intonation on a les paul goddess

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Flangerhans said:
That WAS interesting, Muttley, although that's the ugliest fretboard I've ever seen in my life. Do you remember Micro-fret? A nut designed by Rube Goldberg...
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Yeh, for anyone else here you go MICRO-FRET GUITARS.

Some of it has merit some of it is bunk. But thats opinion. The trouble with all these systems that claim to overcome inherent problems in instrument design is that often they are not needed. The solution without a problem syndrome.

One of the first questions I ask when I'm teaching instrument design, is who drives change in musical instrument form and design, the musician, composer or maker? The answer in nearly all cases is the composer. Unless there is a need for an instrument or a modification to an existing design, no musician is going to seek one out and one will never be made. If they do it is nearly always to accomplish a compositional idea. If no one wants "wobbly" frets because they don't need the supposed improvement, then the idea will never become mainstream. Instruments change in response to musical direction not the other way around. A composer wants a certain sound or temperement so he approaches both the musician and instrument maker to try and achieve his vision.

I'm not talking about modifying things like the bridge or tuners here but about the actual function of the design.
 
Thanks for the help with all that Muttley, I find the topic very interesting, but very confusing. I have a fairly decent handle on it now, though.

I think.
 
thanks folks. i've learned a lot. i never realized intonation is a compromise affair. i thought it could be perfect. oh well, i should have known better, nothing in life is absolutely perfect :)

thanks again.
 
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