Should I get a 24 fret guitar?

[IMENATOR]

I have a Strat with 21 frets and couple of "Super Strat" with 22 frets. I really love the sound of the neck pickup for both clean arpegios, mild overdrive and lead. I think I may want to try getting a non expensive 24 fret Jackson, an entry level one, put some duncans I have spare, and see if I like that kind of guitars. I want it just for shredding, playing hard rock and heavy metal.

Are you that 22 fret guy who tried 24 frets? What was your experience? was it disappointing?

The Jackson Pro Series Gus G is in my radar, beautiful candy apple red with maple fingerboard. Maybe I am overthinking it.

 

[Bill Dennis]

I have a Strat with 21 frets and couple of "Super Strat" with 22 frets. I really love the sound of the neck pickup for both clean arpegios, mild overdrive and lead. I think I may want to try getting a non expensive 24 fret Jackson, an entry level one, put some duncans I have spare, and see if I like that kind of guitars. I want it just for shredding, playing hard rock and heavy metal.

Are you that 22 fret guy who tried 24 frets? What was your experience? was it disappointing?

The Jackson Pro Series Gus G is in my radar, beautiful candy apple red with maple fingerboard. Maybe I am overthinking it.

I have both. I like 24's but it does move the neck pickup back .5" or so which does sound a bit different. Blues players generally hate it. For heavier stuff it actually takes out some mud.

 

[uOpt]

I don't think the neck pickup repositioning is a big thing when you play notes up the neck anyway.

Of course it makes a noticeable difference for cowboy chords.

 

[IMENATOR]

I don't think the neck pickup repositioning is a big thing when you play notes up the neck anyway.

Of course it makes a noticeable difference for cowboy chords.

That is me, I like playing a lot neck pickup around fret2 10 or 12 and above.

 

[weepingminotaur]

I own both 22- and 24-fret guitars. Different tools for different applications. They're both good. The Charvel Dinky is great for rock solos high on the neck -- sometimes you do need the full two octaves. For blues, my Les Paul is a better fit.

 

[GuitarStv]

No to a 24 fret guitar. I say go big or go home:

I like to use the neck pickup a lot but it just doesn't sound right on 24 fret guitars because of the reposition . . . so if I was getting a guitar to play up super high, I'd get way more than 24 frets and do away with the neck slot entirely.

 

[jeremy]

i play on the neck pup a lot, and a 24 fret guitar does have a different neck tone than a 21/22 fret guitar, but especially for overdriven leads, i think it can work fine

 

[Mincer]

If you like the neck tone on a Strat or any other 22 or 21 fret guitar, you will hate it with 24 frets. If you use the bridge pickup 80-100% of the time, it won't matter. But man, I hate the sound of the neck pickup on a 24 fret guitar.

 

[Chistopher]

If you don't have a 24 fret guitar, it's good to have one. Even though I don't usually play above the 22nd fret like at all, it makes it easier to visualize the notes in your head

 

[80's_Metal]

Yes, get one. .. that way you'll know if it's for you or not.

I get confused after about the 7th fret....

 

[GuitarStv]

Yes, get one. .. that way you'll know if it's for you or not.

I get confused after about the 7th fret....

. . . sounds like a touch of bassplayeritis.

 

[Securb]

I have 22s and 24s and find the neck pickup totally serviceable on both, even when playing Jazz or Blues. My Ovation Deacon, for example, is a 24 fret, and I don't think you could find a better neck sound. I think it comes down to way more factors than the number of frets - pickups, amp, and technique being key.

 

[IMENATOR]

No to a 24 fret guitar. I say go big or go home:

I like to use the neck pickup a lot but it just doesn't sound right on 24 fret guitars because of the reposition . . . so if I was getting a guitar to play up super high, I'd get way more than 24 frets and do away with the neck slot entirely.

 

[IMENATOR]

If you like the neck tone on a Strat or any other 22 or 21 fret guitar, you will hate it with 24 frets. If you use the bridge pickup 80-100% of the time, it won't matter. But man, I hate the sound of the neck pickup on a 24 fret guitar.

The goal is playing high gain stuff, no blues, no jazz, just hard rock and metal. But being that said, I love the sound of neck for leads, I switch back and for neck and bridge.