Members Pete Rules Posted January 17, 2006 Members Share Posted January 17, 2006 Just got this email from a friend. Guitar sounds familiar but I can't quite remember... "do you remember, back in the early 90's era of guitar player magazine, ads for a guitar called (i think) the spider, or spyder, that had a weird, fan-shaped fretted neck? like the frets, nut and bridge werent parallel, they were slightly fanned out. it was supposed to be like the "natural" position for your fretting hand to be in.i was trying to describe it to my boss and he didnt know what i was talking about. i thought youd know... " Anyone know what he's talking about? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CreamTele Posted January 17, 2006 Members Share Posted January 17, 2006 that dude who plays really fast has one... sorry dont know his name bump EDIT: Just thought of it : Rusty Cooley plays an 8 string with fanned frets, im not sure of the build, might it be Conklin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members acravero Posted January 17, 2006 Members Share Posted January 17, 2006 Novax guitars makes the fanned fretboard (and have a patent on it, IIRC). http://www.novaxguitars.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angus_old Posted January 17, 2006 Members Share Posted January 17, 2006 rickenbacker makes guitars with slanted frets too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thrill74 Posted January 17, 2006 Members Share Posted January 17, 2006 Originally posted by CreamTele EDIT: Just thought of it : Rusty Cooley plays an 8 string with fanned frets, im not sure of the build, might it be Conklin? Yup, Conklin for Cooley. And I think Charlie Hunter is using a Novax though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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