50s neck on a LP

[Quencho092]

Re: 50s neck on a LP

I find that a thicker neck corrects my fretting hand angle quite a bit because of the filled gap between palm/thumb/neck, and another thing ive realized with guitar is that with patience you can train yourself to play very well on any half decent neck, there are just certain things that are healthier and I believe a fuller neck is one of them.

[PunkKitty]

Re: 50s neck on a LP

I'm partial to chunky necks. The Gibson 50s neck is great. I also like chunky Tele necks. FWIW, I have average to large size hands for a woman.

[GuitarDoc]

Re: 50s neck on a LP

I don't like chunky anything...

Thin neck, thin waist, slender thighs, wide (not chuncky) hips, moderately sized boobs.

Oh, wait...we were talking about guitars?? Sorry, I got distracted.

[Coma]

Re: 50s neck on a LP

+1. That's what Lindy Fralin says. I think you're better off with the thickest neck you can play comfortably. I don't see the obsession with thin necks and low actions. Bunch of girly men!

It's all about middle ground, man. Just as there is too fat, there's also too thin. I can't get along with superchunky necks, but the Ibanez Wizards don't stroke me right either.

EDIT: Actually, I'm curious about something. If anybody other than me (in this thread) has a 50's necked LP, would you pleace measure the thickness and then post it here? I'm wondering just how much play there is when it comes to neck shapes, esp since there seems to be quite a wide span of sizes that somehow qualify as 50's necks over at Gibson.
For empirical reasons, I'd say measure right behind the 12th fret (unless someone has a better idea?).