[quote name='noelk27' post='496671' date='May 24 2009, 04:41 PM']You’ve got no chance of convincing Lakland to accommodate your wish. To do so, the body of the bass would have to be redesigned - as a minimum, depth of the neck pocket to facilitate fitting a 24-fret neck while maintaining a 34" scale length.
But my question would be, how much time do you actually spend above the 20th fret on the G string? Unless a substantial amount of your playing is on this region of the touchboard, is your requirement for a 24-fret neck a necessary one? The notes available to you on the 21st to 24th frets on the E, A and D string are all available to you elsewhere on the touchboard. Opting for a 20-fret neck on a bass you have identified as being perfect for you as opposed to a 24-fret neck on a bass that isn't seems almost perverse. If I were you, I’d give serious consideration to what my actual playing requirements were.[/quote]
I use the high frets often when playing melodies and tapping and there are tunes that i play with my band that could not be played without them.
Maybe if i was REALLY nice to them....lol