Last year i bought this cheap guitar. the squire stratpack. the one that comes inside a box with a 22 watt amp and some cable and picks. and since im a BIG BIG BIG fan of yngwie j Malmsteen i decided to do some scalloping on it. i did it from the first fret to the 21st. I never had any trouble playing it.. actually it gives me more room for my fingers if you know what i mean. you can do bars for sweep picking easily. you can reach a note easily on bends. Yngwie Malmsteen once said that it is harder to play a scalloped fretboard than the ordinary fretboard, i dont know why he said that. but for me playing a scalloped fretboard makes it a lot easier.