LOOKING FOR MEDIUM SCALE BASS

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Author Message uonra New Username: uonra Post Number: 4 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 9:05 am:    ALWAYS INTERRESSING IN MEDIUM SCALE ALEMBIC or other bass ON THE RIGHT PRICE PLEASE CONTACT ME ON claude.arnou@skynet.be I'm from Brussel Belgium kind regards Claude adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1981 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 2:56 am:    Hi Claude, The distributor for the Benelux is Edwin van Huik in Hilversum. He often has second-hand Alembics. Here's his site. There's a medium scale Distillate on the list for 2495 euro, which seems a bit pricey. The fretboard is scalloped from the 7th fret - Blackmore/Malmsteen style. That would be a deal-breaker for me. georgie_boy Senior Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 552 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 6:11 am:    Can anyone tell me what the point is of scalloped fingerboard? George adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1982 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 6:19 am:    With the Malmsteen connection, perhaps fishy scales. georgie_boy Senior Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 555 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 6:36 am:    LOL Nice one Adriaan! Still would like to know the purpose of the aforementioned. G adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1983 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 6:44 am:    From the dark recesses of my memory, something like: your fingers are less likely to stick to the fingerboard, especially when sweep-picking or shredding the aforementioned scales. dadabass2001 Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 961 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 4:56 pm:    John McLaughlin had a guitar with scalloped frets, purportedly to enable sitar-like quarter tone scales during the Mahavishnu Orchestra days. Billy Sheehan's bass has a partially scalloped board as well, maybe 8-10 high frets. (and then my brain exploded from an overload of useless 1970s trivia) uonra New Username: uonra Post Number: 5 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 3:22 am:    Thanks, but I don't want a scalloped board. Claude darkstar01 Intermediate Member Username: darkstar01 Post Number: 128 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 3:22 am:    not that it matters, but i think the mclaughlin guitar you're talking about was the acoustic he used with shakti. could be wrong, though.