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Question: Guitar problems playing on 18th fret!?
I have a Epiphone LP Standard, my 3rd electric as of yet!. A few notes don't play cleanly in and around the 18th fret!. What do I need to adjust!? Www@QuestionHome@Com


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I'm afraid that other guy doesn't know squat about guitars!. What the heck is resonation!?!!!!


If you have problems playing that high up your neck!.(and that's pretty high up) that's a high Bb scale!.!.!.Do you hear any string buzz when you play up that high without an amp!? If you do, your strings are too low!.
Most likely you will have to adjust your bridge height!. I believe that your guitar has a "Tune-O-Matic" bridge!. What you'll need to do is raise the bridge little by little until your strings no longer contact the frets and ring clearly!. If the strings are way too high after you do this and it still happens check your necks curvature and make sure the neck is nice and straight!. If it isn't you'll have to take it in for a truss rod adjustment!.!.

also it could be that since the frets up that high are pretty small, it may that your fingers are a little too big for the size of the fret and your fingers are muting some of the notes!. I sometimes hit a few clunkers up that high myself!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

turn the resonation up!.!. if not , try adjusting the treble!.!.this works for meWww@QuestionHome@Com