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Post subject: Re: My Only Problem With Stratocasters / Fender Guitars
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:35 pm
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My first electric guitar was a Stratocaster, so really I have little experience with any other electric guitars, but I have always had the same feeling...

A Stratocaster feels like a toy. Let me explain what I mean before I get beat down. I have huge long alien fingers... in my hands a typical Fender neck feels absolutely tiny.

This has been my biggest problem playing electric guitar. Its almost a pain to do chords with my goofy fingers. In some ways it has advantages, but in others, its a pain in the butt.

Any production Fender guitars with huge necks these days? I would really like to see the definition of a big Fender neck.

The only neck I have ever liked was on my ancient Gibson acoustic. It was massive, and I loved it.


Anyone else feel the same?


Telecasters have thicker necks, I've noticed. I once compared a tele with my strat and noticed a huge world of difference on the thickness of the necks. I kind of prefer the thinness of the strat necks though.

Other than that, SG necks are thick and well-rounded out. If that's your bag anyway.

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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:41 pm
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Gibsons have thicker necks, I've noticed. Like I said, you could always try out a SG. The scale length of the guitar is a bit longer, but it's effective.

Also, I noticed the SRV signature has a thicker-than-normal neck. But by the way this sounds, it may not be your thing.


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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 9:57 pm
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you could get a beefy replacement neck from warmoth. one nice thing about fenders are that you can always interchange pieces to make it perfect for your liking


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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:20 pm
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Nevin, I like bigger necks as well. I played a 56 CS Stratocaster that was transparent white with a nice thick maple neck. It was hands down the thickest neck I have seen on a strat, look into these. As far as Gibson's go, you are in the same boat as the strat. Modern neck contours are on the thinner C side of things. I think you are looking for a vintage mid 50's type of feel which is usually only produced by the custom shops from what I have found.
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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:30 pm
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Is it me, or are the necks on the American Deluxe strats a little beefier than most? I love the feel of my AD strat compared to my Plus. Also, I thing the v profile has a slightly bigger feel to it as well.

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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:58 am
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I am exactly the opposite. With my ancestry and upbringing I have the hands of a farmer/field worker. :lol: :lol:

My daughter teases me that my fingers look like sausages. Now... that's just wrong. :lol: :oops:

Anyway... when I look at many of the great guitar players of our time I envy them for having what appears to me as long graceful fingers. They seem to play with such ease.

So maybe we're cursed to be at the two ends of the spectrum. :lol: Good luck with finding a fit. 8)


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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:25 am
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What about some of those big Gibson Jazzers? Or a Ted Nugent style Byrdland.

Failing that, you could always take up the piano..

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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:15 am
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The beefiest necks on any of the Fenders I own are on the Classic Player Baja Tele, Classic Player 60s Strat and a Custom Shop '56 Stratocaster NOS, like the thewood1987 mentioned. I don't have big hands but I love the necks on those three guitars.

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I don't know if they still do it but back in the 60s and 70s Fender made A B and C necks with C beind the widest,if you could find a C neck that may help.As was already stated Gibsons have wider necks,I have seen some Les Paul necks that were so beefy I could Hardly play them.All that being said Jimi Hendrix had abnormaly long fingers and obviously used it to his advantage so maybe you could take a page ot of his book.

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buckethead sig model.

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Buckethead-Signature-Les-Paul.aspx


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The biggest neck I have is my Warmoth Pro T-Style neck with boatneck back contour. It has a 10-16" compound radius. It is the most beautiful neck I've ever seen . . . heavily flamed maple . . . prettier even than my EB Music Man Ball Family Reserve AXIS with its birdseye maple neck.

It is one gorgeous (and large) hunk of wood.


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Check out the SRV and Jeff Beck strats as they have bigger necks. The old Beck model had a baseball bat for a neck, but I think you will find either of these models to your liking. SRV had huge hands and thick ones to boot. Paul Gilbert has super huge hands and yet his necks on his guitars are not thick at all. I have average sized hands on the thick side but favor a neck with meat on it so I know where you are coming from.


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You can get Custom Shop Strats with Nocaster size necks. They are known as No-Necks, and Music Zoo generally have a couple. Huge necks, and huge tone! :)


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Post subject: Re: My Only Problem With Stratocasters / Fender Guitars
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 2:08 pm
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Nevin1985 wrote:
My first electric guitar was a Stratocaster, so really I have little experience with any other electric guitars, but I have always had the same feeling...

A Stratocaster feels like a toy. Let me explain what I mean before I get beat down. I have huge long alien fingers... in my hands a typical Fender neck feels absolutely tiny.

This has been my biggest problem playing electric guitar. Its almost a pain to do chords with my goofy fingers. In some ways it has advantages, but in others, its a pain in the butt.

Any production Fender guitars with huge necks these days? I would really like to see the definition of a big Fender neck.

The only neck I have ever liked was on my ancient Gibson acoustic. It was massive, and I loved it.


Anyone else feel the same?


There are after market necks, U shape or V neck. Plus thicker frets and flatter radiuses.... Might try that route. All else fails, you could buy the Schector Damien Elite 8-String!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=957Xb8k0 ... re=channel

From the looks of it the neck on this guy's '72 Tele Deluxe has a HUGE neck.

Granted, dual humbuckers don't really capture the classic "fender sound", but if a huge neck is what you're after it may just be what you're lookin for


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