Dear Ed Cayse,

Good to see you again in my surgery!

I quite agree. It does seem strange, especially to the uninitiated, that there should be an increasing oddness of the frets as one goes up the neck. In fact my studies have revealed that there is a formula at work here which involves the very odd number indeed of 17.817. This has lead me to conclude that access to those odd upper frets should only be allowed to those who have passed a test for playing odd chords such as myself and Mr Fielding (and certainly not Alona Lott who has been ignoring my advice not to look at certain internet sites). Such odd chords include, for example the augmented 7b9 and the "precious", i.e. the augmented 7#9, discussed at length with Clueless Clyde above.

I am currently in negotiation with some of the leading guitar companies and bespoke luthiers to implement a safeguard feature that I have patented to prohibit and prevent access to these odd and potentially dangerous frets.

With my very best regards,

Dr. Guitar