mayfly
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Allright! As some of you know, I've been thinking about a larger neck than standard thin for my telecasters. What you don't know ('cause I haven't told you) is that the reason for this is chronic thumb pain. I broke my left thumb skiing a few years ago, and although it healed up fine, now there is constant pain in the joint. This could have started because I'm constantly picking up my young son, or it's because I need a new toy to play with. I'm going with the latter!
Enter the boatneck:
This thing is a really manly-man neck!
I spent last night installing the tuners, dressing the nut, doing a quickie setup, and putting it on my favorite tele. Here's the results:
Well, playing this thing is an experience. The neck is freaking huge - but it feels surprisingly good. I spent the rest of the night soloing and playing songs with lots of barr chords - the pain is greatly diminished. As a side effect the tone has improved. The guitar as a lot more zing to it with harmonics popping out all over the place. It feels really alive. Made me want to play it all night - and so I did!
i plan to play it for a few months to confirm the results, but it's really working for me so far.
Stay tuned folks; there may be some "gently used" standard thin necks available in the future :headbang:
Enter the boatneck:
This thing is a really manly-man neck!
I spent last night installing the tuners, dressing the nut, doing a quickie setup, and putting it on my favorite tele. Here's the results:
Well, playing this thing is an experience. The neck is freaking huge - but it feels surprisingly good. I spent the rest of the night soloing and playing songs with lots of barr chords - the pain is greatly diminished. As a side effect the tone has improved. The guitar as a lot more zing to it with harmonics popping out all over the place. It feels really alive. Made me want to play it all night - and so I did!
i plan to play it for a few months to confirm the results, but it's really working for me so far.
Stay tuned folks; there may be some "gently used" standard thin necks available in the future :headbang: