I've NEVER Seen ANYTHING Like This Before!! 

Would you guys ever rock a neck like this? Let me know! Enjoy :)

I think a side by side comparison with sound samples would be a good idea. I didn't hear you say anything about it playing in tune much better. It seems like that's the whole point of the product. Thanks for all your videos!

This video would benefit from a part 2 where you actually show why this even exists. Especially in comparison with a normal guitar: The problematic chords, the fact that sweetened tunings work best in certain areas but can't fix the whole fretboard, and if this true temperament frets actually fix those problems completely.

It is a little wild how few people have been exposed to true temperament. I was first exposed to these in high school almost a decade ago, and it has really changed a lot about my perception of musical quality for stringed instruments. It seemed weird, but it makes a lot of logical sense and even more theoretical sense when you think about fretless strings like the violin and cello. The more I listen to you playing, the better I can tell that your intonation is absolutely on point. Ngl, it is really convincing me that I'd prefer true temperament. The chords alone are out of this world just being 100% in tune with no pitch issues. It is so incredibly pleasing to the ear.

It would seem that a huge potential downside to this would be that anyone you play with would also have to have a true tempered neck, or else they wouldn't be in tune with you. Guitars with straight frets don't have perfect intonation, but we're used to that. What's almost more crucial is that everybody's instrument has the same definition of what any given pitch is.

This sounds like a more accurate representation of how sound actually flows from instrument to ear

This is really rather ingenious. I genuinely thought it was a novelty/joke when I first saw it and doubted how it would work even after you explained what it was for. Neat!

Appreciate the honesty dude, most would’ve just said how great it was and fail to mention the buying experience, good man

These have been around for ~10 years. I have three custom necks that went through the TT treatment (two maple Warmoth and a graphite neck) and they are fantastic.

This feels like a perfect collection addition for a player whose true gift is rhythm playing. Take bends out of the equation and this could be amazing.

Its still amazing to me how the greatest players inspire on just regular guitars...I'll be happy when I can play phenomenal on a regular guitar...

Tempered frets are really cool. I've always been bothered by guitars inability to be perfectly in tune with itself. I've developed a different tuning technique that helps me but then I have to avoid certain positions for chords. 1st position D being a big one.

Now have this plus the scalloped neck

Thanks, I hate it. This is an acid flashback. Somebody built the guitar that my kid drew. My scoliosis is cured.

Wow. You can definitely hear that the intonation is better than a guitar with straight frets. Surprisingly cool. Thanks Darrell!

Remember I sent you a picture of my Strat build with this neck about two or so years ago and said you should do a build on it? And yes, there was quite a delay in receiving it from the company, but it’s worth it. I wish you would have illustrated exactly how it’s in tune all over the neck by playing various open chords high on the neck in different positions to show how all the strings remain in tune against a normal guitar where they aren’t so true. The guitar neck is really designed for complex chords since playing lead on any guitar the intonation isn’t really an issue to the ear for the most part. But I’m glad to see this video of a guitar neck that’s my main ax now because my chord progressions that are played all over the neck are now in tune instead of one or two notes that shade flat.

The first time I saw frets like this was when Steve Vai showed off one of his guitars. It caught my eye because I had never seen frets bent like that before.

Let's give our boy Darrell some likes to recoup for that insanely high price for that neck. Thank you for the honest info.

Hi Darrell, as usual a very good video to watch! I am a self taught guitar builder (not a luthier) who came across those guys for about 5 or 6 years ago when i needed help with refretting and cleaning up the weldings on a Telecaster guitar that i've won in a pokergame. It's actually a very small operation Luthiers that began as workers on former Paul Guy Guitars. Man those guys are really skilled and innovative but, as it is a very small operation and no factory production of these necks i can surely understand why they take their time to make them as high quality level as possible. And by the way. They did an excellent job on my Telecaster guitar as i expected. I also heard a rumour that Steve Vai is one of their clients but i never got that confirmed but, that made me enough curious to look them up and ask for their help. I was blown away of the skill the luthier had who simply dismounted the neck and the pickguard just to inspect how bad my guitar needed those improvements. They were all the way through very professional and even gave me an estimated price there on the spot plus when i could come back and pick it up. I am too used to traditional necks to be willing to test on of these necks i'm afraid. 54 years with the regular ones on a very large amount of guitars. Cheers! ~Rob Nilsson Musician from Sweden.

Great review and you seem like a genuine nice person. I even like how you gave the negative feedback but in a respectful and understanding way (as opposed to the all too familiar rant). Have subscribed in the strength of this review and look forward to seeing more from you.

Wow Darell, looks like you’ve inspired my second build. The first one you kick started was your super strat with the darkmoon abalone humbuckers. That guitar I used a shape similar to a PRS. But I’ve been wanting an actual strat for a while now. I guess I’ll be getting in line for my new neck 😂

Really cool. Seems like a solution to a problem no one had, tho..especially if it needs to be tuned differently.

I miss the intro where he throws the acoustic guitar on the roof of the snow covered shed and then trips and faceplants on his way back inside.

this is a really great system i've got one 10 years ago tune perfectly easy to play love it🥰

Watching you play those wonky frets hypnotized me. Now I think I'm a chicken.

You are so nice even when you are critiquing. Good for you Darrell!

WOuld be nice to see a side by side comparison through a tuner

I’m more surprised you’ve never seen the true temperament neck prior more than anything

Potential downside: you can’t use alternate tunings. You’d need another neck set for Open D, Open G, etc.

I knew I would find your video the moment I started to look up these necks!

It does sound absolutely beautiful!

Sup Darrell. Ever thought of reviewing Fujigen guitars? They implement circular fretting systems on all their guitars to supposedly help with intonation. Might be worth looking into. Love your content btw!

It would be a nightmare to crown those frets.

Sounds really good...Curious on what happens when you have to level one of the frets

Good of you to mention the buying process, honest reviews are very important nowadays. 🍻

Question Darrell, how do the frets work with harmonics? Thanks for your videos.

Kind of side of the subject but I am amazed how rare SS frets are. Like yeah they are bit brighter in tone and more slippery for bending but the main reason I have found out why they are not used isn't that they are harder to work with or they demand bit stronger tools that not every luthier has but that they wear the strings. Lastly I came to this reasoning while taking my quest to find better picks for my use and wandered to the metal pick area and the thing seemed to be "for better control and thin pick you sacrifice your strings". And with both cases I just can't think anything less than, why should you try to save your strings over the frets or the pick when strings basicly are the most consumable part of the guitar? If you are active player you change your strings every now and then, monthly even weekly and at least once a year or two before they start to rust, changing them twice as often because harder frets still feels like no brainer compared to getting fretwork done even once in couple decades.

Thats so cool It gets me a little Dizzy watching you play with those crooked frets,LOLL!

Your shipping experience was better than mine! I ordered the Yamaha Pacifica 612 (same model you demo’d) in March 2021 but didn’t get it until May 2022! Fortunately, I didn’t have to pay the shop until it arrived

My question is: is there really any advantage to this over a good regular neck?

Whoa! I need to chill with the ‘shrooms. That neck is moving around like its alive. Help.

I have seen some people playing these. I think it would totally mess me up but it looks very interesting, and probably sounds fantastic if you can play it well.

Just wanted to thank you for showing us how to open the box.. its was amazing

Hi Darrell, didn't you forget the most important aspect of this neck? The difference in tuning/sound compared to a normal neck for intervals and chords?

Does it do what it is supposed to do for intonation?

I've seen a few other instances of a neck in that style. One had the "bent" frets, and the other had split up frets. I think this design is less likely to wreck bending.

Wow that sounds amazing!

What makes me kind of laugh is this sort of thing is typical of he times we live in. I have one question, and that is "Why?" OK. Intonation. I doubt anyone other than the person playing it would even care.

The tuning would probably drive me a little crazy, especially on the fly.

I’d try it. Be interesting to feel/hear how a true-temperament banjo and mandolin neck would sound.

Sounds great!!!

Reminds me of those crazy micro tonal necks. Have you done a video on those yet?

Looks like my fret work

Hey Darrell, great channel! I'm a big fan. Greeting from Santiago de Chile.

I wouldn't be able to get my head around the funky tuning. Thanks for the vid.

So it's the original Fender ethos: when the frets wear out you simply replace the neck.

Years ago I saw a post on RU-vid from Mattias IA Eklundh playing one of these and I was drop-jawed. Steve Vai also has a few posts playing a JEM with them. I've always wanted to try one but they cost so much for just the neck that, if I hate it, it will be one heck of an expensive experiment. Might just need to pull the trigger. Cheers, Darrell.

Did I miss you saying the intonation was better or not?

Fair review. Thanks. Prolly gonna sick with my stock neck so I can blame my imperfections on the straight frets.

Good job they're stainless, would have been fun getting a crown and polish

You should have held this for April 1st! We would never have believed it was real!!!

Hard to judge the tuning with the strings settling in. Head to head with straight frets might be a good comparison.

always wanted somebody to do this, BADASSS. !!!!!

I would love to see a video about what you need to setup your guitar to a Pc and accessories, software etc.

Would love to hear the difference in intonation compared to the normal neck! (Is it worth it?)

Now just add an Evertune and you have a guitar that is perfectly in tune all the time.

Google has been reading my mind again, and telling RU-vid. Added to a playlist to watch later.

6 months is a long time to wait for a neck, but where the heck else are you going to get something like this?! It’s pretty wild. I’ve been playing a long time and I’ve never seen anything like it.

Like the idea, but would never get along with the frets personally. I like doing crazy bends, like 2, 2 and a half steps, and i feel like these frets would mess with that. Super cool idea tho!

They should have had a zero fret of the same or a compensated nut

I really want to try one of these on one of my premium builds, but that customer service has me a bit worried. Maybe they'll see this and fix the problem.

Wooooow, thx! I was always wandering what that supposed to be. Thank you

Lol I bet if you played that guitar live at a gig , that would probably screw somebody's head up at the club that is drunk ......Even as I was looking at the frets sober as can be I felt like i had double vision....LOL

Nice video. I have one of those myself and I really love it. Just want to mention that the inventor of this system Anders Thidell past away this fall and his life work and legacy should be worth mentioning. Also I would assume things have been a bit strange around the company due to this lately. Anyway, great review

that thing is a dream come true! I don't know why but some days my ears are like like super fussy about things being in tune and I can never get it quite right!

Man the g string is a freak. He really does do his own thing. What a pervy guy.

Taking your money and waiting 6 months for a neck without a notice beforehand is a deal breaker for me.

$650 (USD) is more than most of my guitars. But I do like the idea of them.

Darrell from a ( senior player prospective ) with arthritis really putting on the big hurt in my left hand finger knuckles and wrist joints. Making it difficult to apply the correct pressure across the neck for most cords types, could you see these crooked frets actually helping old people with crooked fingers with pain filled joints able to make guitar music easier for us. Something for you to think about and maybe making another video with that line of thought input, very good video , thanks.

Insane tonal precision!

Been wanting to try out true temperament for a long time. Problem is the only production model I could find was a Strandberg, which is s high price to pay just to try something out. Heard them before and they sound amazing, like a guitar probably always should have had the tech existed when guitars were first invented.

For those thinking how it'll sync with other guitarists using traditional fretted guitars, it's a non issue. Listen to dual lead guitar bands like Iron Maiden (that's 3 guitars), amon amarth, Kalmah, etc.. the guitarists are doing their own thing on most of the songs, not always in sync. But it all comes together to create some glorious tunes.

If you want to hear a side by side comparison, there’s a video by Paul Davids and Adam Neely. Search for ‘paul davids squiggly frets’. The difference is quite noticeable.

intonation is stunning

It's about damn time somebody made this. I could never stick with playing guitar (I do play bass though) because my brain would always hear those little tuning problems on the G and B strings no matter how much I tuned it.

These true temperament neck are super awesome, but I can imagine fretwork to be an absolute NIGHTMARE.

Do you have to change setup at the bridge?

Sounds good!

it probably took the extra 5 months to level and polish those wonky frets. That would be tedious.

Darrell, I have never seen anything like it also, an amazing find I will have to find one

GREAT WORK

Awesome sound.

That thing is crazy!

I'm old school and ain't that good at guitar and probably wouldn't notice the difference. What I do like is it's visual appeal. It's really pleasing to look at.

Thats just wild but it sure sounds and looks great

Who knew that a perfect intonation would be such a...jagged experience.

Steve Vai posted a video about this neck in 2008. Glad to see they are still around.

It should be noted that company founder Anders Thidell died in July. That could affect operations a bit.

If you've never seen these frets before, then you are missing out on Mattias IA Eklundh who has these fitted to most (if not all) of his signature Caparison "Apple Horn" guitars, including the 8 string and as others have mentioned, Steve Vai has done a couple of videos with a True Temperament neck on one of his Ibanez Jem guitars

I'd love to see you combine this with the EverTune bridge!!!! :)