Heh, I got some practice at this... I used to sit in front of the TV watching something like The X Files with my family, and as soon as the ads came on I would grab a guitar and play along with them. Great for ear training and seat of your pants improvisation, but sometimes tuning was a bit out so I would have to either bend each note just a touch sharper or play with the trem slightly depressed.Or with a little ( a lot) of talent you can intonate this way!
http://www.sylviamassy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/02-GearStories-Prince.pdf
Hey so other than scale lengths and creating a good over all tensions. Do fanned frets help with a more consistent intonation across the fret board?
Yup, intonation is the distance relationship for each string between the bridge and the nut. Fan frets are the result of multi scale fret boards.
And Im prepared for the jokes now. (Compensated nut)
Compensated nut Works fine. Around 20-30 bucks. Earvana is one such company.
Ernie Ball has been using Compensated nuts since 2002.
And Im prepared for the jokes now. (Compensated nut)
Intonation across the fretboard though implies the intonation for each fret. A fanned fretboard will not help with this, only with the nut/bridge distance.
Not sure where you were going with that but ok, I was agreeing with you on this. The OP was asking a question "Do fanned frets help with a more consistent intonation across the fret board?" so I guess the short and quick answer is no.