22 or 24 frets

[MikeStrat]

I'm curious. Do more players on the JCF prefer 22 fret Charvels or 24 fret Jacksons? And why if you want to say. I kind of go to both depending on the song I'm playing.

[P I K A]

I prefer the 24 fret Jacksons because Ive been playing 24 fret guitars for so long. When I play my Charvels it just feels like such a long stretch for me to play an F major scale ( 1st to 5th fret ). Maybe im nuts but my hands arent big and 24 is just perfect. Also it makes sense to me to have that full 2 octave range without having to bend .

[Hellbat]

I prefer the idea of 24 frets but realistically I don't play many positions higher the the seventeenth. But for me, neck through is pretty much a must.

[guitarsjb]

I prefer 24..although I hardly ever play that high on the neck. Just like it better for some reason.

[RacerX]

I prefer 24..although I hardly ever play that high on the neck. Just like it better for some reason.

What Jeri said.






Although my Charvel Pro Mods (USAs) are pretty kick ass!

[DarkkWarriorr]

24 frets for me as well, not that I use those high frets that often, but it's good to have when you need them.
However, I'm thinking to get a 22 frets Charvel or a Washburn for some groovy funk metal fun, and it would be nice to get back to those necks every once in a while.

[ralph]

Id be ok with 15, but I have a mixture of 22 or 24 fretters, 15 fretters dont come along too often, unless you are Scott Ian

[Axewielder]

22 fret Jacksons for me. None of the 24 fret monsters are balanced as well as a basic 22 fret strat.

[j2379]

24 fret neckthrus, 22 fret boltons, dont know why but thats what i have.

[Deathrider29]

I feel like if you play in any standard tuning (be it E standard, D, standard, etc) 24 is good because you will have the complete high octave. However if you play in drop D, C, etc, 22 is fine because the 22nd fret on the 6th string will be the same note as your open low string. Not that you all didn't know that already.

Also, for what it's worth, I think a USA select RR1 with 24 frets and a hum-single layout would be awesome.

[Chief_CrazyTalk]

I've been asking myself the same question recently. I grew up on 22 fret 25.5" necks but now have a 24 fret DK2 which I love. I like having two whole octaves but never had a problem with my old jap charvels. The 21 fret tele I have is weird though. It always feels like I'm missing a quarter of the fretboard.

The highest frets on the DK2 are harder to play on though, and the lower strings sound off intonation way up there. Still cool I think. Aren't the 24 fret necks and 22 fret necks, both having the same scale lenghts, identical other than the two extra frets?

Count me as one for bolt-ons. Nothing else will do.

[potatohead]

I prefer 24, like the other guys said mainly because you know it's there when you need it. I just picked up an Ibanez opposed to a Carvin mainly for this reason (wanted bolt on).

I've been asking myself the same question recently. I grew up on 22 fret 25.5" necks but now have a 24 fret DK2 which I love. I like having two whole octaves but never had a problem with my old jap charvels. The 21 fret tele I have is weird though. It always feels like I'm missing a quarter of the fretboard.

The highest frets on the DK2 are harder to play on though, and the lower strings sound off intonation way up there. Still cool I think. Aren't the 24 fret necks and 22 fret necks, both having the same scale lenghts, identical other than the two extra frets?

Count me as one for bolt-ons. Nothing else will do.

If the scale is the same, the only difference is the extended fretboard. Usually though, the 24 fretter will have the entire board/pickups/bridge pushed out towards the "front" of the guitar about 1/2" though, otherwise the fret access sucks on 23/24. I don't know why they do it this way rather than making a bigger cutaway, I guess that's more work. So, the guitar is the same scale, but it's about 1/2" longer overall.

[Grandturk]

22 is plenty for me.

[moku]

22 fret Jacksons for me. None of the 24 fret monsters are balanced as well as a basic 22 fret strat.

care to elaborate? not challenging your claim. just curious to learn more about "inbalanced" 24-fret jacksons... or other 24-fret guitars in general.

personally i luv short-scale 24-fret guitars: my charvels, kramer nightswans, and kramer proaxe. i luv the ease in bends and the playing on the higher frets.

[Disturbing Manor]

I suck on 22 frets, but I can sound even worse on 24!