Members grumphh Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 Just curious here. For me personally i just don't want 24 frets or over - because then i can't get that neck pickup sound that comes from the pickup placement right under the second octave node. How about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 What if you're just sick of the concept of frets in general? Time for something new.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NinjaModder Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 21! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 I like 25. That way when the shredders are going meedley meedley all the way up to 24, what do I do? I go to the 25th when I need that extra bit. Everyone else is stuck at 24, but I go up to the 25th. That's one more idn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edremy Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 What if you're just sick of the concept of frets in general? Time for something new.. Problem solved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 Problem solved ick, still has strings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grumphh Posted January 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 What if you're just sick of the concept of frets in general? Time for something new.. There is an option for that too, didn't you notice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hrafnkel Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 I'm not sure what to vote for. My usual main has 24, my current go-to has 22, but I virtually never get up into that territory one way or the other because I really have no interest in soloing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 22. I don't get high enough on the neck often enough to justify having 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blingdogg Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 22. I don't need more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meowy Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 I don't really care. I'll put on the flameproof suit and say the sweet spot node is theoretical hogwash. I'd challenge anyone to pass a double blind test to be able to hear where a neck pickup is positioned. There are just too many other factors that come into play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 22 -- giving me an easy 2-semitone bend from high D to high E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 Not a deal breaker by any stretch on an otherwise desirable guitar, but if I'm custom ordering a neck, it will have 22 frets. All else equal, I prefer 21 frets to 24 frets but very rarely will all else be equal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 the surgery to sharpen the finger tips is a real pain though! I like octaves so 24 min for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 21 or 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mo' Cowbell Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 99. See moderator for an explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grumphh Posted January 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 I don't really care. I'll put on the flameproof suit and say the sweet spot node is theoretical hogwash. I'd challenge anyone to pass a double blind test to be able to hear where a neck pickup is positioned. There are just too many other factors that come into play You know, i would be tempted to say the same - and i am pretty sure that there are many instances where i wouldn't be able to tell from listening alone where exactly the pickup is placed. Not going to argue that But i know from playing my own guitars that the neck pickup placement certainly makes a difference. On my Kramer, which has a nice sounding SD singlecoil at the neck, i just can't get those deep stratty sounds - which my MIM fenders with stock pickups readily provide. I get close, sure, but to my ears they just lack that tiny bit of depth that moving the pickup that last centimetre or two (~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 Won't do 21, prefer 24 on dual humbucker guitars and 22 on strats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meowy Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 On my Kramer, which has a nice sounding SD singlecoil at the neck, i just can't get those deep stratty sounds - which my MIM fenders with stock pickups readily provide.I get close, sure, but to my ears they just lack that tiny bit of depth that moving the pickup that last centimetre or two (~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveAronow Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 What if you're just sick of the concept of frets in general? Time for something new.. They have those and they are not new. They are very old. They are called violins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grumphh Posted January 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 Are you sure it's not the body wood, construction, thickness, or the different pickups? Absolutely positive The 24 fret ibanez and the Steinberger i have, have the same thing going on - close, but no cigar. And yes, i am taking into account that they indeed are very different guitars and pickups. But since you apparently argue that pickup placement makes no difference in tone, could you please explain to me why three identically constructed single coils on a strat do in fact sound markedly different? ...or don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 my main guitars all have 24 frets. i don't actually care about the extra frets. i just like where it puts the neck pickup. that node stuff become irrelevant as soon as you fret the string. with the exception of my telecaster, none of my other guitars that have fewer frets have the pickup in the "node" position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonny guitar Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 I love my neck pickup sound so I am forced to say 21 or 22 to get the best sound out of the neck pup....ideally I would love 36 with them double up about 28 but tonally it would suffer due to pickup placement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members grumphh Posted January 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 my main guitars all have 24 frets. i don't actually care about the extra frets. i just like where it puts the neck pickup. that node stuff become irrelevant as soon as you fret the string. with the exception of my telecaster, none of my other guitars that have fewer frets have the pickup in the "node" position. Jeez. It is not the node that makes the neck pickup sound - it is just the general placement of the pickup further towards the neck. I mean, i hope that you agree with me on the fact that a middle SC and a neck SC (of the same construction) on the same guitar do sound different from each other, right? Well, the difference in tone can be explained by the fact that on a standard Strat the neck SC is placed 6 Cm furter away from the bridge than the middle pickup, thus picking up different vibration patterns of the string. I.e. the distance from the bridge determines what the pickup sounds like.Those 6 Cm (~2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uma Floresta Posted January 19, 2012 Members Share Posted January 19, 2012 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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