The science behind it is that you have more of the string making contact with the guitar bridge which creates a more stable seat for the string while giving more vibrational translation, thus richer tone... In a way, it's one of those things that people say "sounds better" but the average ear will never know the difference... Along with that, a guitar that is slightly out of intonation will never really alarm the ear of an average player/listener. But if you have a good ear it can be a great annoyance. Hence why Steve Vai has some of his guitars fitted with the Earvana intonated fret system...
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The idea behind it was that it gave better sustain... Loads of LP players do this, like you said.
The science behind it is that you have more of the string making contact with the guitar bridge which creates a more stable seat for the string while giving more vibrational translation, thus richer tone... In a way, it's one of those things that people say "sounds better" but the average ear will never know the difference... Along with that, a guitar that is slightly out of intonation will never really alarm the ear of an average player/listener. But if you have a good ear it can be a great annoyance. Hence why Steve Vai has some of his guitars fitted with the Earvana intonated fret system...
The science behind it is that you have more of the string making contact with the guitar bridge which creates a more stable seat for the string while giving more vibrational translation, thus richer tone... In a way, it's one of those things that people say "sounds better" but the average ear will never know the difference... Along with that, a guitar that is slightly out of intonation will never really alarm the ear of an average player/listener. But if you have a good ear it can be a great annoyance. Hence why Steve Vai has some of his guitars fitted with the Earvana intonated fret system...
