turtlemuscle
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huh? the neck look oversized (guess because of the 2 extra string). how's the playability? your hands must be oversized huh? 
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fretless6
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turtlemuscle said:huh? the neck look oversized (guess because of the 2 extra string). how's the playability? your hands must be oversized huh?
Playability is fine. Just a matter of getting used to
Same as when u start out on an instrument, bound to be a lil uneasy at first, but u'll "grow" into the instrument.
thor666
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jumbofret said:
heh yea i got that...
but that's not the point i'm trying to make...what i'm trying to say is this: the richness in harmonics does not necessarily contribute to a better tone. if this were the case, everybody would be dumping Fender strats...
i would compare this discussion with say, having a distortion pedal in your set up. Simply having a distortion pedal on one's set up doesn't guarantee that you'll get a better tone. in fact they're two different things.
on the other hand, improving sustain is usually a tonal improvement. changing the timbre could -possibly- improve or degrade the tone.
also, i just read the article. it's NOT quoted with references and it IS selective about what it says. for instance, he doesn't quote Fenders as an example. also, the last i checked, the imaginary 24th fret on my fender contemporary is slightly Before the neck pickup.
applying his factoids with my own experience:
Factoid 1; A typical Fender does not sound muddy when you play chords !!!!!
Factoid 2,3,4,5; N.A.
Factoid 6; He explains that his Quicksilver is better than newer PRS in this respect.
Perhaps clearly you have just highlighted the point: it's not the frets that matter but the pickups. And for that reason his argumentation is really very poor; other than to criticise PRS 22 frets and to promote his Quicksilver guitars, not all that he says is clear. that almondx would raise the question would seem that his article, while possibly having some elements of truth, is also quite misleading.
Ed Roman... He is always misunderstood by many... And they have never dealt or spoken with him personally. He is always mistaken as a clown or a flamer etc. IMO, he is brutally frank and honest, but very hard to deal with. Always read his articles with a pinch of salt and you must remember that they aren't complete (like my posts here) and quite confusing... As someone who has read most of his articles, here's my take on the 22 Frets VS 24 Frets...
He is flaming Les Pauls (thick archtops with mahogany bodies) for their muddy sounds from the rhythm humbucker (I shouldn't have written pup in the earlier posts, too general)... As you all know, LPs are very popular these days, thanks to Slash from Guns N' Roses, Jimmy Page and other guitarists who have opted for a LP from Gibson/Epiphone. Remember that a humbucker has a larger surface area than a single-coil.
As for other 22 fret Strats and Teles, he doesn't mention them because they are a different story. They use single-coils for the neck pup, and they are bolt-on guitars. Here's Ed Roman rant on why bolt-ons are better than set-necks. He says that glue used in set necks hinders tonal transfer... Particularly the higher frequencies.
Ed flames PRS because Paul has already built a more versatile guitar in the good old days compared to the current PRS guitars.
There you go, my take on the subject.
Cheers
He is flaming Les Pauls (thick archtops with mahogany bodies) for their muddy sounds from the rhythm humbucker (I shouldn't have written pup in the earlier posts, too general)... As you all know, LPs are very popular these days, thanks to Slash from Guns N' Roses, Jimmy Page and other guitarists who have opted for a LP from Gibson/Epiphone. Remember that a humbucker has a larger surface area than a single-coil.
As for other 22 fret Strats and Teles, he doesn't mention them because they are a different story. They use single-coils for the neck pup, and they are bolt-on guitars. Here's Ed Roman rant on why bolt-ons are better than set-necks. He says that glue used in set necks hinders tonal transfer... Particularly the higher frequencies.
Ed flames PRS because Paul has already built a more versatile guitar in the good old days compared to the current PRS guitars.
There you go, my take on the subject.
Cheers
