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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Andrew Daly

“I saw Adrian Belew playing fretless guitar with King Crimson and I got hooked. I began wearing out my wooden fingerboards – the glass fingerboards solved that problem”: Fretless glass-necked guitar pioneer Ned Evett on the risks of being a true original

Ned Evett.

Virtuosos come in all shapes and sizes, and brandish all sorts of gear. One example is Ned Evett, whose choice of weapon is as distinct as his playing style.

“Fretless glass-necked guitars are complete instruments, like a pedal steel,” he tells Guitar World. “They have their own limitations and strengths – and a brutal learning curve.”

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