Fingers tend to dampen the sustain away, with any scale. Try a fretless bass, for instance, it goes "boo boo", not "bonggg bonggg". Try to set a finger over one fret of your OM, instead of between two frets - same result.
Fretless is for instruments where sustain is not wanted or provided by other means (such as bowed instruments).
An alternative approach for unusual intonation might be frets made of strings wrapped around the neck (which are thus adjustable), like on medieaval lutes. But don't nail me to that.
Bertram
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