I don't see why you have to be more accurate?
I didn't have to be "more" accurate when I started playing scalloped fretboards ...
BMW-KTM: That disadvantage has already been mentioned, but it shouldn't be a problem actually, because if you make the notes go sharp on a scalloped fretboard you should also make the notes go sharp on a normal fretboard, because the string NEVER touches the fretboard.
And by the way, I play extremely hard and I really like to dig in like you say you do, and I don't have a problem with it ...

I have never found this to be the case or a problem


Bill

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The strings don't have to touch the fretboard. The argument is not valid. The fingertip mooshes around the string such that that the fingertip presses against the board preventing your finger from transmitting all the force you put into fretting the note into the string. Some of the force you are exerting is actually against the board because of the mooshing. The scalloped board allows you to bend the string more because there's more room for your mooshed finger so all the energy goes to the string. I know that doesn't sound very well put. Perhaps I lack the ability to describe the situation but trust me the notes go sharp if you dig in. I should know. I'm the one who played it with my own hands and heard it with my own ears. I can't play those guitars because I have too heavy a hand.

Also bear in mind everyone, that whenever there are two schools of though on a subject that the opinions given will usually reflect ownership. I shelled out the cash for a Toyota when I had the opportunity to buy a Honda or a Ford or a GM (I will never buy another Mopar) so if you ask me which is better I'll say Toyota because I'm already invested. Same goes for scalloped boards or Hot Rod series amps. If you already have one you are likely to tell people they are the best.

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Just think of how awesome a guitar player you could have been by now if you had only spent the last 10 years practicing instead of obsessing over pickups and roasted maple necks.

Couldn't agree more. It's what I alluded to when I said a light touch is necessary. Heavier strings can compensate some for sharp fretted notes, but it's simple geometry that a board that "sinks" in between frets to a poiint lower than a standard level fretboard would contribute to sharp notes when fretted with anything more than what it takes to sound the note.

(waits for Big Jay to check in)

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im the scalloped neck user, and this is my opinion:
1. when you play shredding (ESPECIALLY FOR STRAT / TELE WITH SMALL FRET) with scalloped neck, its enable to get a better grip of the string especially from 12th fret and upper to 21 (or 22)

2. SCALLOPED NECK will help you better when play BENDING OR VIBRATO , not to make you Play Faster, remind this !

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