My Dingwall bass guitars have the "Novax fanned-fret system" on the neck, where the frets are "fanned" out so they are mathematically in the proper places for proper note intonation. You know how a piano has shorter high strings and longer low strings? That's because the length of the string needs to be mathematically correct to produce the right tone. Well, the fanned-fret system on Dingwall basses does that, and they sound incredible:

Recently I have seen a Swedish guitar manufacturer called Strandberg using the same system on 6, 7, and 8-string guitars. And I have been REALLY curious about what they sound like, and how they feel to play. Fanned frets. Headless. 8 strings. Chords on this beast...?!? But at about $2500, and terminally out of stock, I wasn't going to get to try one out anytime soon.

Or so I thought.

Found one on FB Marketplace for $1500. So I decided to get it and try it out. Worst case, I could resell it and make a couple hundred on the deal.

But now that I have it in my hands, it is ridiculous and amazing and ... I'm not getting rid of it. I love this weirdass beast.