Scott McGill: fretterverse interview

The guitar offers many technical challenges for the serious player/student. The more you dig into it and try to master it, the more elusive it can be before finally succumbing to your charms and giving you control. For those of us who are gluttons for punishment and simply cannot sit idly by and enjoy the fruits of our labors, there is one surefire way to throw yourself over the waterfall in a barrel… pick up and try to play a fretless guitar!

I don’t know how many of you have tried it, but it’s not exactly the easiest thing in the world. In fact, if you want to be able to play anything other than pseudo-sitar slides, dare I say it’s downright frustrating as hell.


For those players that are able to get a handle on the fretless guitar’s idiosyncrasies, it opens up a completely new territory to discover; the Wild West of the guitar, if I may say so. One player who has certainly done his homework and figured out how to control the beast is my guitar teacher and good friend Scott McGill.  Full interview: 
http://fretterverse.com/2010/03/16/artist-spotlight-scott-mcgill-on-playing-fretless-guitar/

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