What is your perfect neck?

[Boogie Bill]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

I like the Gibson 1960 Slim-Taper neck, even the ones that are slightly fuller. 1-11/16" wide.

I like the G&L 1-C neck, 1-5/8" wide, 12" radius, medium jumbo frets. The back profile is much the same as my old 1960 Strat. Fingerboard can be maple, ebony or rosewood...makes no difference to me.

My fav acoustic neck is the Martin Modified Low Profile, 1-11/16". The new 1-3/4" Performace Taper is good, but a little wide for me.

Bill

P.S. ALL of these make the same mistakes when I play!!!

 

[Mincer]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

For me, I love the small Music Man profile and width, as well as the beeswax on the otherwise unfinished neck. I like medium jumbo frets, and ideally have a symmetrical scallop for the whole length of the neck. And 22 frets only, please. For a fingerboard I am not too particular since the neck would be scalloped, but I prefer wood that doesn't have to be finished.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

Ibanez wizard, but I'm not fussy..so anything really.

 

[Ayrton]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

The only neck profile I really DIDN'T like was the old Ibanez Wizard II. The shape is like a flat D and the shoulders just bugged me. Other than that, I really can get along with most profiles. I do like rounded frets and rolled board edges over conventional beveled frets.

 

[Francois]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

A neck that play itself !

I recently found one and was so surprised.

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

I really like the Gibson 60’s slim taper.
22 frets
Rosewood or ebony board.
1 11/16 nut.

 

[Silence Kid]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

Funny, I never noticed how polarizing V profiles are. Most of you seem to either not be able to live with them or not be able to live without them.

The guitar I learned to play was an old Takamine acoustic; thick neck with a deep, soft V - When I picked up *any* other guitar neck I realized how uncomfortable that particular neck was to me.

I think it's because I'm very much a thumb-behind-neck player, and rarely if ever put my thumb over. As a result, the point of the V feels like an unstable place for my thumb to rest, and concentrates the pressure of playing on a single point of my thumb. This was especially terrible when I was learning chords and such because like a lot of learners I would grip the chord too hard- So I can deal with it nowadays if I need to, but it's still MUCH nicer to have a flat, solid platform to rest my thumb.

 

[skyydogg01]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

I thought strat necks were my favorite ... Until I bought my RG6003, now it's the Wizard III. I don't want to play anything else now.

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[Adieu]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

I thought strat necks were my favorite ... Until I bought my RG6003, now it's the Wizard III. I don't want to play anything else now.

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Try a Prestige Wizard or a late 80s original wizard.... much nicer than the Wizard III

 

[skyydogg01]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

Try a Prestige Wizard or a late 80s original wizard.... much nicer than the Wizard III

If I could afford it, I would. I'll stick with my RG in the meantime.

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[Lake Placid Blues]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

San Dimas era Charvel shapes preferred, but standard Warmoth compound radius is okay.
6150 fret size.
No finish or oil finish.
All rosewood /one piece, preferred.
If maple or mahogany neck shaft wood, I prefer the sound of slab thickness rosewood fret boards.
I like the feel of ebony fretboards on maple or mahogany, though.
I'm good with one piece maple if it has an oil finish. I can live with a finished maple neck if need be, though.

On edit: Allow me to add that I like the sound of ebony fretboards as well. It is a clean, very articulate sound. I don't find it too bright. I need guitars with rosewood, or ebony, or maple. A mahogany neck is nice for added warmth but the feel is less preferred. There isn't one perfect neck for every application.

 

[TVFV]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

The Baja neck and the Kotzen neck on his tele have been my favorite. I also like the more traditional necks on Les Pauls.

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[ehdwuld]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

I do like my Wizard II necks on my Ibbys
And the skinny slim 60s C on my Epiphone Florentine
But the best I played was Jerry's Les Paul Signature 335
Slim 60s C with the vintage mystery frets
I could have played that all day

The Wizard II has those super Jumbo Frets that go sharp if your grip is too tight
And I have that problem

But I love rolled edges and flat radius necks

 

[formula73]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

Norlin slim taper.

 

[Sirion]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

* R1 nut size (39.70 mm, 1 9/16"); I really like small necks. I've never been able to get an R1 neck, but I frequently use R1 nuts on R2 necks.
* 12" radius
* Slim but not too slim profile; slight d shape, perhaps
* Dark rosewood fretboard, three-piece maple neck
* Super jumbo frets; previously I would have gone with scalloping, but I think having really tall frets gives me all I need.
* The odd thing is that I, over time, has come to really like a NOS Kramer neck with a thick, hard finish. Previous to this I preferred unfinished necks, but now I am think I would like to go with a hard matte finish.7
* Pinwheel truss rod adjustment

So, a slightly eccentric shred-stick neck, that is about as far away from the typical Ibanez Wizard you can get. Apart from my vehement dislike of those, I don't really care that much, I have found. A lot of neck parameters work well for me.

 

[Sirion]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

For me, I love the small Music Man profile and width, as well as the beeswax on the otherwise unfinished neck. I like medium jumbo frets, and ideally have a symmetrical scallop for the whole length of the neck. And 22 frets only, please. For a fingerboard I am not too particular since the neck would be scalloped, but I prefer wood that doesn't have to be finished.

I have to ask: why specifically 22 only? I know you are a neck pickup user: Do you find that the repositioned neck pickup of a 24 fret neck doesn't work for you?

 

[Mincer]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

I have to ask: why specifically 22 only? I know you are a neck pickup user: Do you find that the repositioned neck pickup of a 24 fret neck doesn't work for you?

There is a certain 'throatiness' (I don't know how to describe it) that is missing in the re-positioned neck pickup with a 24 fret neck (or on an SG). I know I am weird with this, but when the neck pickups are in the wrong place (and has that sound I don't like), it just kills the guitar for me. I was talking to high-end modern luthier Ulrich Teuffel about this, and that I liked the neck pickup to be a certain distance from the bridge, and he knew exactly what I meant, and it drove him crazy, too. So at least there is one more strange person out there.

 

[BriGuy1968]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

There is a certain 'throatiness' (I don't know how to describe it) that is missing in the re-positioned neck pickup with a 24 fret neck (or on an SG). I know I am weird with this, but when the neck pickups are in the wrong place (and has that sound I don't like), it just kills the guitar for me. I was talking to high-end modern luthier Ulrich Teuffel about this, and that I liked the neck pickup to be a certain distance from the bridge, and he knew exactly what I meant, and it drove him crazy, too. So at least there is one more strange person out there.

You’re absolutely correct about the difference in sound between a 22 and 24-fret neck pickup and I can definitely see where you’re coming from. I tend to prefer the 22 for the same reason... but I don’t particularly dislike the 24-fret neck sound either. It’s just different.

 

[Ayrton]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

Neck humbuckers and 24 frets don’t mix well for me either

 

[Blille]

Re: What is your perfect neck?

There is a certain 'throatiness' (I don't know how to describe it) that is missing in the re-positioned neck pickup with a 24 fret neck (or on an SG). I know I am weird with this, but when the neck pickups are in the wrong place (and has that sound I don't like), it just kills the guitar for me. I was talking to high-end modern luthier Ulrich Teuffel about this, and that I liked the neck pickup to be a certain distance from the bridge, and he knew exactly what I meant, and it drove him crazy, too. So at least there is one more strange person out there.

You’re absolutely correct about the difference in sound between a 22 and 24-fret neck pickup and I can definitely see where you’re coming from. I tend to prefer the 22 for the same reason... but I don’t particularly dislike the 24-fret neck sound either. It’s just different.

Same here. Completely agree.