first up, my main guitar, the now discontinued S370. the shop i bought it from three years ago didnt have any other colours. with the scallops, it plays very nicely indeed, and with a tonezone bridge pickup and air norton neck pickup, it can sound very nice too.
detail of the scalloping job.
my korg multi-effects- i use this straight into the mic jack.
and finally, a pick i got at an yngwie concert.
) that guitar had jumbo frets anyway, so i was pretty used to not touching the fretboard, and subsequently having a lighter touch on the strings. i never found transitioning to a scalloped board a problem really, but i did try it first on my old strat copy to get the technique down. 
