weird refretting

[ryan summit]

saw this band the other night
they were called horse lords
the guitar and bass frets were in different positions
the inlay dots were in the same spots
but the fret spacing was whacked
ill try and convey what im talkin about
headstockI II oII I IIo I IoII II oI IIo II
this would be normal
headstockI I o I I o I I o I I
ill try and find a pic
anyone know whats up with this

[amorphous]

Obviously they were using non-western scales/intervals.... Got link to their music? sounds cool!

[ryan summit]

http://www.ehserecords.com/ehse023/
i listened to the clips
definately was more intense live

[betacloud]

from their site-
"Using the just intonation tuning system favored by avant garde composers such as La Monte Young and James Tenney"

some info-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_intonation

i used to do all kinds of experimental stuff like this back inna day. tuning to whole tones is a gas.