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Having said that, it’s amazing how many players know little about the neck specs they like. As players, we are more interested in the pickups, body colour, wood type etc... start rhyming off neck width, depth at the first and twelfth, where the truss rod gets adjusted and players lose interest fairly quickly.
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I wonder how effective that is - best case the player keeps the guitar until he realises he doesn’t like the neck and flips it on the second hand market, worst case he sends it back and the retailer gets pissed off with a particular model that keeps coming back all the time and stops stocking it.
Either way it can’t be great for the manufacturer in the long run?
Personally I’m just not buying a guitar without knowing these things and them being right for me, which unfortunately removes 90% of guitars on the market.
That is why I like to see the floor traveller if I am interested in a CS Fender. Collings do a good job on their website.
Someone on here pointed me to the Wildwood site as their listings are comprehensive. Mark @guitars4you also lists all the important stuff
Having said that, perhaps the big boys are happy not to bore you with specs. I suppose if you’re looking at an Ibanez then you’re not after a 9.5” radius and a vintage trem bridge... likewise why would you go to fender for a floyd and flat radius?
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Otherwise I agree.
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All my guitars have a different neck specs. I own them all because I sat and played them first and loved them for how they play. I have everything from 7.25 with vintage frets to a 24 fret monster with jumbos.
I am massively confused by this declaration on neck profiles. A lot of people swoon over vintage guitars on here and they have the most variable neck profiles going. But they're all great right because they are old and full of mojo?
Some players insist on a forearm chamfer or at least a heavy radius, then you find out they also play acoustic, or that a scale length "has to be" 24.75", but they also own a bass.
Having strong preferences can be a badge of identity, but the most obsessive player I've ever met when it comes to fret size and radius can, after 30 years of trying, barely limp through the Smoke on the Water riff with one finger.
He's still happy to tell long time pros they're "wrong" though, and should listen to his opinion on it.
Funny old world.
I personally find thick necks with narrow nuts very tiring to play, and any such guitar I’ve had ends up not being played.
I don’t give a toss about vintage guitars and my guess is that the vast majority of people who do are not really very much into playing anyway ( nothing wrong with that - I also do like old guitars as pretty objects but I have better things to do with my money ).
I get it - it’s needed for folks who can’t be arsed to visit a decent guitar shop and try stuff out with an open mind. Everyone is an ‘expert’ these days because they are so well informed thanks to the internet - you can read lots of opinion that combined with YouTube clips creates facts.
Personally speaking - I have everything from 50s baseball bats to 80s thin here. If it’s well set up, it matters not a jott to me. I’m more interested in how an individual instrument sounds, feels and plays rather than getting hung up on a specs table.
Final point - no guitar goes from cnc direct to paint, there is a degree of handwork in creating every neck. Therefore those specs can be notional...
I disclose my preferred neck specs on my website because I want buyers to know what we, as a business, prefer and advise. It gives them a rough idea of what to expect. It also cuts down on the volume of emails I get asking about neck details.
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My point (expressed with a hint of humour and sarcasm missed by the above it seems) is that perhaps if folks actually visited music shops and played different guitars, they’d find that there are guitars out there that may not be on their radar that they like.
Unfortunately the majority of folks appear to be fixated on minutiae and on specs - and because internet wisdom tells them that’s what’s wanted...
But hey... just an observation.
All I would add though, is like @impmann I've had to persevere a few times with necks I really didn't like much, and they've ended up being my favourites.
And yes I know nothing comes straight out of a CNC and specs are nominal - in fact some manufacturers put ‘nominal’ next to the specs which is obviously fine.
Anyway, getting borderline insulted or passive aggressive responses for no good reasons seems standard fare here but is getting on my tits a bit to be honest.