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Anyone put 24 frets on a Jazzmaster?

Lou Kash

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Planning a HH jazzmaster build with a recessed tom and 720 mod. Trying to spec the neck and am really sure about if I want 22 or 24 frets. My main concerns are the effect on tone (I'm using hot paf style pups for reference), how it will look, and how it will effect picking area. Anyone got 24 fret jazzmaster that they wouldn't mind sharing pictures of and talking about their experiences?
 
I have a 22 fret JM and while the access to the 22nd fret is pretty good, my fingers can't reach much beyond that, so I'm not sure how useful 24 frets would be.

As far or tone though, the 24 fret extension/pickup reposition would move the neck pickup a little closer to the bridge, which will make the neck tone a little bit brighter and little more similar to the bridge tone than it would it otherwise would be. I wouldn't worry about it much unless you're really committed to getting a 100% traditional neck humbucker tone.
 
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