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Question for guitar players..

Posted on 1/27/23 at 1:32 pm
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28037 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 1:32 pm
Do You care about if a guitar neck is 21, or 22 frets?
I don't, but I rarely go any higher than the 12th fret.
Posted by PillageUrVillage
Mordor
Member since Mar 2011
14799 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 2:31 pm to
For acoustic it’s not a big concern. Electric, give me a 24 fret.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28037 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 2:36 pm to
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Electric, give me a 24 fret.


How much is your hair gel bill?
Posted by bgoodwin
Cullman, Al
Member since Sep 2011
591 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 2:36 pm to
Nope. My fingers don't really fit in between those frets anyway.
Posted by PillageUrVillage
Mordor
Member since Mar 2011
14799 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 2:37 pm to
quote:

How much is your hair gel bill?


I'm bald
Posted by MountainTiger
The foot of Mt. Belzoni
Member since Dec 2008
14664 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 2:38 pm to
I'm like you. It's rare that I would need those two extra notes.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28037 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 2:38 pm to
quote:

Nope. My fingers don't really fit in between those frets anyway.

same here
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
22125 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 3:43 pm to
quote:

How much is your hair gel bill?


Gotta be able to hit those 24th fret bended high notes.
Posted by Nicky Parrish
Member since Apr 2016
7098 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 4:28 pm to
My 000-15 SM is 12 frets to the body, I don’t need anything past that.
Posted by MyRockstarComplex
The airport
Member since Nov 2009
3328 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:36 pm to
Ima need 24 frets and 2 necks.
Posted by LSU alum wannabe
Katy, TX
Member since Jan 2004
27014 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:38 pm to
I don’t like acoustic cutaways so I exclude myself from those frets out of pure taste and look of a guitar.

Electric? Whatever a dead stock Fender Strat neck has (I think it’s 21) is perfect. Anything higher is problematic for my hands and is too shreddy for me anyway. I don’t mind hearing players up that high. Just not for me to play.
Posted by TheFretShack
Member since Oct 2015
1240 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:55 pm to
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.

Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 7:48 pm to
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
34759 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 9:21 pm to
The more frets, the more ways I can frick up
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
20190 posts
Posted on 1/27/23 at 9:48 pm to
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Hamer Californians

Interesting finish that one has
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