The Ups and Downs of MULTISCALE Guitars | GEAR GODS

Trying to decide if getting a multiscale guitar is right for you? Today we take a look at the pros and cons of multiscale guitars!

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[SingleMaltIdiot]

Gotta be honest, think my favourite part of this video - aside from the sheer informative nature of a type of guitar I’d previously completely overlooked - was referring to them as “upsides and challenges”, rather than “pros and cons”. Feels a lot more fair, and open-minded than the typical stuff I tend to see, insofar as folks going on about what is great and what is trash about a certain something. Love the positivity!

[dvs]

1:11 The Advantages of Multiscale

6:39 The Challenges of Multiscale

[JimmyRunningDog]

57 yr old Boomer here and I love my Kiesel OM8 with Fishmans. One thing that was initially difficult for me was Flamenco style riffing on the open Am chord shape with the angle of the first fret. I got used to it eventually, but it took a few weeks because I had to also play a regular 6 string for a band and couldn't play the multi-scale exclusively. The best way to get used to an axe like this is to play it exclusively for a few weeks. Then you'll love it.

[nokomisnichols]

You crazy millennials with your crazy fanned fret guitars. Back in my day we could only have Sears and Roebuck parlor guitars with cable strings and your fingers bled every time we played. Back then we had calluses on our fingers and tendinitis in our wrists and we loved it and we played outside in the snow and freezing rain.

[dalebonneau]

The guitar is like 1 million times louder than your voice...

[ranmanguitar]

Easiest way that I got over adjusting to fan frets is to not look at it.

[TheBlackKoma]

I gots me a multiscale ibby. Easy to play, took no time to adjust to.

[Bleaksigilkeep]

I'm listening on headphones and I have to keep adjusting my volume because the difference in volume between your guitar playing and your speaking is so vast.

[kenneththomas]

You've done a very good job of explaining the upsides and challenges (best way of putting it too) of the multiscale guitar beyond 6 strings. I'm 55 years old and have been a luthier for nearly 35 years. I applaud anyone pushing the boundaries of instrument design and daring to break with tradition. As long as it's still a stringed instrument it's all good in my opinion. If you think there are some stubborn people stuck in tradition when it comes to electric guitars, you ought to see how sensitive and argumentative people get when it comes to classical guitar design!

[vintagetone]

After playing a multiscale guitars .i will never play another guitar without multiscale neck.sick intonation in tune no matter what strings you use.any fret any gauge .sick

[stefanpalicki]

That kiesel looks like an explorer with 24 extra chromosomes

[devils_advocate]

I bought my first multiscale guitar having never played one previously and it took no adjustment whatsoever. I picked it up and played fine and all of my friends had the same results.

[eddyray]

Trey, you're upping the game on these vids. Thank you for the content buddy.

[Missedapex]

Excellent and still completely relevant today..

[treyxaviermusic]

Have you played a multiscale guitar before? What do you think?

[stevenmqcueen]

One of the best explanations I've seen or read of multiscale guitars, their pros and their cons.

[beetle]

Played a multi scale bass a couple of days ago and my god I fell in love with it straight away, I need a guitar one ASAP!

[HappyFarmerMG]

These are the scalloped fretboards of the future

[Perry]

I'll keep this simple.
I own a 27" 6 string baritone and a 25.5"/27.5" 7 string multi-scale.
The multi-scale opens up more sonic possibilities. The hardest part about getting use to a multi-scale is the fret placement. Do Not Over Think It. Just close your eyes and let the journey begin...

[RadioStereoBand]

As a bassist this video Gave me and my guitars a lot to think about, thank you for this