I love it. The "Deep Purple - Made in Japan - Blackmore Signature". That's the quote of the day, dude. Nice.

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Can I be totally dumb and ask what graduated scalloping is, please?

Scalloped necks I understand. But graduated? Does it mean it's been to university...?

Cheers - C

My thought is that the frets get "gradually" more scalloped as you move up the neck/fretboard . There is probably little to no scallope in the first position and start to scallope as you move up...Of coarse, I am guessing and feel free to correct me, but that's what I interpret it to mean

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How you doing Ceri? I am guessing it means that the fingerboard has just a slight amount of scalloping instead of the prominent scalloping of a Maple neck. You no little Grand Cayon's and since fret space changes it changes with it.

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I think that would be an educated guess, Ceri.

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Its another term for the gradual scalloping that jackson pioneered in their hay day. The scallop at the 7th fret is less scalloped than the 8th, the 9th is deeper still and so on. Basically you get what you need where you need it. flat for the chord end and scalloped for the screaming and wailing end.

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Interesting, thanks for the replies, guys.

I'm sure you're all right, though I must say it makes no sense to me, apart from playing chords near the nut like Niki said. If the idea of scalloping is to stop your fingertip touching the fretboard while you play then surely you need deeper scallops towards the nut, not the other way around?

(Mentioned it before) I have an old neck with big gouges out of it where my fingers have gone up to the eighth or nineth fret and most of all near the nut. But I certainly can't make finger contact with 'board up near the dusty end, so presumably no need for scalloping up there?

Yet I've seen someone - Steve Vai, was it? - who has the neck scalloped only up at the top end. Seems very odd to me, but there you are...

We've tossed this scalloping thing around many times on the Forum, and I still don't feel I fully get it.

Cheers - C

PS Troublecall, I think your line was even worse than mine!

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Start saving now fellas, the "goodness" ain't gonna come cheap.

Scalloped rosewood . . . SWEET!

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Ceri, the vai guitar you mentioned was a graduated scallop. The theory behind it works. The nut end where players tend to grab at the string more are lightly scalloped from the 5th fret up. So the low end barres dont get pressed in too much and send the tuning out. The same works for single notes too. Its got to be easier to press a note sharp when theres a big gap between frets than up the neck where the difference is reduced.

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I'll take that as a compliment, Ceri...

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...Yeah, OK. You explain it very well.

But what is the point of scalloping at all up near the heel? Is there anyone who's making finger contact with the wood up there, with or without the scallop?

Been such a long time since my one and only go on a scalloped neck. Guess I just gotta find one somewhere to have another try with...


From me you can be sure it's always a compliment, where groan inducing jokes are concerned! I know a master craftsman when I see one!

Cheers... and compliments - C

Here is a good explanation of the Ritchie Blackmore style scalloping: http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/scal1.htm

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graduated scallop?????????....seems there is some confusion as to what this is..............Graduated Scallop (also known ans Blackmore scallop)
the blackmore scallop is graded across the neck----It;s full depth at the high E string, then progressively shallower moving across the neck untill it's basically not (or allmost not) scalloped at the low E string............this is un like the Malmsteen scallop which is a uniform depth across the neck.........hope i cleared it up for everyone...

Finally, it's cleared up! Thanks, man!

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That neck is going to be like holding a baseball bat for people who are generally used to playing the C or V style Strat necks which are smaller, as the U shape has a lot of depth to it and while it isn't as wide, it doesn't have all the curvature of a C. This is going to be a try before buy, Elderly Instruments has them listed already for 1200 USD