Fantasy guitar?? Strat sounds, LP baseball bat neck...

The Vintera/Vintera II ‘50s models have fat necks.

Most of the other regular production models with their “modern C” profiles are an immediate “no” from me.
 
DrewJD82 said:
He just sold one…..I think that means you have to shit yourself then push it all back up there after.
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EOengineer said:
I thought I just hated fender guitars until discovering Fender 50s necks. All their modern stuff feels like garbage to me because of the thin necks. Even their deep C profile is bleh.
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I like a fat 50s style fender neck and a early 60s C where it starts off slimish but is properly chunky by the time you get to the 12th fret. The problem with the modern C shaped necks for me is the lack of taper, they're slim the whole way down the neck.
 
SillyOctpuss said:
I like a fat 50s style fender neck and an early 60s C where it starts off slimish but is properly chunky by the time you get to the 12th fret. The problem with the modern C shaped necks for me is the lack of taper, they're slim the whole way down the neck.
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I totally get it. My problem is that I love 50s specs but 60s aesthetics. I want a baseball bat neck but with a rosewood fretboard. If I can find an obese 60s neck I do love those too…they are just much harder to find.
 
EOengineer said:
I totally get it. My problem is that I love 50s specs but 60s aesthetics. I want a baseball bat neck but with a rosewood fretboard. If I can find an obese 60s neck I do love those too…they are just much harder to find.
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I'm the same. My tele is based on 60s specs with a huge 50s style 1" C neck from USACG.

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My strat has a USACG 63 strat neck profile which starts at about 22mm and gets up to 25mm (about 1 inch) by the 12th fret.
 
Standard C or U all the way up to the beefier C and U necks for me. It's just the V necks and soft V necks that I can't deal with. The V is where I like to put my thumb and it doesn't feel comfortable.
 
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SillyOctpuss said:
I'm the same. My tele is based on 60s specs with a huge 50s style 1" C neck from USACG.

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My strat has a USACG 63 strat neck profile which starts at about 22mm and gets up to 25mm (about 1 inch) by the 12th fret.
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Man that is a beauty. I totally build the same thing - 60s aesthetics with fat necks. I’ve got like 5 of them. It’s a problem.

I keep thinking about trying the JV 60s modified Tele because it might be perfect for me.
 
I love a fat neck, V shapes are nice too. Modern C is the thinnest for me. Ibanez Wizard necks are weird even though I have one. A 7 string Ibanez was always a bucket list guitar so I hold on to one.
 
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