necks on the EB Axis / other variants on the EVH thingamajig

mburekenge

My quest for a shreddy guitar for a person that doesn't like shreddy guitars continues.

How is the neck profile on these types of guitars? 

are they weirdly skinny?

Winny_Pooh

They are skinny. But as the width is narrow they are not uncomfortable like the wide/thin neck profiles. 
It feels more like a scaled down Fender neck.

mburekenge

cheers @Winny_Pooh ;

TTBZ

Not sure if the Axis is the same but I found the Luke 3 I played a while back really effortless to play. It felt tiny but not uncomfortable, I'm used to a Gibson rounded 50s profile and it didnt make my hand cramp up like a lot of thinner necks do. Must be because it's narrower too as @Winny_Pooh pointed out. Great guitars anyway.

guitars4you

I'm like you @mburekenge - I don't like the regular shred based necks - But I do like the EB Axis - still based on the original M/Man EVH - slimmer nut width but a round deep C, almost D profile  gives it comfortable depth - Almost a unique profile - The other key issue is the played in feel with no lacquer, just a gun stock oil/wax finish that feels silky smooth - When I say slimmer nut width it is more around the Fender nut width, so around 1 5/8" ( don't have exact dimensions to hand but that ball park)

To me they are less of a stereotype shred machine

Funkfingers

mburekenge said:

How is the neck profile on these types of guitars? 

The Axis neck profile is asymmetric. Its deepest point is under the D string. The feel is chunky like a vintage Telecaster on the bass side and slimmer on the treble side.

How "weirdly skinny" this makes it is subjective. I find the Axis profile no less speedy than a Charvel San Dimas.

mburekenge said:

My quest for a shreddy guitar for a person that doesn't like shreddy guitars continues.

Define shreddy guitar. Somewhere out there on t'Interwebz, there must be video of Alex Lifeson, widdling away on a Gibson Howard Roberts Fusion.

DrBob

I’ve got an Axis and have played the Peavey Wolfgang. It’s the narrow nut rather than the neck depth that I find to be the issue with my banana like fingers. I actually thought the Peavey felt slightly wider and (for me anyway) more comfortable 

sweepy

Try the Petrucci models if you want a shred machine with a comfy neck

not_the_dj

I have a Fender made EVH Wolfgang (see page 2 of the rate my guitar thread), and whilst it's width is narrow it's certainly not super skinny, certainly nothing like my Ibanez JEM.