Best guitar with thick neck.
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Coma
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Les Pauls with 50's necks are your friends. A used studio with 50's neck can be found fairly cheap these days, and you'll probably have a nicer guitar than any Epiphone.
If you can find an old heartfield Elan II, they have quite chunky necks and the same wood configuration as a Les Paul, as well as a shorter scale length (though not as short as a LP).
Les Pauls with 50's necks are your friends. A used studio with 50's neck can be found fairly cheap these days, and you'll probably have a nicer guitar than any Epiphone.
If you can find an old heartfield Elan II, they have quite chunky necks and the same wood configuration as a Les Paul, as well as a shorter scale length (though not as short as a LP).
Laughing Kookaburra
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I have a new LP Studio 50s Trib, and true to 50s necks, it is fat. Comes with a fairly hot passive A5 pup in the bridge.
The SG-X, a single pup guitar, which I used to own, has a very fat neck also. Bridge pup is a hot passive ceramic 500T. I ended up putting in a neck pup, a Jazz (worked well) before foolishly selling it. You would need to find that used, as they are not made anymore.
I also like fat necks, and both fit the bill nicely, as well as being decent players overall! Good luck!
I have a new LP Studio 50s Trib, and true to 50s necks, it is fat. Comes with a fairly hot passive A5 pup in the bridge.
The SG-X, a single pup guitar, which I used to own, has a very fat neck also. Bridge pup is a hot passive ceramic 500T. I ended up putting in a neck pup, a Jazz (worked well) before foolishly selling it. You would need to find that used, as they are not made anymore.
I also like fat necks, and both fit the bill nicely, as well as being decent players overall! Good luck!
Wildkat
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Check out Wylde Audio Guitars(Zakk Wylde's brand). The LP styled Odin has a super chunky neck, ebony board, Korean, jumbo frets (only 22), and an EMG 81 and 85 set. I've played one and a couple times and it's quite excellent feeling, almost certainly due do the satin finish neck. The Epiphone doesn't have a satin neck. It might be a little out of your price range, but i highly recommend considering one.
Check out Wylde Audio Guitars(Zakk Wylde's brand). The LP styled Odin has a super chunky neck, ebony board, Korean, jumbo frets (only 22), and an EMG 81 and 85 set. I've played one and a couple times and it's quite excellent feeling, almost certainly due do the satin finish neck. The Epiphone doesn't have a satin neck. It might be a little out of your price range, but i highly recommend considering one.
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bloomfieldriffs
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I've got an old Korean Epi LP std and it is as good as any Gibson L.P. Studio I have played. Phat Cat neck and Custom Trembucker bridge pups might have be a factor.
I've got an old Korean Epi LP std and it is as good as any Gibson L.P. Studio I have played. Phat Cat neck and Custom Trembucker bridge pups might have be a factor.
regan
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Obviously everything is subjective & down to opinion,I drew my conclusion when I sanded down my epi (custom shop fwiw) to refinish it & discovered a 3 piece neck opposed to a Gibson's 1 piece, the back consisted of at least 3 pieces (mahogany I'm guessing but could be alder) & a veneered cap made up of how many pieces of who knows what? & the finish was applied thickly & poorly. Maybe the older Koreans are comparable to quality to japanese guitars, I wouldn't doubt it however modern epi's just aren't
I'm not saying epi's are poor guitars by any stretch for the money they're superb, but as bare bones guitars (Neck/body/fretwork etc) they're not even close to a Gibson.
If you load an epi with top of the line hardware will it outperform a studio? I'd say possibly to quite likely, but if you put the same hardware into a studio IMO that would be the superior guitar.
Don't get me wrong I'll be dropping some quality pups, nut & tuners on my epi when it's resprayed but I'm very pessimistic it'll retire my gibson.
Obviously everything is subjective & down to opinion,I drew my conclusion when I sanded down my epi (custom shop fwiw) to refinish it & discovered a 3 piece neck opposed to a Gibson's 1 piece, the back consisted of at least 3 pieces (mahogany I'm guessing but could be alder) & a veneered cap made up of how many pieces of who knows what? & the finish was applied thickly & poorly. Maybe the older Koreans are comparable to quality to japanese guitars, I wouldn't doubt it however modern epi's just aren't
I'm not saying epi's are poor guitars by any stretch for the money they're superb, but as bare bones guitars (Neck/body/fretwork etc) they're not even close to a Gibson.
If you load an epi with top of the line hardware will it outperform a studio? I'd say possibly to quite likely, but if you put the same hardware into a studio IMO that would be the superior guitar.
Don't get me wrong I'll be dropping some quality pups, nut & tuners on my epi when it's resprayed but I'm very pessimistic it'll retire my gibson.
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bloomfieldriffs
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You are correct. My Epi with the exceptional Duncan pups sounds better than a Gibson L.P. Studio with stock pups but up against my studio with Fluence Classics it doesn't do nearly as well. The Gibson L.P.Studio is definitely a better guitar but the MIK Epi L.P. Standard is a very good guitar. I think much better than most people realize.
You are correct. My Epi with the exceptional Duncan pups sounds better than a Gibson L.P. Studio with stock pups but up against my studio with Fluence Classics it doesn't do nearly as well. The Gibson L.P.Studio is definitely a better guitar but the MIK Epi L.P. Standard is a very good guitar. I think much better than most people realize.
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