nunchez

Is that even possible? I made a huge mistake of buying this guitar a year ago and now I've branched out into different genres and some songs need the 24/23 fret. Anything I can do? Oh and I can't buy a new guitar that's totally not an option.

I'm trying to learn Metallica's The Day That Never Comes solo and there's a part when you have to start from the 24th fret and run it down. Is there anyway I could make a modification to that part of the solo and make it sound ok?

EddieHet

Bending?

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Kid_Thorazine

as long as it's not on the high E string you can just find the note on the next highest string. You could also try prebending to it but that's really tricky to pull off.

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nunchez

It's actually on the high E string unfortunately.

nunchez

It's on the high E string so bending on 22nd all the way to 24 is a good idea?

mikey85123

I guess you could find a harmony or play the note an octave down.

J-Dawg158

If it's on the high E string a full bend on the 22nd fret will equal the 24th fret. But if the song has a bend on the 24th fret, then you'll have a hard time bending enough to get that pitch (and risk breaking your string.)

If it is just a fast lick involving the 24th fret then you could probably get away with just picking on the 22nd fret in place of it and not worry about it.

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Jyrgen

Yes. It's a totally normal one step bend.

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Disturbed_EMG

Play a natural harmonic where the 24th fret would normally be. Sounds exactly the same, feels a little weird but it sounds the same.

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paul.a.hanson

You could also fret off your pic up depending on the guitar you have, you may get the same not off of it.

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MetalCommand

As has been mentioned you may sometimes be able do a bend or a natural harmonic to get the same note as the 24th fret. However in a fast run like this, it's not really practical so you're just gonna have play different notes there. Try to come up with some re-arrangement of it to fit your guitar, it'll be a good exercise.

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Junior#1

That should be no problem unless your strings are shit and need to be replaced.

You could also do it with harmonics. I came across this a while ago when I first started. I needed to bend the 24th fret up a whole step but I only had 22 frets so I just played a natural harmonic at the 5th fret and bent it with the tremolo bar.

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That's a few ways.

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Junior#1

^Eklundh FTW!

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fanapathy

Yes this. I just very lightly touch the string at theoretical 24th with pinky and it sounds good. Does the trick if you're just throwing in a couple fast ones. You can't do much like vibrato but just for the note it's great

Spaztikko

Pre bend the 22nd. And dude, whole step bends are nothing. Today I was bending cray on my old strings, and it was so deep and soulful and they didn't break.

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nunchez

Yeah thanks for all this. The natural harmonic at the imaginary 24 fret did help sounds decent.

W4RP1G

This is why I don't mess with less than 24 frets anymore. It's very frustrating, especially when you need to do a sweep with a tap on the 24th fret.

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chuck knuckles

with 22 fret guitar necks, the harmonic rests nicely over the neck pickups sweet spot sometimes, sounds ravishing.

best solution? BUY A NEW GUITAR. Yes kid, it is an option.