source file: m1416.txt
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 18:45:01 -0400

Subject: RE: Guitar intonation fixers :Novax fanned frets

From: "Paul H. Erlich" <PErlich@Acadian-Asset.com>

>While Buz Feiten's system is the latest in bettering the guitar's 
>intonation,there is (at least I hope there still is) another older and 
>much more blatant and obvious system.
>A luthier,Ralph Novak, invented a system with a fanned  fret layout where 
>the spacing between frets is wider on the lower (6th) string side and  
>narrower on the higher (1st) string side.

I don't think that addresses intonation at all. It's superior tone that
Novak's system provides. It's kind of like on a harp or piano, where the
higher strings are shorter.