24 frets

[druz15]

In an ideal world, I'd take 24 frets just for the extra options and because I like that subtle change in neck pickup tones (plus I have skinny guitar pickin' fingers), but 22 frets wouldn't put me off either - in fact, almost all the guitars I've owned were 22 frets.

I also agree it's much more annoying with 21 vs. 22 - my Tele has 21 and it can be a pain when doing ridiculous high end solos in E, say.

I suppose most of us have read this article on this issue:
http://www.edroman.com/techarticles/22vs24.htm

What's everyone's thoughts? I don't feel qualified to comment either way (and I feel Ed Roman is a bit of a dick) but would love to hear the opinions of our resident technical experts/luthiers.

he is a dick

FACT1) All Les Pauls sound muddy when you play chords.

Fuck off you wanker

[Rog]

There is very little I've found of value in Ed Roman's opinions (usually expressed by him as if they were facts).

[Polar Bear]

Ed roman is retarded.

[jeremyb]

Ed Roman is well known for being a tool!

[slash-ed]

Sounds like you've only played shit Les Pauls then. I'm not an LP fan either, but a good LP has nice definition and sounds great for chords. Epi lps however, yeah, all sound like mud that I have played, which is a small portion of the global market..

That was in reference to a quote from the Ed Roman page.

[Polar Bear]

I dislike Ed roman so much that I didn't read it. Thanks for advising.

[druz15]

yeah I was disagreeing with what he said, I don't think LPs are muddy for chords, although you are right about some Epi Pickups

[PlukkyBoy]

Arriving after the derail once again...

(Although Ed Roman Bashing is a noble cause)

I voted 22 because the nut always seems a little further away than it should be...

But...

I also feel this way about 25.5" scale guitars, this may be compounded by the lack of neck angle...
I own a 24.5" scale guitar with 24 frets that I am perfectly happy with...

[calling card]

There be dragons past the 17th fret but I venture way beyond with a slide.

[ash]

I suppose most of us have read this article on this issue:
http://www.edroman.com/techarticles/22vs24.htm

What's everyone's thoughts? I don't feel qualified to comment either way (and I feel Ed Roman is a bit of a dick) but would love to hear the opinions of our resident technical experts/luthiers.

The extensive explanation of node points is a wasted effort on Ed's part. Unless you only play open strings and the 12th fret, the nodes change as soon as you fret a string - goodbye relevance.

[Tsuken]

I suppose most of us have read this article on this issue:
http://www.edroman.com/techarticles/22vs24.htm

What's everyone's thoughts? I don't feel qualified to comment either way (and I feel Ed Roman is a bit of a dick) but would love to hear the opinions of our resident technical experts/luthiers.

The extensive explanation of node points is a wasted effort on Ed's part. Unless you only play open strings and the 12th fret, the nodes change as soon as you fret a string - goodbye relevance.

Hardly wasted. I'm sure he'll manage to get quite a few people believing it's important to avoid the node - and he might even sell guitars to some of them.

[Tsuken]

22 for me. However, I would like at least two octaves up the fretboard. So why do I say 22? Two simple reasons: first, my fat stumpy fingers can barely fit in the 22nd fret space on a 25 1/2" scale guitar; second, getting that short an effective string length starts sounding really thin and strangled.

That's why I stuck with 22 on my Ash, even though I do like being able to get the high high e. for me, going from 21 to 22 frets was a muuuuch bigger deal.

Of all the responses, yours surprised me the most. With your talent and the musical genre you appear to prefer, I expected 29 frets minimum.

Mate.



36 frets call sweetly to me, but realistically I cannot answer.