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• flaco ✭ 2023 Holo Traditional, Shelley Park #151, AJL Quiet and Portable

  November 6 Posts: 255

  

  I’m not sure if you can tell in this pic, but Antoine Boyer actually added a fret to his guitar. So some people want them!
• colorado_hick Hotchkiss Colorado✭✭

  November 6 Posts: 30

  that seems tasteful. having the fingerboard stick out past the soundboard just seems tacky. Like when some one bolts a spoiler on to the back of their '92 honda accord

  
• voutoreenie New

  November 6 Posts: 301

  I mean, didn't all the original 12 fret Macs have a fretboard extension or am I mistaken?
• paulmcevoy75 Portland, MaineNew

  November 6 Posts: 629

  I made a classical guitar with a 24 fret neck...I'm ok with it.

  I mean they are cool if you want the other frets. I think they look great, generally.

  I've seen guitars only fretted to the 12th fret for people who don't want to play high. That's cool too.

  

  
  

  
• wim ChicagoModerator Barault #503 replica

  November 6 edited November 6 Posts: 1,628

  It was discussed a bit here:

  https://djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/17953/pros-and-cons-of-fingerboard-extensions/p1

  
• billyshakes NoVA✭✭✭ Park Avance - Dupont Nomade - Dupont DM-50E

  November 6 Posts: 1,713

  Paul, I actually like the shape of your fretboard extension on this guitar as it is in harmony with the angled soundhole and the angle of the scalloped cutaway. Definitely thoughtful design and probably necessary for that build. Had you squared it off near the last full fret, I think it would have looked awkward. (And hit the thumbs up for anyone else that clicked on the right arrow expecting to see more pictures 😂)

  
• paulmcevoy75 Portland, MaineNew

  November 6 Posts: 629

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/123544#Comment_123544

  haha yeah here's the rest:

  https://www.instagram.com/p/DEbD6pbOEkL/?img_index=1

  On my guitars, and I assume the other guys who are making adjustable necks (Craig and Josh), the high notes really sing. I don't know exactly what the mechanics are but I feel fairly certain that not having the fingerboard glued to the top but instead part of the neck makes the high notes really usable.

  
  

  I did show that guitar to a really high end classical player who was kind of non-plussed by all of that. He's so used to reaching around the shoulder that the cutaway didn't really appeal to him. Kinda funny. He liked the sound of the guitar. He said I should make a more normal version of it, which I never did. And the repetoire is the repetoire, so not much use for a high E. I still think it's a cool guitar though.

  
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  November 6 Posts: 5,705

  Esthetically I like the look of the fretboard extension on a D hole but it is very impractical. You have this large opening that should give you access to do anything inside and then you cover it up. I said this elsewhere, if it was my guitar, as long as it's not a high value instrument, I'd cut it flush with the soundhole.

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• B25Gib Bremerton WA✭✭✭✭ Holo Busato, Dell'Arte Hommage, Gitane D-500, Gibson ES295, Eastman AR805

  November 7 Posts: 219

  I agree it is difficult on a 12 fret DJ guitar to contort your fretting hand to play those e&b string extensions so not usable. Josh Hegg told me back in '07 making an intonation perfect bridge, "Your lucky that extension on your '94/95 Gitane D500 hasn't arched up interfering with lower note buzz or playability. However, I don't have any internal pickups or wiring. Even though it's not a high value instrument I won't cut off the extension as it is part of the original Italian luthier design.