Daniel Sorbera Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 I was just wondering what people like as there neck carve. Personally I like the skinniest C I can get. Like even smaller than a wizzard. Basicly as much wood as I dare to take off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 I love the feel of the "boat neck" on my 77 strat. That is THE neck profile as far as I'm concerned. One of these days, I'll get a copy carver set up and duplicate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Someware inbetween a super skinny c and v, its not quite either of thoes, but i like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 "Gimme a C! A bouncy C!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 super skinny C here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 Medium-sized V is my fave, though none of my own guitars have one. I'll probably try to do a V of some sort on my project. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 I like thick necks. Every jazz box I ever liked had a fat neck, normally a fat C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrentis Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 I voted other, I like and am doing on a project neck a fat V, I like fat necks and the v shape, so thats my vote. I'm still unsure of the mm's in thickness at the first fret but it definately won't feel skinny, and probably not medium either. Later. Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerb Posted August 7, 2005 Report Share Posted August 7, 2005 I like my necks extra chunky. Think baseball bat neck... yah, that's what I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggardguy Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Pretty thin,flat and wide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 If SPEED is what you're after, then thin is in. If TONE is what you're after, then fat is fab. Vai may have the speed on that skinny little Ibanez neck, but Jeff Beck has the killa tone with those old baseball bat necks on his Strats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3Va1L Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 My acoustic has the best neck i ever seen... a fat V shape in tung oil... feels simply great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobot Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 out of those, I'll choose fat C http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/necks/necks....n=back_profiles out of those, it would be '59 roundback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirapop Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 "Gimme a C! A bouncy C!" ← Martin Short on SNL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 i like them as thin as it can get before it will buckle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 If SPEED is what you're after, then thin is in. If TONE is what you're after, then fat is fab. Vai may have the speed on that skinny little Ibanez neck, but Jeff Beck has the killa tone with those old baseball bat necks on his Strats. ← I always HATE when people say this. I like big honkin fat necks. I have fairly big hands and wrist problems. Thin necks literally HURT to play for long periods of time. But even not counting that I could always play faster with fat necks than with thin necks simply because they were more comfy. Thin != Fast You'll play fastest on the neck that best fits your hand, not the one that's smallest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 big fat back with one side slightly shaved. I like to let my hand sit on edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 Yeah, skinny necks and speed have diddly to do with each other, far as I'm concerned. To each his own, of course, bit thin necks tend to make my hand cramp up rather badly, and they're simply not that comfy to play on. I have medium-large hands, and that's kind of the neck I like, too. Fairly thick, but one that doesn't feel massive. I do an aysmmetrical carve, a la SRV/Van Halen (see Warmoth's contours page for pics), with smooth, rounded fingerboard/neck shaft transitions (ie, the fingerboard isn't squared, its part of the neck carve), a flatter, more 'V' shaped shoulder on the treble side (because I play thumb over), moving the apex of the curve slightly towards the bass side of the neck, which has a more 'rounded' shape. It's fairly subtle, but with neck carves, even removing a tiny amount more wood can make the difference between an OK feeling neck and a great neck. This pic might help a little, or it might not. One of the strat/tele project necks after I'd finished the first round of carving. Still needed some refining, but you can see the slight asymmetry: http://www.xs4all.nl/~mvalente/guitarpics4/stratele78.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 Gee...I guess I was totally wrong as usual, GEdward. I guess Ibanez, ESP, and Jackson are going to be filing for Chapter 11 because nobody's buying their skinny-necked instruments? Damn. It's going to be sad to see them go. In other news, I heard Warmoth and USACG are going to stop offering the Wizard neck profiles because they're totally useless and no one is buying them anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 Gee...I guess I was totally wrong as usual, GEdward. I guess Ibanez, ESP, and Jackson are going to be filing for Chapter 11 because nobody's buying their skinny-necked instruments? Damn. It's going to be sad to see them go. In other news, I heard Warmoth and USACG are going to stop offering the Wizard neck profiles because they're totally useless and no one is buying them anyway. ← gedward is right.it all depends on your hand economics as to what is fastest for you personally.i have the same problem with the wizard necks...the wizard II is about right for me. my kxk has an interesting neck...it is a flat bottom about 1" wide,and rounded up from there.very,very comfy.my esp lynch baritone has a neck at the same thickness,but rounded..they both fit my hand perfectly...no strain on my thumb at all.my hand just kind of sits there perfectly. i think the skinny necks are so popular because of good marketing and also because alot of people just have small hands,or they did when they started playing and just never switched to a bigger neck. but it only makes sense...bigger hands need a bigger neck. tone is subjective too.i like the tone of a fat mahogany neck...but if it is maple,the medium thin ones sound best to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 True, my hands were a little smaller when I started playing. When I got the LP a few months ago, I wasn't very comfortable playing on the '50s necks after having learned on a Strat for so many years. So I got a Classic with the '60s profile because it was a little thinner and felt better. BTW, GEdward, I wasn't trying to flame you in my last post--hope you didn't take it that way. I just reread it and wanted to clear that up just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 i have a les paul with a 60s contoured neck...it is very comfy and is very similar in size to my esp and my kxk...i would not call it skinny...i think of it as a medium size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 Well, there has to be SOMETHING said for "fast" necks and their relative size / shape. Hagstrom is known for building "the fastest neck in the world" which was accomplished by using an H shape "expander stretcher" truss rod. I don't think you could make a stable neck of that size using conventional truss rod systems. I've never known a slimmer neck, width AND depth-wise. 3/4" deep (including FB) at the 12th fret, 1-5/8" across the nut, 2-1/16" across at the 22nd fret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 it's mostly just a sales pitch,near as i can tell.i certainly don't find my wizard necked japanese sabre to play any "faster" than my other,slightly thicker necks...it just makes my wrist hurt from the unnatural thumb position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted August 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 From what I've seen the fingerboard, frets, and action make much more diffrence than the neck carve for "fastness". The neck carve should make your hand still comfterable after playing for hours on end. A flatter fingerboard with low wide frets and a nice low action will get you about the fastest feeling neck you've ever played on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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