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Anyone else hate flat neck profiles?
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yourwhathurts69
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Joined: Sep. 16 2009
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Anyone else hate flat neck profiles?
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After years of trying to learn flamenco guitar, I still can't figure out why neck profiles are flat instead of round. Pretty much the majority of every other stringed instrument I've encountered has had a round profile - electric/acoustic guitars, basses, violins, etc.... And not to confuse the issue with the fingerboard radius, I'm referring only to the shape of the back of the neck. Can anyone explain to me why the neck profile of nylon string guitars are flat?!? I can't figure it out. I've heard the round shape gets in the way, but I feel the opposite. I think the shoulders of a flat neck get in the way. Of all the difficulties of trying to learn flamenco music, by far the worst for me is trying to figure out why the neck is flat. So, am I the only flat-neck hater out there? Does anyone else feel the same as me, and if so, why do luthiers continue to build guitars with flat neck profiles? What benefit does a flat neck have over a round neck? Please folks, let me know I'm not the only weirdo out there.
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