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Post by LeftyMeister on Jan 28, 2022 13:08:31 GMT -5
I don't recall ever seeing a poll on this topic. Three answers are possible for neck shape, nut width, and fretboard radius.
There are countless combinations for this options but I tried to select the most common. Hopefully, I haven't missed anything.
I could've added options for fret sizes but the list is already long enough.
Edited to add: I'm not sure what I meant by 'Narrow Fretboard Radius'.
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Post by leftrightout on Jan 28, 2022 15:19:03 GMT -5
like a u shaped neck with 10in board my two favourite guitars have this but saying that i can handle a traditional c shaped neck.
a sharp v not so much but i can play it
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 28, 2022 16:16:38 GMT -5
On guitar: the Gibby '59 rounded. I like chunk and a wide nut on guitars but don't play them as much as I used to.
On bass: Guild Starfire. It's narrow but not thin. 1-1/2" nut, 17mm string spacing at the bridge saddles, 12" FB radius. I put up the neck on my Reverend Dub King (1-5/8" nut, 19mm string spacing at the bridge saddles, 12" FB radius) because I like the way it sounds, but the Guild (which also sounds great, if in a different way) feels more comfortable and is less prone to causing me arthritis pain.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jan 28, 2022 17:39:22 GMT -5
I went with Vee shape although my specific preference is the Allparts representation. 1 & 5/8 nut and rounded fretboard. It's not as substantial as the Warmoth Boatneck and not quite as vee'd.
I really can handled most neck profiles and really only dislike super skinny necks like the one on my Epi ES-335 Pro. |
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Post by cedarchoper58 on Jan 28, 2022 17:54:26 GMT -5
not sure where mine fits in but my 62 has the best neck i have ever played its pretty thin
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Post by LTB on Jan 29, 2022 1:55:56 GMT -5
not sure where mine fits in but my 62 has the best neck i have ever played its pretty thin Bass: Jazz 1.5” width with narrow front to back, radius not as big a deal as guitar. Guitar: 1 3/4” nut width narrow front to back and 9.5 radius |
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Post by reverendrob on Jan 29, 2022 3:16:46 GMT -5
My favorite is the extra-wide, flat Gibson HP neck profile (the one with extra string spacing on either side of the E strings but maintaining normal distance between).
If I'd known that COULD be a thing, I'd have had something custom done decades ago!
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Jan 29, 2022 10:43:31 GMT -5
A taper of around .820"-.870" at the 1st fret, to .940-.990" at the 12th fret. Most people would recognize this as a "full" feeling, but not chunky, like a lot of '59 necks or mid '60s Strats. I like round, if there is extra roundness or a V shape I like it mostly towards the nut and to slowly taper away. I don't mind some flatness in the upper fret area, but I don't like flat all the way up and down.
(As a reference, nominal thickness of a Fender neck at the heel is 1".... so, boatnecks that seem to be that thickness all the way down are usually 1")
I like 1 11/16" and 1 3/4", depending on what kind of guitar we're talking about. I don't mind the 1.65" (modern Fender) but if I could get one in 1 11/16" instead I'd take it any day of the week.
Experience tells me that hard shoulders are the most common thing for people to find a neck uncomfortable, even call a neck too big even if it isn't all that chunky.
Extra meat as it tapers up seems to be what helps the most with tone and stability, and also the easiest way to keep mass on the neck without it being uncomfortable. This is because we usually intuitively roll our thumbs down the back of the neck when we pull our hands up closer to the guitar, and can handle a lot more meat in our hands, even for those with very small digits.
(I've spent too much time thinking about this.)
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Post by DrKev on Jan 29, 2022 12:01:39 GMT -5
Modern C, Vintage Fender nut width (1 5/8"), 9.5" or 10" radius.
My two current guitars are 0.8" at the 1st fret and 0.9" at 12th. My MIJ 62RI strat is thicker than those.
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Post by samspade on Jan 29, 2022 12:02:39 GMT -5
I like trad C, baseball bat on strat like 50's or early beck strats and U on tele. Compound I see as an addition. I like 9.5 to 12/15, or a straight 12 like on EJ's or some of the recent parallel universes. Neck feel is the main thing for me, above body wood, pickups, etc
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Post by LeftyMeister on Jan 31, 2022 9:48:25 GMT -5
It's no surprise the responses so far are as diverse as our playing styles and sizes of our hands.
Of my 7 electrics, my favorite neck is probably my Ibanez Artcore ASFM93. I'm not sure if it's quite a boatneck; maybe a deep C. It has a 12" radius, medium frets, and 1.692" (1-11/16+, 43mm) nut width. This neck just feels right in my hands.
As others have said, our hands can adapt quickly to a variety of necks. I can go from the Ibanez to my Carvin Bolt with basically a shredder neck and not have to think much about it. But I've had the Carvin for 25 years, so I've developed muscle memory for it.
My Tele build with the Warmoth compound radius neck took a while for me to feel comfortable with it. But I like it now because it has its own personality.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jan 31, 2022 10:06:24 GMT -5
I find the Warmoth compound radius kinda curious. I have 2, one I just benched. The Gibson scale one with 1 11/16 nut width, 59 back profile and 6150 frets I really like. The custom ordered Strat neck with that profile that is now in a box, not so much. It may be that I mixed too many variables. 1 5/8 nut width, boatneck, 6105 frets. To me on that neck the upper frets with the flatter radius feel unnatural, almost concave. I suspect the deep boatneck profile and narrow nut width have a lot to do with that.
I had a Carvin TL60T for a while (LM, I recall you had the same one, even same finish just all backwerdz, lol) that to me had an abysmal neck profile. To me it felt like " [ ". I hated those shoulders.
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Post by Leftee on Jan 31, 2022 10:20:21 GMT -5
I find the Warmoth compound radius kinda curious. I have 2, one I just benched. The Gibson scale one with 1 11/16 nut width, 59 back profile and 6150 frets I really like. The custom ordered Strat neck with that profile that is now in a box, not so much. It may be that I mixed too many variables. 1 5/8 nut width, boatneck, 6105 frets. To me on that neck the upper frets with the flatter radius feel unnatural, almost concave. I suspect the deep boatneck profile and narrow nut width have a lot to do with that. I had a Carvin TL60T for a while (LM, I recall you had the same one, even same finish just all backwerdz, lol) that to me had an abysmal neck profile. To me it felt like " [ ". I hated those shoulders. You could sand some of the “V” out of that Strat neck. |
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Jan 31, 2022 10:41:59 GMT -5
You could sand some of the “V” out of that Strat neck. I actually did, but probably not enough. |
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Post by Leftee on Jan 31, 2022 10:56:42 GMT -5
My default neck is the Warmoth boatneck, 1 11/16”, compound radius and 6150 frets.
Sometimes I like the above but with a straight 12.5” radius.
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Post by Larry Madsen on Jan 31, 2022 11:07:44 GMT -5
I'm not certain I know what my favorite is. I can tell you what I order from Warmoth for the builds I do ... and I like it fine.
Standard Thin, 1 11/16" nut, 10/16 compound radius. If it's custom spec neck, no fret board markers.
I know I'd like to try a wide neck sometime.
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Post by LeftyMeister on Jan 31, 2022 11:22:32 GMT -5
I had a Carvin TL60T for a while (LM, I recall you had the same one, even same finish just all backwerdz, lol) that to me had an abysmal neck profile. To me it felt like " [ ". I hated those shoulders. Yep! It's one of the reasons I unloaded mine along with the 10 lbs of poly coating. It was beautiful but the feel was dead with no resonance. The good news is I sold it for more than I paid for it.  |
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Post by rdr on Jan 31, 2022 17:22:20 GMT -5
Not too thick or thin. My fav was a Lite Ash strat (which was NOT lite) with a pronounced V shape. Should have kept it.
My Baja Tele is advertised as having a V neck. Not even close
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