AdamBrad
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or Epiphany/Dilemma
Looking for some advice from the well of knowledge (and trolls) that is the SDUGF.
Since my guitar teacher was pretty much an Ibanez endorsee, and the vast majority of his guitars were Ibanez, they were my first exposure to high-quality guitars. And after liking my first Ibanez a lot, all of my guitars since then (minus one Dean) have been Ibanez RGs, and I love the looks feel and the playability of the wizard neck.
Now, a conundrum presented itself about a year ago when I moved to China for a year as part of my university degree. Realising it wasn't cost-effective to bring one of my guitars with me, I bought a entry-level Squier telecaster while I was out there (a California series, something only made for Asian domestic markets, so info is scarce). What confused me was that the neck surprisingly comfortable for such a cheap guitar, possibly as much or more than my Prestige Ibanezes (though I have not been able to play them side by side). The problem being that the Ibanezes are great for shred, but my hand tends to cramp up during long chord sequences.
I then realised that maybe I've been buying the wrong guitar for most of my (guitar-playing life). I have small hands, and in particular short fingers in comparison to my palms, and therefore rounder, narrower necks with smaller radii could well be more comfortable than super-thin, super-wide Ibanezes.
Obviously the thing to do is buy one and live with it for a while, but I was wondering if anyone has had similar experiences and could enlighten me a bit? Anyone with smaller hands have particular favourite neck styles?
Since I play almost exclusively metal and rock, I've been looking at the 'heavier' teles (Jim Root Signature, the tele-gib mahogany humbucker job Fender offers etc.), although any tele can have a hot rails in the bridge :firedevil . I've also looked into Musicman Axis/Peavey Wolfgang/EVH Wolfgang etc., but I don't really want a floyd since I'll be downtuning and changing tunings, and USA Musicmans are heart-attack expensive for a student, even when second-hand. Any advice on what to look at?
Basically: please help! :nervous:
Looking for some advice from the well of knowledge (and trolls) that is the SDUGF.
Since my guitar teacher was pretty much an Ibanez endorsee, and the vast majority of his guitars were Ibanez, they were my first exposure to high-quality guitars. And after liking my first Ibanez a lot, all of my guitars since then (minus one Dean) have been Ibanez RGs, and I love the looks feel and the playability of the wizard neck.
Now, a conundrum presented itself about a year ago when I moved to China for a year as part of my university degree. Realising it wasn't cost-effective to bring one of my guitars with me, I bought a entry-level Squier telecaster while I was out there (a California series, something only made for Asian domestic markets, so info is scarce). What confused me was that the neck surprisingly comfortable for such a cheap guitar, possibly as much or more than my Prestige Ibanezes (though I have not been able to play them side by side). The problem being that the Ibanezes are great for shred, but my hand tends to cramp up during long chord sequences.
I then realised that maybe I've been buying the wrong guitar for most of my (guitar-playing life). I have small hands, and in particular short fingers in comparison to my palms, and therefore rounder, narrower necks with smaller radii could well be more comfortable than super-thin, super-wide Ibanezes.
Obviously the thing to do is buy one and live with it for a while, but I was wondering if anyone has had similar experiences and could enlighten me a bit? Anyone with smaller hands have particular favourite neck styles?
Since I play almost exclusively metal and rock, I've been looking at the 'heavier' teles (Jim Root Signature, the tele-gib mahogany humbucker job Fender offers etc.), although any tele can have a hot rails in the bridge :firedevil . I've also looked into Musicman Axis/Peavey Wolfgang/EVH Wolfgang etc., but I don't really want a floyd since I'll be downtuning and changing tunings, and USA Musicmans are heart-attack expensive for a student, even when second-hand. Any advice on what to look at?
Basically: please help! :nervous:
