That90'sGuy
DyzaBoyzologist
This irritates me to no end. Fat necks these days are a rarity. What gives? Not everybody has small kids hands and it's bull that the market is full of these "fast", "sleek" and "comfort" necks everywhere (insert buzzwords of your choice).
If I want a Fender Telecaster with a rosewood fretboard and a fat neck I'm out of luck. If I want a MIA Fender with a fat neck I need to spring for a G.E. Smith sig. model (with the funky inlays) or a Nocaster. The American Standard series is the "comfort C" which is thin as **** and the '62 AVRI is even thinner. When I went shopping for a new Fender Strat a few years ago, I ended up having to buy a '56 RI Custom Shop Strat just to get a soft V profile that's a medium large profile. Other than the '54 and '56 Strats everything else (for the most part, anyhow) is much smaller. FENDER YOU HAVE EIGHTHUNDREDMILLION DIFFERENT VARIATIONS ON STRATS AND TELES AND YOU STILL MISS OUT ON SALES BY NOT OFFERING MORE MODELS WITH FAT NECKS. Isn't it sad out of all the models they have that if you want a rosewood fretboard, maple neck and a U carve or fat C carve it's impossible to get unless you specialty order stuff from a separate neck mfg. or pay 10x as much from the custom shop?
Take a look at Gibson. Most of the semi/hollowbodies out there are 60's slim taper profile. Les Paul Special DCs? 60's. Most SGs? 60's. They're on Explorers, Firebirds, etc. and the slim taper profile in general dominates the market. I had an Explorer that was amazing sounding, but that neck did me in, I had to sell it. That was just another reason to sell my SG Custom or my 2 CS LP Special DCs.
Other manufacturers are just as bad. G&L for instance. They insist on narrow f'n 1 5/8'' garbage necks with their "standard C" profiles. They do make other profiles, but good luck finding them as 99% of their production line is this mass produced small sh1te. Hagstrom? Narrow and small. Rickenbacker? Yup... polarizing neck profiles (in general). The Dean Chafin Del Sol I had was a more moderate sized neck. Hamer's generally run on the smaller side (at least the Specials I've owned). Same thing with the Don Grosh stuff I've owned. You just can't escape it. I can't possibly be the only one who feels this way, am I?
If I want a Fender Telecaster with a rosewood fretboard and a fat neck I'm out of luck. If I want a MIA Fender with a fat neck I need to spring for a G.E. Smith sig. model (with the funky inlays) or a Nocaster. The American Standard series is the "comfort C" which is thin as **** and the '62 AVRI is even thinner. When I went shopping for a new Fender Strat a few years ago, I ended up having to buy a '56 RI Custom Shop Strat just to get a soft V profile that's a medium large profile. Other than the '54 and '56 Strats everything else (for the most part, anyhow) is much smaller. FENDER YOU HAVE EIGHTHUNDREDMILLION DIFFERENT VARIATIONS ON STRATS AND TELES AND YOU STILL MISS OUT ON SALES BY NOT OFFERING MORE MODELS WITH FAT NECKS. Isn't it sad out of all the models they have that if you want a rosewood fretboard, maple neck and a U carve or fat C carve it's impossible to get unless you specialty order stuff from a separate neck mfg. or pay 10x as much from the custom shop?
Take a look at Gibson. Most of the semi/hollowbodies out there are 60's slim taper profile. Les Paul Special DCs? 60's. Most SGs? 60's. They're on Explorers, Firebirds, etc. and the slim taper profile in general dominates the market. I had an Explorer that was amazing sounding, but that neck did me in, I had to sell it. That was just another reason to sell my SG Custom or my 2 CS LP Special DCs.
Other manufacturers are just as bad. G&L for instance. They insist on narrow f'n 1 5/8'' garbage necks with their "standard C" profiles. They do make other profiles, but good luck finding them as 99% of their production line is this mass produced small sh1te. Hagstrom? Narrow and small. Rickenbacker? Yup... polarizing neck profiles (in general). The Dean Chafin Del Sol I had was a more moderate sized neck. Hamer's generally run on the smaller side (at least the Specials I've owned). Same thing with the Don Grosh stuff I've owned. You just can't escape it. I can't possibly be the only one who feels this way, am I?
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