today i found out that the neck on my main guitar

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justinhedrick

June 09, 2011, 03:25:24 PM
is an inch and 7/8ths at the nut . . . jeez that's huge.

The Shocker

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June 09, 2011, 06:01:21 PM
I would like it.  What guitar is that?

inductorguitars

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June 09, 2011, 10:47:01 PM
Quote from: justinhedrick on June 09, 2011, 03:25:24 PM
is an inch and 7/8ths at the nut . . . jeez that's huge.



If you think that is huge you need a new girlfriend.

in before any dick jokes

VOLVO)))

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June 09, 2011, 11:47:16 PM
you know what they say about big necks, right?
"I like a dolphin who gets down on a first date."  - Don G


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justinhedrick

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June 10, 2011, 09:17:04 AM
Quote from: SunnO))) on June 09, 2011, 11:47:16 PM
you know what they say about big necks, right?

they're hard to wrap yr hands around??

it is a dean boca 12 sting that i've had converted to a 9. it sounds cool, but it is a damn workout! i wanted to get a new neck for it, but my guitar guy said that the pocket is way too deep to accomidate a different neck.

MikeyT

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June 10, 2011, 09:29:58 AM
I like 1" 9/16 (some of the 60's guitars) or 1"10/16 (1"5/8, Agile has those).
'Seven doctors couldn't help my head,
They said, "You better quit, son, before you're dead".'

justinhedrick

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June 10, 2011, 09:42:44 AM
Quote from: MikeyT on June 10, 2011, 09:29:58 AM
I like 1" 9/16 (some of the 60's guitars) or 1"10/16 (1"5/8, Agile has those).

yeah, but we are talking a 1/4 of an inch bigger than a 1" 5/8s!

Metal and Beer

#7
June 10, 2011, 07:25:01 PM
"Always measure yer wood from behind the nuts!" joke here
"Would it kill you fellas to play some Foghat?"

MikeyT

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June 10, 2011, 09:37:06 PM
Quote from: justinhedrick on June 10, 2011, 09:42:44 AM
Quote from: MikeyT on June 10, 2011, 09:29:58 AM
I like 1" 9/16 (some of the 60's guitars) or 1"10/16 (1"5/8, Agile has those).

yeah, but we are talking a 1/4 of an inch bigger than a 1" 5/8s!


   I know. That's 1" 14/16 - Gibson necks are usually 1" 11/16 wide, sometimes 1" 12/16. 1" 14/16 is really wide, in my book.
I can play the wider necks, but the smaller necks afford me greater opportunity. My hands aren't tiny, but they're not all that big, either.

   Read an interview with Ritchie Blackmore (way back), and he was talking about how he went to the Fender factory or warehouse or whatever & they let him look at a bunch of Strats. He wanted the smallest necks they had. And Ritchie's hands are pretty good size.
'Seven doctors couldn't help my head,
They said, "You better quit, son, before you're dead".'

VOLVO)))

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June 10, 2011, 11:11:00 PM Last Edit: June 11, 2011, 12:47:43 AM by SunnO)))
Do we not reduce fractions in the Jam Room?


EDIT: Excuse the snark, shitty night.
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CHUB CUB 4 LYFE.

MikeyT

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June 11, 2011, 10:44:07 AM Last Edit: June 11, 2011, 10:45:45 AM by MikeyT
1" 11/16 doesn't reduce very well, and I've heard there were some necks made in the 60's (by the "big names") which were closer to 1" 9/16, so there's another one (another measurement which isn't conveniently reduced).

By using 1" 10/16 (instead of 1" 5/8) and 1" 12/16 (instead of 1" 3/4 or 1" 6/8), it was easier to compare the various widths, and see the degrees of difference, imo.
'Seven doctors couldn't help my head,
They said, "You better quit, son, before you're dead".'

VOLVO)))

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June 11, 2011, 11:08:49 AM
I was just sayin', sugarbear :D
"I like a dolphin who gets down on a first date."  - Don G


CHUB CUB 4 LYFE.

Ayek

#12
June 11, 2011, 10:59:03 PM
Y'know what even easier? Metric measurements.
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