re: Question for guitar players..

My favorite is 22 because it's easier to full-step bend to the high octave on plain strings versus the three-fret bend needed on a 21, which feels somewhat awkward to both my fingers and my ears.

I prefer a 22 over a 24 because I like the tone and timbre of neck pickups that sit at what would be F24. A 24 fret bed moves the neck pickup to what would typically be equal to F26 or so. Not necessarily a bad zone tonally, just not as warm and lively as if you align the pickup to the F24 position. Just my ears and my opinion, however, YMMV.

I've also had two 27-fret Hamer Californians over the years. When you get something like this, neck pickup alignment is a somewhat moot point - like you're going to even use it.



And here's one of the few Hamer models I haven't owned over the years. The 36-fret Virtuoso. No neck pickup. No room for one.