source file: m1410.txt Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 01:57:33 -0700 Subject: RE: Steve Vai in Guitar World (Digest 1405, Topic 11) From: Xou Oxno "Paul H. Erlich" wrote: >>Well, now, I know this isn't necessarily what he meant, but it _could_ >>be that they're fretted for 24- and 16-tone JI scales. He didn't say >>explicitly that they were 24TET or 16TET, did he? > >I am sure that they are ETs. >From previous articles in guitar magazines over the years I get the impression they are. >Don't forget that JI scales require >dog-legged frets. No they don't!!! Take a look at this David Canright article from 1/1. On his site but linked from 1/1: http://math.nps.navy.mil/~dcanrig/guitar.html My ji guitar will have the frets straight across the neck. This was Jon Catler's suggestion but I saw the Canright article a few years ago. I've had it for 4 months but it goes to the luthier next week. :) >Last night I was playing heavy-metal style on my >guitar (the 7-string Ibanez, which Vai designed, refretted to 22tET). >I'm sure Steve would be proud. I actually find it easier to play random >runs with the microtonal fretting. Because the frets are closer? -- * D a v i d B e a r d s l e y * xouoxnoREMOVE-THIS@virtulink.com * * J u x t a p o s i t i o n E z i n e * M E L A v i r t u a l d r e a m house monitor * * http://www.virtulink.com/immp/lookhere.htm