deep one, the guitar you got is good enough so no problems there but i wouldn't want to try it on a UV for sure. And the other part, be a little more carefull with you neck, a good case is very advisable
Can't really try before you buy but if you live in belgium (by any luck), feel free to contact me, you can give mine a testspin if you want and see wheter you like it or not.

A good refret is another good option though.
6100 all the way

[Ancestor]

Originally Posted by shredfreak

In my experience with scalloped necks i've hardly come across any good ones actaully ...
The fender models are complete bullshit, the blackmore sig is like it's been scalloped by a 5 year old and the ynwgie sig isn't that much better.
Anyhow, if you do decide to scallop it, go deep or just stay the fuck off of it.
A good dept for a scallop is the side dot, half of the side dot gone is good. Anything lower is just crap and isn't going to help you at all, it's just gonna be a hassle to play it (played on all of these noob scalloped necks and it doesn't even get close to the feeling i got on my 7620). And do keep in mind this at all times, SCALLOPING MEANS -30% STABILITY!!!! at least if it's a good deep one, the guitar you got is good enough so no problems there but i wouldn't want to try it on a UV for sure. And the other part, be a little more carefull with you neck, a good case is very advisable
Can't really try before you buy but if you live in belgium (by any luck), feel free to contact me, you can give mine a testspin if you want and see wheter you like it or not.
A good refret is another good option though.
6100 all the way

In contrast, I have yet to play a scalloped neck that I didn't like. You're going to have a lot more control over intonation with the deep scallops, especially if you use lighter gauge strings. As long as your nut height is good, you should be fine. For me, I like to feel zero fretboard under my fingers. Just another opinion, but it is the truth.

The worst part about the process is losing the inlays. That sucks!!