That's CRAZY TALK...

[rockandroller]

So, I'm feeling like upper fret access is a bit cramped on all my 24 fret Gibson scale guitars (five in the house right now). Those top four or five frets suddenly feeling like I'm playing a mandolin.

So I'm kind of leaning towards maybe a BARITONE necked project, but tuned to regular E-e pitch. Maybe with a set of 8s or even 007s, it could feel like playing a strat with 010s??

Anybody doing this in the real world?

It would be nice to have at least one guitar with a little more real estate up there, but I am loathe to be messing around with down-tuning.

Nice thing about the WM bari necks is that they have 24 frets and fit ALL THE BODIES. I really need to sell about ten instruments to make room for an imminent downsizing BUT I just got my shipment of experimental dayglo yellow ultraviolet finish additives, which pretty much guarantees that another build will have to be geared up soon...

 

[mayfly]

That's crazy man! I have no idea if that would work. But, hey, I bet it would....

 

[teleme01]

I'd think you would break the high e

 

[JohnnyHardtail]

I don’t think it will feel like a strat because of the different scale length and wider fretboard. Although I didn’t try it. There are many companies selling 24 fret guitars with proper access, so I wonder if that might be the solution. Also possible to use 11-52 strings and downtune a 22fret neck, but you said it’s a hassle?