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Extension on a petite bouche
Trovador98
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I saw a video of Bireli Lagrene playing an oval hole petite bouche guitar that had a fretboard extension out beyond the typical 21 frets. I think it looks cool!
Thoughts? Any reason why they don’t have extensions when some D-holes can go out to 25-26 frets for the high E & B strings.
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No reason but people round here like things fairly traditional. It gets difficult to make a guitar that rings out nicely on the higher frets. Also in a traditional guitar you have to figure out a way to support the fingerboard (if you're talking about a D hole guitar and the fingerboard overhanging the soundhole. Doable. Easier on a bolt on neck guitar or an adjustable neck guitar as the board is usually supported.
I made a classical 7 string guitar with 24 frets and brought it to a really high end classical player to check out. He was totally kind but had no idea what to make of it. The 7 strings really screwed him up despite him being an extremely high level pro. Anyway the funny part was he didn't give a shit about having 24 frets...there was no repertoire for that. Also he was able to play false harmonics for all those notes and I had to admit they sounded killer.
And then there's Antoine Boyer's extension of his Holo guitar....
Glued on adt
Glued on after the fact it seems.
Antoine really wanted that high D note!
I have 24 frets on an electric and I’ve certainly used it…sometimes just for a plinky sound effect. Check out this funny thing.
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Check out this funny thing.
Honestly, kinda dig it - have always been a fan of the "Moderne" shape
A "fan" of fanned frets?
Thoughts? Any reason why they don’t have extensions
There is one very big reason. It prevents using the magnetic pick up (stimer, peche, etc) at the optimal location. For many players, that is a complete deal-breaker.