The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #159197   Message #3770729
Posted By: Will Fly
05-Feb-16 - 08:15 AM
Thread Name: Strange looking frets
Subject: RE: Strange looking frets
Nope - your eyes are fine!

This is called fan fretting, and the theory behind it is to compensate for the slightly different scale lengths required between bass and treble strings.

The fretboards look weird but I'm told that the theory works and they're actually OK to play.