Bass guitar the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th fret and 12th fret (the 12th fret being the octave of the open string) and on the octave-up equivalents of the 3rd fret and as many additional positions as an instrument has frets for. Typically, one marker is on the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th fret positions and two markers on the 12th fret. The long scale necks on Leo Fender's basses—with a scale length (distance between nut and bridge) of — set the standard for electric basses, although "short scale" instruments, such as the Höfner 500/1 "violin bass" played by Paul McCartney, and the
Matt Heafy Signature Dean Guitar on this guitar has had a completely original carve away made where the neck and body meets. (Matt Heafy and the Dean Woodshop guys cut back a lot on the heel of the neck to get the most amount of playability without hurting the tone of the guitar) This guitar also has a new feature for the ML series by adding two more frets to the neck, making it a twenty-four fret fretboard, instead of the original 22 fret fretboards on the MLs and most Dean Guitars for that matter. The fretboard is an ebony fretboard with twenty-four frets as