I Don't Need 24 Frets

[LLL]

If I need a note above the high E 22nd fret, I just hit a natural harmonic and pull up on the wiggle stick.

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[Sirion]

I don't mind 24-fret necks, but I've played 22ers for so long that bending up to that high E has become second nature.

 

[Mr. 80's]

I much prefer 22 over 24 myself.

 

[Top-L]

If I need a note above the high E 22nd fret, I just hit a natural harmonic and pull up on the wiggle stick.

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How do you do that in the middle of sweeps and speed picked runs???

 

[LLL]

How do you do that in the middle of sweeps and speed picked runs???

With my hair extensions.

 

[Mincer]

22 here, too. I don't like the sound of neck pickups on 24 fret guitars.

 

[Blille]

My first guitar was a shredder with 24 so I didn’t know better. I never use the extra couple notes and I prefer the neck tone with 21/22.

 

[beaubrummels]

Was there a question?

I only play 24 when working with temperamental singers who keep changing the key. It just doesn't sound good that high. There's no sustain. The amp and effects are making more of the note.

 

[GuitarStv]

22 here, too. I don't like the sound of neck pickups on 24 fret guitars.

Yep, this is my reasoning as well.

I do like to play up high on the neck pretty regularly, but will sacrifice a couple extra frets for the neck pickup in the right spot. If we're ditching that though, then I'd want to go whole hog and get a neck with more than 24 frets . . . like this Caparison Horus:

 

[JamesPaul]

I own a couple 24 fretters now, but after 39 years of playing 21 or 22 frets, I am still not prone using those extra two.

 

[Top-L]

I own a couple 24 fretters now, but after 39 years of playing 21 or 22 frets, I am still not prone using those extra two.

Its like a car. Just because the spedo goes to 140mph, doesn't mean you drive up there very much.

 

[solspirit]

I much prefer 22 over 24 myself.

I can't handle 24

 

[Securb]

I do not seek out 24 frets but there are some guitars that I fell in love with that happened to be 24s. My Ovation Deacon 12 string, Ibanez Roadstar II and my B. C. RIch Acoustic are all 24s.

 

[Demanic]

Most of my guitars and both of my bass' have 24 fret necks. Only my Squire Strat has less.

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[Phantasmagoria]

Don't NEED 24 (or even 30!) frets either...but I'm gung-ho about them :bigthumb:


Don't use neck pup's much anyway..

 

[Securb]

Don't NEED 24 (or even 30!) frets either...but I'm gung-ho about them :bigthumb:

Well you have the perfect sparkly machine for that don't you?

 

[ErikH]

Mine are all 22 frets and one with 21 frets. I've never felt very comfortable on 24 fret necks, except on one guitar. A buddy of mine has an older Jackson PC1 and while that one has 24 frets, the neck on the thing is so amazing that when I was playing it, I didn't even think about the 2 extra frets. It might be because every other 24 fret neck guitar I've picked up had a crazy thin neck and those do not work with my hands. The PC1 has a beefy neck.

 

[jeremy]

hell, i have a half dozen guitars with no wiggle stick and 21 frets. aint no money above the 12th fret anyway

 

[Bogner]

Was there a question?

I only play 24 when working with temperamental singers who keep changing the key. It just doesn't sound good that high. There's no sustain. The amp and effects are making more of the note.

:bsflag:

 

[Bogner]

aint no money above the 12th fret anyway

That is a funny saying, even if it isn't true.