Number of Frets

thegummy

Anyone know a guitar website where you can filter by number of frets?

Trying to browse but the main ones I use don't have the option and it's a pain having to click in to each guitar separately.

skullfunkerry

You can on the Thomann website, but that's the only one I know of

RickLucas

More than 21 is just showing off.

thegummy

skullfunkerry said:

You can on the Thomann website, but that's the only one I know of

Cheers man  

merciful-evans

spotted the Fender player already...

thegummy

merciful-evans said:

spotted the Fender player already...

My Fenders have 22 but I can't be sure I've ever played a note on either the 21st or the 22nd lol

PonchoGreg

thegummy said:

merciful-evans said:

spotted the Fender player already...

My Fenders have 22 but I can't be sure I've ever played a note on either the 21st or the 22nd lol

I was exactly the same before recently getting my first 24-fretter! I didn't seek a 24 on purpose, but the funny thing is that I now venture to the 22nd fret on it (23/24 is still pretty cramped). So I guess in that way having 24 frets is useful, for the access more than the extra two frets

RickLucas

There's a reason why it's called the dusty end.

Adey

I thought the frets at the dusty end were put there for use as spares to pull out when the ones at the cowboy end start to wear out

ICBM

The only time I've found it an issue was in a song I used to play, which had a high D bent up to E in the solo. Very hard to do with a 21-fret guitar - you'd have to start with it pre-bent a semitone, then up another tone - up against the body and with an 11 top E, not possible. I was able to play it an octave lower with a forced harmonic... mostly .

p90fool

I've just nailed some P90s to an archtop with no cutaway, and wanting to attract neither dogs nor teenage boys with widdly wee nonsense I'm happy never venturing above the 15th fret. 

drofluf

RickLucas said:

More than 21 5 is just showing off.

FTFY

DLM

RickLucas said:

More than 21 is just showing off.

@RickLucas O hai!
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/112462/gas-nlnssmlcgd-ibanez-limited-edition-for-2011-showcase-model-rg-extreme-shredding-machine#latest

fretmeister

Not sure I've ever seen that.

I wish scale length could be filtered though.

merciful-evans

thegummy said:

merciful-evans said:

spotted the Fender player already...

My Fenders have 22 but I can't be sure I've ever played a note on either the 21st or the 22nd lol

but there's never any fretbuzz up there and you can bend as far as you can push! 

DLM

fretmeister said:

Not sure I've ever seen that.

I wish scale length could be filtered though.

@fretmeister Thomann offer that filter, too.