True Temperament Necks

[tubecrunch]

Re: True Temperament Necks

I want to like this. I just can't get past my visual bias telling me key changes wouldn't work.

 

[The Dali]

Re: True Temperament Necks

Here goes some other vids one is the TT on an acoustic and a guy in a live band situation. I dont think it would be any more out of tune then playing a regular guitar along side another guitarist.

If I made faces like this guy while playing guitar I'd insist on only filming me from the neck down.

 

[frankfalbo]

Re: True Temperament Necks

Since it came out I can't stop thinking about how much straighter a vast majority of those frets would be if they used a compensated nut. They could easily create a formula that would maintain every single fret distance they've got now, and "solve for" the greatest amount of uniformity if they included the zero fret as a variable.

Don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying that a compensated nut eliminates the benefits they claim from their individually dedicated tempered fret spacing, just that many of the largest deviations would be reduced. In other words they could lessen the "weird factor" a bit.

 

[J E C]

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I agree with Frank on the compensated nut idea. As far as fanned frets go, Ralph came up with the idea because of his tendinitis, not do to tuning issues. It is more ergonomic and easier on your hand. Plus it gives you longer scale lengths for the lower pitched stings for stronger note fundamentals. All that being said, it's not my cup of tea, but a great idea.

 

[Little Pigbacon]

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Listen to the guitar music you own that was recorded without using true temperament necks, Buzz Lightyear offsets etc - does it ALL sound out of tune ? Didn't think so.

I wonder how many people in the studio sometimes tune their guitars between takes, maybe sweeten a tuning by ear for a particular song (or for a lot of the songs). By playing one song -- or part of a song -- at a time, you relieve yourself of much of the burden of having to worry about how the intervals you're not playing sound. Then again, depending on what you play and where on the neck you play it, you may seldom bump into the shortcomings of the conventional intonation system.