Playing a SCALLOPED Neck for the FIRST TIME! Yngwie's Fender Stratocaster (2018)

UPDATE! I fixed (for the most part) the slipping high E string. See pinned comment.
I just received Yngwie Malmsteen's Fender Stratocaster with scalloped frets this morning. Before recording this video, the only thing I did with it was tune it to D# -- I purposely avoided fretting any notes, so that you could see my raw reaction while recording. Here are some spoilers about what I found:

The GOOD:
1. The scalloped frets posed absolutely 0 difficulty for me in terms of rhythm and chords. This is a common concern for many players, but I was very surprised. I'm not sure what string gauge these came shipped with from sweetwater (I assume 9's), but the string tension was strong enough to where I didn't push any notes flat.

2. It sounds awesome, as you would expect. I played it going through a Kemper profile with some YJM profiles.

3. The neck feels great. I was worried about the scalloped frets hurting my fretting hand (near the high E) as I slide up the neck, but that wasn't an issue at all.

The BAD:

1. The high E string of death. In the video, you'll see I struggle with it slipping off the neck if I did any sort of pull-offs. I've since researched this, and there's a few fixes, such as installing a different bridge. I'll report back with what I decide to do.

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