I have been playing for 30 years and I have no idea what a e minor or major are but I probably use them all the time..lol... Home schooling kids do it just a little bit different lol
@@keithadams812 if you have been playing guitar for 30 years and do not know the name of e minor... than you are the actual worst guitarist of all time... like not even kidding
Hello Gary, for me as a huge Yngwie fan I thought it is a must have to own that signature guitar. Unfortunately I had great problems not to bend the tone out of pitch when playing chords or single tones. And I also didn't made it with the High E-String which is dangerously near on the edge of the fretwire. The String would slip off the frets so often, which was very disappointing and also demotivating. In the end I had to send the guitar back and bought instead of it a Fender AM pro Strat and then I changed the pickups with the YJM signature pickups. Since than I'm happy because I found over this way the best solution for me. And thank you so much for sharing your experiences on this video! With greetings from Germany Matthias
One of the issues I have with You Tube is that when you investigate a channel even briefly your automatically bombarded with related channels and you have to use the do not recommend option!
I've commented before and I got the new Squire Bullet Strat HSS HT and the first one that I replaced due to a theft was that it had the rosewood fretboard and the new one has indianlaurel but the frets are called jumbo and to me I don't need a scalloped fretboard but it applies to preference. Different strokes for different folks!
Everyone complaining about effects, tuning, note clarity. It’s his guitar at least he made a video of it to show you that they exist, and there are subtle differences between standard fret boards and scalloped. At nearly 2 grand he deserves to play it however he so chooses.
That fender model usually has that issue, the e string usually slip off the neck. I'm not alone on that complaint, I think fender should have corrected it a long time ago, but they never did it, I don't know why.
If one plays all of the notes yet leaves out the feeling and passion behind it (heart/soul) does it... If one knows not [instinctively] when to utilize this or NOT to use or do that does still it qualify them for... Simply because one CAN be on TH-cam... Oh, TH-cam... you've made "stars" out of one and all... whether they actually... Nevertheless, thanks for the scalloped neck insights... for those who have wondered.
These guitars have a tendency to ship with the high E string being a bit too close to the edge. (So a lot of people say) In the video it looks like yours could be one of them. Sometimes it can be fixed by loosening the neck and making sure it’s seated properly. Others get a new nut cut to compensate for it or different (smaller width) saddles. But I could be wrong on this account, but there’s some things to consider for people buying one of these and experiencing the high E slip problem.
@@chrisking6695 At least your guitars all good then. The high E string slipping is rarely a technique issue though, on a 9.5 scale fretboard. Light strings with low action on a 9.5 radius or lower can lead to getting E string slippage though. (As it creates a little less tension)
Bought this exact guitar last year. I knew about the string spacing issue and i installed the callaham vintage narrow tremolo. Fixed the string spacing and now it plays properly! Better tremolo feel too!
The only benefit is to catch the frets as you jump between positions. Paganini would scallop violin necks but that's only because violins don't have any fretting which makes rapid and accurate movement along the neck really, really hard. Guitars don't have that problem but Yngwie decided to scallop guitar necks anyway! Why? Basically because he thought Paganini was cool.
I've only tried one of these once, and I loved the neck. One of the easiest necks to play that I've ever come across. Many would disagree with that, but I found the lack of friction to be liberating.
@@cody8804 This was before the Internet, so buying one was a big ordeal. And besides, I was broke. And I've only ever seen one of these in a shop once.
Pulling the high e off the fretboard is a problem a lot of people have with narrow necks. I bought a Charvel with a 1-5/8" nut and I did that a lot at first. After a few weeks my form corrected itself though and now I have no issues. Just gotta get used to it.
i guess one would have less problems adapting to a scalloped neck with thicker strings. 10-46 in standard tuning is already enough to have less effect on the whole thing. yngwie uses a weird mix set of 8-46, probably that's why he doesn't have the problem with the high e sliding off the frets to the side of the neck.
2 Things: Play naturally, don't think about it. You will also adapt to the string teetering on the edge, there are ways to align the saddles to help..... Then lol, dump the Kemper and get yourself a PLEXI!!
I believe all necks should be scalloped. Been playing on them over 10 years now. Flat fretboards dont feel right anymore. I have two strats that I did myself and an Ibanez Rg that the luthier did for me and of course a malmsteen strat which I refer to as the malmstrat.
I got one and immediately was kool with it. I wasn’t sure because I read an interview with George Lynch where he said he tried Yngwie’s guitar... and while it was good for leads, and bending. He said he couldn’t play chords on it. I have no problem with it though.
I "borrowed" a used Yngwie from Guit Center for a month and I *really* liked the scalloped frets. It made bar chords effortless and generally the effort needed to play it was *way less* than my Les Paul. Due to the mismatch between the narrow neck on the Yngwie and my tuba player's fingers . . . I took it back and got my Les Paul scalloped. This led to me getting my Tele and my Larrivee scalloped. Nuff Sed.
The amount of strength you have has nothing to do with your technique. It doesn't make bends easier, and it certainly doesn't mean you will automatically smash the strings more. Rick Graham confirmed this.
People are strange. This is a great reaction video. Don’t know wtf people want? This video gives about the best descriptive of what you can expect if you’re used to a regular neck and want to switch to a scalloped one.
Just another reason to thank the king Ritchie Blackmore. The reason he did it was because his fingers kept sliding or slipping off the neck when he started to sweat. Blackmore even did what he calls concaving between the frets his self
The E string problem isnt from the scallop. The neck needs to be realigned/ recentered. Either that or the nut it cut too wide abd wil need one with the E slot cut further in. Both are very easy fixes
Finally found the right comment way down the chain. When he held the guitar parallel to the camera you could see that the E was so close to the edge to begin with
Phil Mazzie I saw in a review that it has a vintage spacing on a modern narrow neck. A Callaham bridge was recommended. It should come with the right one.
@@GUITARISTED I bought one as well. But I never installed it! 😆 I did get a CS relic that has the same issue. You can get used to it. You just have to make sure you stay straight on the upper notes, and push towards you to vibrato. But the Callaham is the way to go for most.
@@drippinglass install it. It should make a world of diff. Tech I spoke to said if it doesn’t fix it completely he would recommend getting new nut 🌰. Haha. He would custom make nut to be narrower But the new bridge should work. Worth it since you paid pretty penny.
Been playing scalloped fretboards for the past 15 years & learned to do it myself. Still got my old ibanez RG7 that's fully done. I generally tend to go as deep as half the sidedot. Apart from full and half you can also carve an arc wich usually is: halfway on 24 & 1. gradually moving to full towards 15 & 7.
Honestly, I had the same fears when buying an extra jumbo fretted guitar, but the only difference I noticed compared to my medium jumbo guitar was that the strings were easier to fret and I didn’t half-fret my notes as often; I would say that scalloping is definitely the extreme, but I would highly encourage someone to give extra jumbo frets a shot.
I've played scalloped necks for a long time and prefer the Blackmore style where it's more gradual as you go up the board. There isn't any advantage to scallops in the first 3 or 4 frets so leave those with only a slight scoop then very gradually make them deeper as you go up the neck but never more than a small bit at a time.
@@arisl2370 where in the title does it say anything about reviewing the feel of the guitar. That’s what you’re looking for but it’s not the only thing that goes into a review dumbass
I purchased one a month ago. It's the only Fender I've ever owned. And I've been playing for 20+years. I had I set up, 1/2 step down with 10's and after a week of playing. I wouldn't trade it for anything! Love it!
I've seen many people here and on other videos, for years, talking about the e string slipping off This is clearly a massive issue, so I'm not sure why Fender aren't addressing it, but I suppose it's designed to Malmsteen's spec so if they changed it for everyone it would change for his as they are literally the exact same guitars
Guitars with scalloped fingerboards really helps correct bad habits. I had absolutely no issues with scalloped fingerboards. But the usual complaints people have about them is really just a complaint about their own technique. Damn it, it's hard to write this without sounding like a complete douchebag. I mean well, I promise! 😅
No Bro I agree these guys have got into th habit of pressing to hard on the fretboard and the e slipping of is the e string is to close to the edge of the frettboard . I' would re slot another nut or have it done .Bad setup or maybe the brass nut has moved I don't think they glue those in
Nah you said it fine. Its one of those if you know then you know and if you don't then you probably wont take your craft as seriously if your not open to self critiquing
Fender string spacing runs the Es to the outside. Since I stopped buying Fender and started using Warmoth, I found using a neck that is 1-3/4 wide at the nut but using a nut cut for 1-11/16 spacing gives plenty of deck at the outside.
I own a scalloped strat and there is no difference in the sound. Sustain might be a hair better, but other than that, it is much rougher on the fingers.
The problem with the high E string seems like its because the neck is not straight relative to the bridge. Measure the distance from the the low E string to the nearest edge of the fingerboard and then do the same for the high string to the nearest edge of the fingerboard. That measurement should tell you if your neck is in alignment or not. My guess is that the neck is not aligned correctly. you can loosen the neck screws and change the alignment.
You might want to get a hybrid tremolo that has a narrower string spacing so that you don't run out of real estate with the strings so close to the board edge.
Why do you folks insist on having distortion and overdrive effects on max when playing? Who knows whether there are notes in the chords being bent out of tune with all that crap on. Likewise on the individual notes- if you'd play the thing clean, we could hear how the string attack come through when fretted with those scalloped frets. From this, all I can tell is that the frets look weird and you really like that distortion pedal.
Ritchie Blackmore uses partially scalloped necks.
Thx fir the review, I'm thinking about aquiring one just to practice/ correct my technique
Slide left the group
This dude is a real player
Nice arpeggios from hell section there 👌
Awesome!!!!!! for firewood.
Great video
Very cool, man
Nice tone
"E minor" *plays an e major*
Ahah I noticed that too
So i wasn't the only one Haha
"Ah, very good. I was just seeing if you were paying attention."
I have been playing for 30 years and I have no idea what a e minor or major are but I probably use them all the time..lol... Home schooling kids do it just a little bit different lol
@@keithadams812 if you have been playing guitar for 30 years and do not know the name of e minor... than you are the actual worst guitarist of all time... like not even kidding
Hello Gary,
for me as a huge Yngwie fan I thought it is a must have to own that signature guitar.
Unfortunately I had great problems not to bend the tone out of pitch when playing chords or single tones.
And I also didn't made it with the High E-String which is dangerously near on the edge of the fretwire.
The String would slip off the frets so often, which was very disappointing and also demotivating.
In the end I had to send the guitar back and bought instead of it a Fender AM pro Strat and then I changed the pickups with the YJM signature pickups. Since than I'm happy because I found over this way the best solution for me.
And thank you so much for sharing your experiences on this video!
With greetings from Germany
Matthias
RIDERS ON THE STORM...
as a fellow YJM fan, I approve this video.
*Sliding has left the chat*
@@JayRebel wow, you're a fuckin dick huh? Slide guitar sounds pretty shit 90% of the time anyways so he's probably better off.
@@isee1158 guy you replied to is a dick, but no need to trash other genres...
@@isee1158 derek trucks has entered the chat...
One of the issues I have with You Tube is that when you investigate a channel even briefly your automatically bombarded with related channels and you have to use the do not recommend option!
I've commented before and I got the new Squire Bullet Strat HSS HT and the first one that I replaced due to a theft was that it had the rosewood fretboard and the new one has indianlaurel but the frets are called jumbo and to me I don't need a scalloped fretboard but it applies to preference. Different strokes for different folks!
Everyone complaining about effects, tuning, note clarity. It’s his guitar at least he made a video of it to show you that they exist, and there are subtle differences between standard fret boards and scalloped. At nearly 2 grand he deserves to play it however he so chooses.
I thought 0% about tone, because the purpose of this video was about how a scalloped neck felt. I should have known better.
Great video!
That tone is brutal
The tone is excruciatingly brutal!
*Bending.exe has stopped working*
Nice thanks!
Should have been played clean to hear notes better
Seems like these people don't know hoy to play clean anymore
I heard the notes just fine. Most people that use this guitar are going to play with an overdrive tone.
"These people"?
@Nickhead87 Just trying to figure out who "these people" are.
@@Bluelightbandit yngwie-esque players, I assume
Thanks for the video! Sounds awesome! 👍😎🤘
I want one thats scalloped gradually all the way down....
That fender model usually has that issue, the e string usually slip off the neck. I'm not alone on that complaint, I think fender should have corrected it a long time ago, but they never did it, I don't know why.
I scalloped a epiphone sg. Totally worth sanding for a week.
Level 10 fib right there
@@sethj5741 level 0 intelligence right there....
www.deviantart.com/fossilizedhuman/art/scalloped-799743293
@@sethj5741 www.deviantart.com/fossilizedhuman/art/guitar-799743650
Currently scalloping a neck for my Jazzmaster build. This was fire man!
I am sure you have got the point on that sound so yah,enough said.
CAllaham or ABM Bridge with narrow spacing, if you want it cheaper take a Fender Highway one tremolo :-)
If one plays all of the notes yet leaves out the feeling and passion behind it (heart/soul) does it...
If one knows not [instinctively] when to utilize this or NOT to use or do that does still it qualify them for...
Simply because one CAN be on TH-cam...
Oh, TH-cam... you've made "stars" out of one and all... whether they actually...
Nevertheless, thanks for the scalloped neck insights... for those who have wondered.
These guitars have a tendency to ship with the high E string being a bit too close to the edge. (So a lot of people say) In the video it looks like yours could be one of them.
Sometimes it can be fixed by loosening the neck and making sure it’s seated properly. Others get a new nut cut to compensate for it or different (smaller width) saddles.
But I could be wrong on this account, but there’s some things to consider for people buying one of these and experiencing the high E slip problem.
I blamed my guitars for the same issue but learning how to compensate for it helped. It's definitely a technique issue in my case.
@@chrisking6695 At least your guitars all good then. The high E string slipping is rarely a technique issue though, on a 9.5 scale fretboard.
Light strings with low action on a 9.5 radius or lower can lead to getting E string slippage though. (As it creates a little less tension)
Bought this exact guitar last year. I knew about the string spacing issue and i installed the callaham vintage narrow tremolo. Fixed the string spacing and now it plays properly! Better tremolo feel too!
'its not as alien as I thought it might be to not feeling the wood'
truism
It's Okay to touch the frets
What a great video.
The anticipation was killing me.
The only benefit is to catch the frets as you jump between positions. Paganini would scallop violin necks but that's only because violins don't have any fretting which makes rapid and accurate movement along the neck really, really hard. Guitars don't have that problem but Yngwie decided to scallop guitar necks anyway! Why? Basically because he thought Paganini was cool.
i don't think you could "scallop" a violin, and also i think that Yngwie scallop his guitar because Blackmore used a scalloped guitar. CMIIW.
Play it!! PLAAAY IIITT!!!
The fretboard is scalloped….not the frets.
I've only tried one of these once, and I loved the neck. One of the easiest necks to play that I've ever come across.
Many would disagree with that, but I found the lack of friction to be liberating.
So you loved it so much you never bothered to buy one or even play it again
@@cody8804 This was before the Internet, so buying one was a big ordeal.
And besides, I was broke. And I've only ever seen one of these in a shop once.
The bridge needs to be changed for a Callaham vintage bridge.That will sort the problem.Its a known issue.God knows why Fender have not sorted it.
A little Joe Stump action... It's gonna be a learning curve...
hey bud, thakx for the video !! . It is the Di Marzio on her or the duncan Fury ? thank you :))
Mama said
Just curious to see whatever happened with the guitar? Thanks for sharing by the way!
Very difficult to play... I try before... So painfull my finger...
It looks like a defect, the hi E is to close to the fret end. My strat (1977) there is a good 1/16” more. Unless that’s a Yngwie spec.
Pulling the high e off the fretboard is a problem a lot of people have with narrow necks. I bought a Charvel with a 1-5/8" nut and I did that a lot at first. After a few weeks my form corrected itself though and now I have no issues. Just gotta get used to it.
i want a scalloped v guitar
That actually looks really comfortable
Where’s the strap button
I have the 2007 Model with Rosewood and DiMarzio pickups and I love it...
I always wanted to try Steve vais Ibanez with the scalloped frets above the 12 fret
You can almost using pressing hard as the tremolo bar.
we used to make a lot of scalloped necks... g8 if done right.. just behind fret. i like them
Try unscrewing the 4 screws at the back of the neck plate and push downwards on the neck near the tuning keys then tighten up again.
i guess one would have less problems adapting to a scalloped neck with thicker strings. 10-46 in standard tuning is already enough to have less effect on the whole thing. yngwie uses a weird mix set of 8-46, probably that's why he doesn't have the problem with the high e sliding off the frets to the side of the neck.
2 Things: Play naturally, don't think about it. You will also adapt to the string teetering on the edge, there are ways to align the saddles to help..... Then lol, dump the Kemper and get yourself a PLEXI!!
One thing we learnt is that playing yngwie strat does not make your solos sound any better
It really looks like that nut is filed wrong. The distances between the strings looks off to me..
If I just bought a guitar with the high E sliding off that easily I'd send it back. Probably a manufacturing problem.
I believe all necks should be scalloped. Been playing on them over 10 years now. Flat fretboards dont feel right anymore. I have two strats that I did myself and an Ibanez Rg that the luthier did for me and of course a malmsteen strat which I refer to as the malmstrat.
I got one and immediately was kool with it. I wasn’t sure because I read an interview with George Lynch where he said he tried Yngwie’s guitar... and while it was good for leads, and bending. He said he couldn’t play chords on it. I have no problem with it though.
it took me 1 week to get use to scalloped fretboard , after that i started to love it
Luv your appregios from hell! 🤘🤘🤘
I "borrowed" a used Yngwie from Guit Center for a month and I *really* liked the scalloped frets. It made bar chords effortless and generally the effort needed to play it was *way less* than my Les Paul. Due to the mismatch between the narrow neck on the Yngwie and my tuba player's fingers . . . I took it back and got my Les Paul scalloped. This led to me getting my Tele and my Larrivee scalloped. Nuff Sed.
Looks like the high e is spaced to far and close th the edge.
I'm also a powerlifter. I would press down and push most strings out of tune. This will fail miserably.
The amount of strength you have has nothing to do with your technique. It doesn't make bends easier, and it certainly doesn't mean you will automatically smash the strings more. Rick Graham confirmed this.
@@riffscapecom sure it does. If you push slightly it will be out of tune. Check your ear. You are probably a little tone deaf
Damn son!!! You probably came out the womb playing guitar.😂😂😂
Watching this with captions on. Behold the Ping Mei Strat.
Yngvie - "...Scalloped neck lets you really get under each note & grab it by it's balls!!!!!"
I have 2 of the YJM strats , after about 15 min of playing, theyre like and old pair of blue jeans, but I've been playing since 1965
I can never press hard enough to get a barre chord. Do you thing it would make it easier?
Pressing hard will pull the strings sharp. Not flat.
People are strange. This is a great reaction video. Don’t know wtf people want? This video gives about the best descriptive of what you can expect if you’re used to a regular neck and want to switch to a scalloped one.
2:37 Mama Said - Metallica
Sounds really good
It looks like the bridge alignment is off. That's why the E string slips off. Measure it ! With Gibson and Fender you don't get what you pay for.
Just another reason to thank the king Ritchie Blackmore. The reason he did it was because his fingers kept sliding or slipping off the neck when he started to sweat. Blackmore even did what he calls concaving between the frets his self
The E string problem isnt from the scallop. The neck needs to be realigned/ recentered. Either that or the nut it cut too wide abd wil need one with the E slot cut further in. Both are very easy fixes
Finally found the right comment way down the chain. When he held the guitar parallel to the camera you could see that the E was so close to the edge to begin with
Phil Mazzie I saw in a review that it has a vintage spacing on a modern narrow neck. A Callaham bridge was recommended. It should come with the right one.
@@drippinglass I just ordered that bridge. Will have tech install. Not cheap- $180. The slipping driving me nutz. But love guitar.
@@GUITARISTED I bought one as well. But I never installed it! 😆 I did get a CS relic that has the same issue. You can get used to it. You just have to make sure you stay straight on the upper notes, and push towards you to vibrato. But the Callaham is the way to go for most.
@@drippinglass install it. It should make a world of diff. Tech I spoke to said if it doesn’t fix it completely he would recommend getting new nut 🌰. Haha. He would custom make nut to be narrower But the new bridge should work. Worth it since you paid pretty penny.
All I keep seeing is that neck pickup upside down….🤷🏼♂️
Been playing scalloped fretboards for the past 15 years & learned to do it myself. Still got my old ibanez RG7 that's fully done. I generally tend to go as deep as half the sidedot. Apart from full and half you can also carve an arc wich usually is: halfway on 24 & 1. gradually moving to full towards 15 & 7.
Blackmore used scalloped necks long time before malmstein
@@ozzyvaldez1265 the blackmore signature is in fact atrocious to play though, but quite right.
Honestly, I had the same fears when buying an extra jumbo fretted guitar, but the only difference I noticed compared to my medium jumbo guitar was that the strings were easier to fret and I didn’t half-fret my notes as often; I would say that scalloping is definitely the extreme, but I would highly encourage someone to give extra jumbo frets a shot.
I've played scalloped necks for a long time and prefer the Blackmore style where it's more gradual as you go up the board. There isn't any advantage to scallops in the first 3 or 4 frets so leave those with only a slight scoop then very gradually make them deeper as you go up the neck but never more than a small bit at a time.
Yes the Blackmore neck Is More comfortable and he prove that you always need a balance on everything and Yngwie have big fingers
@@elpablosky6300 I agree. I met Yngwie in 1996 and can confirm the man has giant hands.
Should've been played with a clean tone in the beginning
he did play with a cleanish tone in the beginning and this was not about how the guitar sounds but how it feels only....
@@arisl2370 where in the title does it say anything about reviewing the feel of the guitar. That’s what you’re looking for but it’s not the only thing that goes into a review dumbass
I purchased one a month ago. It's the only Fender I've ever owned. And I've been playing for 20+years. I had I set up, 1/2 step down with 10's and after a week of playing. I wouldn't trade it for anything! Love it!
How is it going after 2 years
@@andym28 it's still awesome 👍
@@joebolick112 it definately enhances the tone imo
I've seen many people here and on other videos, for years, talking about the e string slipping off
This is clearly a massive issue, so I'm not sure why Fender aren't addressing it, but I suppose it's designed to Malmsteen's spec so if they changed it for everyone it would change for his as they are literally the exact same guitars
The next yngwie malmsteen....
Your bottom e is a problem with the bridge or nut slot cut not right!, i have a guitar that does that too man
Guitars with scalloped fingerboards really helps correct bad habits. I had absolutely no issues with scalloped fingerboards. But the usual complaints people have about them is really just a complaint about their own technique. Damn it, it's hard to write this without sounding like a complete douchebag. I mean well, I promise! 😅
I got an yngwie strat today and it really helped my form. Like taking the training wheels off!
No Bro I agree these guys have got into th habit of pressing to hard on the fretboard and the e slipping of is the e string is to close to the edge of the frettboard . I' would re slot another nut or have it done .Bad setup or maybe the brass nut has moved I don't think they glue those in
Nah you said it fine. Its one of those if you know then you know and if you don't then you probably wont take your craft as seriously if your not open to self critiquing
He does not feel the wood. Anybody wants to help him???
Fender string spacing runs the Es to the outside. Since I stopped buying Fender and started using Warmoth, I found using a neck that is 1-3/4 wide at the nut but using a nut cut for 1-11/16 spacing gives plenty of deck at the outside.
I own a scalloped strat and there is no difference in the sound. Sustain might be a hair better, but other than that, it is much rougher on the fingers.
It kinda gives off this natural distortion. Very interesting, and funny look board.
Lay off the distortion when testing out chords Jesus
With all our distortion playing chords you can’t tell are you are pressing sharp
Try not being a whining bitch? 😂😂
@@Delmarevans yeah this is BS. Distortion isn't a pitch shifter that magically makes notes in tune.
@@stevenortiz2794 sounds like trash, you're the bitch lmao
Jesus Christ is Lord and one day ull bow before Him!
The problem with the high E string seems like its because the neck is not straight relative to the bridge. Measure the distance from the the low E string to the nearest edge of the fingerboard and then do the same for the high string to the nearest edge of the fingerboard. That measurement should tell you if your neck is in alignment or not. My guess is that the neck is not aligned correctly. you can loosen the neck screws and change the alignment.
I had the high E slipping problem when I switched to 7's.... I went up to 8's and not as bad... I know it's off the subject but u made me realize that
Ha! I just got to the end where u brought strings up lol
My dream guitar.. 😢
You might want to get a hybrid tremolo that has a narrower string spacing so that you don't run out of real estate with the strings so close to the board edge.
I saw this on Aliexpress
Turn the distortion off
Why do you folks insist on having distortion and overdrive effects on max when playing? Who knows whether there are notes in the chords being bent out of tune with all that crap on. Likewise on the individual notes- if you'd play the thing clean, we could hear how the string attack come through when fretted with those scalloped frets. From this, all I can tell is that the frets look weird and you really like that distortion pedal.
This is a sitar principle.