duane v Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 ... to the 6 string side of the EDS-1275 fret-board ..... It only has 20 frets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Um, 23 frets ???? Hmmm.......I prefer 24 frets....Yes, it is restrictive........ The custom built guitar I'm ready to order has 22 frets....That will do....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Um, 23 frets ???? Hmmm.......I prefer 24 frets....Yes, it is restrictive........ The custom built guitar I'm ready to order has 22 frets....That will do....... 22 frets would even work.... I'm good with the access restriction because I've learned to deal with it by playing my Casino... I just bring my thumb over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 MY POST WENT MISSING? No, not 20 frets. 40 frets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 MY POST WENT MISSING? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 22 frets would even work.... I'm good with the access restriction because I've learned to deal with it by playing my Casino... I just bring my thumb over Yup.....It's still hard with Les Pauls...To pull off fancy metal type riffing tricks way up there ( while recording ), I have to capo way up to assist....I end up recording riffs that can't be pulled off live on a Les Paul.... Which is OK, I don't play live anymore anyways...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Yup.....It's still hard with Les Pauls...To pull off fancy metal type riffing tricks way up there ( while recording ), I have to capo way up to assist....I end up recording riffs that can't be pulled off live on a Les Paul.... Which is OK, I don't play live anymore anyways...... no issues with a les paul.... I can riff all day very comfortably anywhere on my LP's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 why not booth sides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Which is OK, I don't play live anymore anyways...... Are you............ Playing Dead now? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 ... to the 6 string side of the EDS-1275 fret-board ..... It only has 20 frets Well I recall you recently saying you don't mind modifying a Guitar to make it playable for you.... Have a SG neck put on it More frets and great access! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Well I recall you recently saying you don't mind modifying a Guitar to make it playable for you.... Have a SG neck put on it More frets and great access! There's a limit to my madness...LOL But I did have new frets installed on the six string board and the cavities completely shielded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottGrove Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Peavey actually made a ton of 23 fret guitars in the 70's and 80's. Here are a couple of mine. The Peavey Mystic and the Peavey T-27. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Are you............ Playing Dead now? :unsure: I was / am a deadhead...... But, yes, I actually am in musical hiding Andy........I am playing dead...... And these days, it's TEN + hours a day on legal bull crap.... All I wanna do is Music music music..............Arrrggggggg.... I fret 24 frets a day...... [flapper] ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 prochacy em-2 has good axcess in the lower frets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Get a Digitech Whammy pedal and you can have all the frets you can stand. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 There's a limit to my madness...LOL But I did have new frets installed on the six string board and the cavities completely shielded Ah hell! I was hoping to see it! It could even be reversed.... Ya sure???? I was thinking if you wanted to be creative ( Actually I think this is a cool idea) You could remove the neck pickup and have a block made that fits in the hole that has a fret board attached and spaced correctly for as many more frets as you like. You could also have a piezoelectric pickup embedded in it for an acoustic sound! Would be easy and completely reversible!!!! I think that would be awesome!!!!! Actually you could even do the same thing and have a regular neck pick up embedded in it now that I think about it! I might even have to do this as a Proof of Concept.... OK.... Pack up your guitar and send it to me and I will figure it out for ya!!!! Might take a couple of years though..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 I was thinking if you wanted to be creative ( Actually I think this is a cool idea) You could remove the neck pickup and have a block made that fits in the whole that has a fret board attached and spaced correctly for as many more frets as you like. You could also have a piezoelectric pickup embedded in it for an acoustic sound! Would be easy and completely reversible!!!! I think that would be awesome!!!!! Actually you could even do the same thing and have a regular neck pick up embedded in it now that I think about it! I might even have to do this as a Proof of Concept.... OK Pack up your guitar and send it to me and I will figure it out for ya!!!! Might take a couple of years though..... My older brother would kill me if I did that ... But I like your thinking ...lol He sold me the guitar under the conditions that I wouldn't sell it, nor hack away at it..... I have yet to tell him I changed the frets .... My bro was cool enough to sell it to me for what he paid for it in 1978 ($500)..... I tried to give him an additional $1500, but he wouldn't take the cash...... Older brother hand me downs can be a good thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 My older brother would kill me if I did that ... But I like your thinking ...lol He sold me the guitar under the conditions that I wouldn't sell it, nor hack away at it..... I have yet to tell him I changed the frets .... My bro was cool enough to sell it to me for what he paid for it in 1978 ($500)..... I tried to give him an additional $1500, but he wouldn't take the cash...... Older brother hand me downs can be a good thing I'm the older brother!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 I'm the older brother!!!!! LOL.... I would dare to say by looking at pictures of you, I'm considerably older than you...... Certainly I'm not old enough to be your dad... but lets not go there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy R Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 LOL.... I would dare to say by looking at pictures of you, I'm considerably older than you...... Certainly I'm not old enough to be your dad... but lets not go there I'm guessing maybe by 5 (6) years... I'm 42 Am I close? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 I'm guessing maybe by 5 (6) years... I'm 42 Am I close? When I was a senior in high school, you were still in middle school .... But I can say with certainty, we chewed some of the same musical asphalt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I am really liking the 24 fret board on my SG, but I have to work on my lower fret skills quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 WOW!!!! Look at the bevel work on those horns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Yea, that upper horn is beveled thin and pointy. I do wish they had added a 24 fret inlay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Yea, that upper horn is beveled thin and pointy. I do wish they had added a 24 fret inlay. Glad to see Gibson is putting some emphasis back in the bevel work.... It sure was a lost art in the 70's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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