That night, I discovered an instrument called an opharion. Then one day it hit me, if I used the centreline of the neck as the basis of a scale length, and made the frets splay out in a fanned direction, it could work. However, this would be impossible to play. In the beginning, it was two totally different scale lengths, the E/A/D strings had one, and the G/B/E had another. A kick drum is physically larger than a snare, and the same goes for cymbals, etc. I started looking at how a guitar could be adapted to suit. A piano string is considerably longer for the lower notes, than those used for the higher pitches. One thing that always fascinated me, was the fact that most musical instruments (drums, pipe organs, pianos, horns, etc) all used a large 'object' for the lower notes. There was a downside though the extended scale length meant that soloing was more difficult. I'd built some baritones, but tuned as regular guitars. "The whole Multiscale guitar design came about after talking with guitarists who were looking for the ultimate in tone. ![]() The design and development of this fanned fretboard has paved the way for fellow guitar manufacturers with 8 of the 10 largest global brands using a our multiscale system as inspiration for their own models, however, it’s only in an Ormsby that you can find the original multiscale paired with a customised, angled bridge and pickups to give our players exceptional and precise tone. On a typical Ormsby multiscale, the neutral point can be found at the 9th fret. When looking for a Multiscale guitar, you are given the scale length for the lowest string followed by the highest string, for example our six string Mutliscale length reads as 25.5" - 27.5". This also means there is a lesser chance of string breakage caused by the tension usually required to tune higher. Essentially, fanned frets enable a strengthened tone on the lower strings by giving them a longer string length, whilst also enabling a high string that can be tuned higher than what is typically possible on a conventional guitar as it has a shorter vibrating length. The longer string length helps keep the string tension at where it feels best to play. With a fanned fret guitar, the lower strings don’t need to have thicker gauge strings to keep the tension tight. On a regular guitar, a thicker gauge string would be required at a lower tuning to reach deep lows, however, this opens the door to tension issues in order to achieve that deeper sound. ![]() The idea was designed and refined to what we still use on our guitars today and a whole new concept was brought to the industry.įanned frets work by giving each string the optimal length to suit the pitch of the string. In theory, implementing fanned frets would place the guitar’s frets on a calculated angle to give each string a different scale length a longer scale length on the lower strings and a shorter scale length on the higher strings. The technology that really sets the Ormsby brand apart is the use of our ‘Multiscale’ fanned fretboard which is a true piece of guitar innovation.ĭuring the early days of Perry designing custom ordered models, he encountered a string tension issue that could be improved upon rather than tolerated and a whole new concept was born which put Ormsby Guitars on the map. We have also spent time developing our own custom hardware and pickups to give our players a quality and sound that they won’t be able to find anywhere else. Each model has been meticulously developed so that our players have the perfect mix of tone from the woods and electronics used, along with ergonomic shaping to ensure maximum comfort when playing.
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