Do you guys do this?

[ehdwuld]

Not required, but a little more effort will be needed. Of course some chords make it impossible, like a 3 finger open A. Other than certain chords, I always try to hit the string just behind the metal fret.

Not so close that the meat of my ft finger hangs over in front or on top

I can tel when I get too far forward and the string dies abruptly

I shoot fro the forward third of the area between frets

Slightly ahead of middle
But yeah
Once you get up past the fifth fret
It starts getting tight


Beyond the 12th fret
it's wherever you can

[Chistopher]

Never scrutinize to that degree while playing.
The frets do the fretting.

If you scrutinize to that degree while practicing it becomes automatic while playing. With fretless bass I've reached the point where I can intonate right on the note without even looking at the neck, and I'm not that good at fretless.

If nothing else, it's worth it to bar right above the frets.

[Mincer]

At one time, I thought about it. It is especially important with scalloped frets, which I use (otherwise you can be out of tune). Once I made it part of my muscle memory, I never thought about it again.

[jeremy]

i have a tele with a scalloped fretboard and ive had to become much more conscious of fretting position and pressure due to using it. on a normal guitar you might push things every so slightly out of tune but on a scalloped board, you can get pretty far out it you arent careful

[Mincer]

i have a tele with a scalloped fretboard and ive had to become much more conscious of fretting position and pressure due to using it. on a normal guitar you might push things every so slightly out of tune but on a scalloped board, you can get pretty far out it you arent careful

Yeah, but after 2 weeks or so, it isn't an issue. It is very strange at first.

[Aceman]

Close the fret. Since I was a kid.

[Rex_Rocker]

I try to. It's not always possible, but I try.

[weepingminotaur]

Yeah, I always play just behind the fret, unless it's a crazy stretch on a chord that makes it impossible.

[GuitarStv]

Always just behind the fret. I like really big frets - go further back and you push things out of tune.

[Seashore]

Not consciously, but yeah, I guess I do.

[ErikH]

Not something I really paid attention too myself. I just play. Looking at it now (after playing a few chords and single notes), most of the time, right behind the fret. Single notes may not always be directly behind, depends on what I'm playing I guess.