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chunky or slim necks?
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RE: chunky or slim necks? (in reply to Billyboy)
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I sell guitars, and notice that most players want a slim neck, and that´s why they are slim. I personally like a few milimeters fatter and rounder neck, that makes me relax more. The 3 necks I´ve made myself are like that, and interestingly everyone comments that it´s very comfortable, so maybe this slim neck fashion is just because players think slim is better. In the electric guitar scene, it´s always been a discussion. And in periods, the necks have been very slim. I´ve had to Gibson Les Pauls, and the fat neck sounded way better, and was a lot nicer after the first hour of playing. It seems to me that a very slim neck is very nice at first touch, but that you get tired faster and loose the touch. Just my 2 cents
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Date Mar. 20 2004 7:18:36
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RE: chunky or slim necks? (in reply to Billyboy)
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The thing that outbalances a guitar the most is the tuning machines. Especially some of the good ones are very heavy. (Gotoh, Schaller) I´ve never tried Gilbert, but they look like light high quality tuners. 4 mm is a very thin fingerboard, but of course it´ll help the balance. (but not that much). A very easy way to balance the guitar is to put an endblock which is a bit heavyer, but then everyone yells... uuuuuuhhh, a flamenco guitar must not weigh more than x grams. Again the opposite way that you should think. If it´s nice and weighs 1200 grams, its good, and if it weighs 1250 grams and is eaqually nice...... well, then it´s equally good. I sell both high end flamenco and classical guitars, and to be honest, the flamenco guitarists are a lot more stupid on these aspects (sorry) They have so many fixed ideas on how things have to be, that they often forget to listen and feel the instrument. Classical players are obsessed on Cedar/spruce soundboards, but besides that it´s sound, sound and playability
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Date Mar. 20 2004 14:58:50
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