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[jps]

I tried to take a few photos, but I couldn't capture this very well.

Try using a hard light source, such as the sun, that glances across the fingerboard to accentuate the contrast of the indentations.

[FretlessOnly]

Will do, but we haven't had much sun here in Boston since I got the guitar (at least when I've been home - hazy, hot and humid). Saturday is supposed to be a nice day.

[jps]

It doesn't have to be the sun, try a desk lamp that has a halogen bulb in it without any diffusor in front of the bulb.

[FretlessOnly]

Good idea, Jeffrey. Thing is, my camera battery is dead, it's late, so this'll have to wait until tomorrow.

[firstbassman]

When I grab an axe, I don't caress it, I choke it. So, with the jumbo frets, if I gently play a chord, the tuning is fine, but if I finger it the way my hand naturally fingers an instrument, it's horribly out of tune.

One solution might be heavy gauge strings. Say, 13s. Fine with me.

I also tend to squeeze way too hard when I play guitar which also caused my playing to sound way too sharp.

I put 12s on my 650 (and also on my 380L) and it sounds fantastic!

Highly recommend thicker strings for guys like us.

[FretlessOnly]

Hey Mark: Thanks for the reply, and fantastic avatar! Love me some Airplane.

Now, to get some photos...

[320capt]

I had posed the question a while back about the 650D frets/neck vs the 650C neck with the more standard type Rick fret board varnish finish. The response I got from forum members that had both C's and D's was that they felt the 650C frets did not feel as "jumbo" with the varnish finish as the 650D's. Maybe a C model 650 would be the ticket?

I'm going to soon find out for myself as I just got an email today from MF that my 650D is on the way.