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beaubrummels said:
Oh no, Ace, you've got another one to gas for. Excellent upper fret access, and according to KISS Paul Stanley videos, can be played like a violin.

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Awesome guitar, but disagree a little bit about Vs having excellent fret access, the body starts 17th. and getting past 19 isnt that fun on a V

I would play that in a heartbeat though.
 
beaubrummels said:
Fair enough. But fret access is the least of the reasons to play one.

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So true, Fret 20/21/22 is unneeded if you are rockin' a V !

I think because the V has equal upper bout angles away from where the neck joins, it's a bit thick in depth and the strap attaches starting at about Fret 17 versus many guitars. Whereas many single cutaways (especially through necks) have a contour on the bottom side making access great.... Of course SG gives you access both ways at some peril....:nervous:

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Neck thickness is rarely a problem for me with the higher frets. As long as I'm not banging my hands into horns and insufficiently large cutaways, I'm generally pretty happy. It's the hand re-positioning to workaround that problem that's a nightmare for me.
 
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I've heard that there are complaints about the neck joint of my VBT-700. Too thick some say. Well, if you intend to try to maintain a classical style hand posture when you are that high up the neck, I suppose.
But it's not like you are up there trying to strum barre chords for an entire song.

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Let's be realistic. Paul Stanley could play a hollow non-cutaway Jazz box. He rarely plays anything above the 12th fret.
 
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