Don Alder Live in Japan DRDR using guitar with weird frets

Don Alder Live in Japan DRDR using guitar with weird frets Greenfield guitar

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• Don
• Alder
• Percussive
• acoustic
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• japan
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• greenfield

[PollyX5]

What's the thing with all the harmonic August Rush guitarists??!?

'Just because you can doesn't mean you have to'

(well, anyway, in this case I'm glad he does)

[playthatfunkymusic56]

@PollyX5

there is a lot of that going on your right, this song by alder was around way before August Rush

[Cminor7sus4]

Yer not lyin'. Don plays all sorts of outer limits open tunings, and a lot of the strings are dropped down a step or two from standard. The fanned frets are optimum for this kind of guitar work. Each string has a progressively longer scale length, towards the bass end. This allows more optimum string tension and better intonation on those lower-tuned strings. This idea was originated by Ralph Novak, a brilliant and innovative luthier. Still considered radical, but total genius. Him and Don both.

[Unexpaix]

FANFRET, not weird, ergonomic. Title fail on this video

Don Alder rules though :)

[evgenybaev]

Very skillfully, bright, masterly! Bravo!

[rrrrockin]

awsome Don ,,,and mind blown again ,,,,peace man

[crunkykong]

I hear that once you try a guitar with fanned frets you'll wonder why all guitars arent made like that.

[TalonTSI95]

sick fanfret

[Stefan450]

this guy is, it sounds so much more clear live, he is way underrated with all the candyrat guys floating around.

[GGNiger]

indeed... that frets are really wired but pretty cool...