Accessing Upper Frets on Les Paul
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blueman335
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Re: Accessing Upper Frets on Les Paul
Play standing up.
Play standing up.
Chistopher
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How big are your hands? Upper fret access is one of the few parts of guitar where hand size actually makes a difference. I don't play that high up the neck too often anyway so I hardly notice.
How big are your hands? Upper fret access is one of the few parts of guitar where hand size actually makes a difference. I don't play that high up the neck too often anyway so I hardly notice.
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This is one of those 'practice and you'll do it better' areas. Or maybe 'sit the guitar on the other knee'.
The upper fret access is much more difficult for a LP than the thinner strat or longer necked SG or Firebird. There are some curved heel Les Pauls about.....but these tend to be much more heavy music oriented models. The traditionalists don't let Gibson stray that far from the 50's for the regular models.
This is one of those 'practice and you'll do it better' areas. Or maybe 'sit the guitar on the other knee'.
The upper fret access is much more difficult for a LP than the thinner strat or longer necked SG or Firebird. There are some curved heel Les Pauls about.....but these tend to be much more heavy music oriented models. The traditionalists don't let Gibson stray that far from the 50's for the regular models.
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I would say my fingers are medium sized/slightly longer. I don’t have short fingers.
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I would say my fingers are medium sized/slightly longer. I don’t have short fingers.
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beaubrummels
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Play it like a classical guitar when seated. Set the guitar on your left knee with the neck up at a 45 degree angle and set your left foot on something to raise it up.
Play it like a classical guitar when seated. Set the guitar on your left knee with the neck up at a 45 degree angle and set your left foot on something to raise it up.
Ayrton
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blueman335
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I'm a LP fan, with big hands, and reaching the high frets is possible, but not as well as the other frets. The neck/body juncture is at the 16th fret and with a single cutaway, there are limits. When I really want to play way up the neck for any length of time, I switch to a SG (22nd fret juncture). V's have almost as good an access.
I'm a LP fan, with big hands, and reaching the high frets is possible, but not as well as the other frets. The neck/body juncture is at the 16th fret and with a single cutaway, there are limits. When I really want to play way up the neck for any length of time, I switch to a SG (22nd fret juncture). V's have almost as good an access.
PierceOkken
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I have the same problem, I ended up selling my LP's and buying Jacksons, I play in a glam metal band so access to the upper range is a must have
I have the same problem, I ended up selling my LP's and buying Jacksons, I play in a glam metal band so access to the upper range is a must have
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Watch a recent video of Mick Box of Uriah Heep. He changes the position of his thumb for upper fret access. I'm not a fret wizard, but it does kinda help
https://youtu.be/TV77dfMQQ6c
Also check out the left handed Buzzard Bass, and drummer uses bike racing shoes.
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Watch a recent video of Mick Box of Uriah Heep. He changes the position of his thumb for upper fret access. I'm not a fret wizard, but it does kinda help
https://youtu.be/TV77dfMQQ6c
Also check out the left handed Buzzard Bass, and drummer uses bike racing shoes.
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Wow that’s wild I’ll try that granted I’m not very good Hahahah
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Wow that’s wild I’ll try that granted I’m not very good Hahahah
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Lewguitar
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Violinists have been accessing those upper reaches without a cutaway for ages.
Just have to train yourself and take your music as seriously as they do....I guess.
Me? Well upper access (or the lack of...) is one reason I don’t play a Les Paul.
Violinists have been accessing those upper reaches without a cutaway for ages.
Just have to train yourself and take your music as seriously as they do....I guess.
Me? Well upper access (or the lack of...) is one reason I don’t play a Les Paul.
Coma
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I cut my teeth on a LP and I will always love the sound and the look of those models, but I have weak little girly hands and I'm lazy. Got tired of never being able to reach comfortably and swapped to double-cuts and never got back to the LPs. Ended up collecting guitars built like LPs with same or similar scale length and same woods, but with better access.
I cut my teeth on a LP and I will always love the sound and the look of those models, but I have weak little girly hands and I'm lazy. Got tired of never being able to reach comfortably and swapped to double-cuts and never got back to the LPs. Ended up collecting guitars built like LPs with same or similar scale length and same woods, but with better access.
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