Is it me or....

[AdmiralKracken]

Do fatback necks feel like they weigh a ton? I have a Goncalo Alves/ Pau Ferro neck and it's.... well fat.  :icon_biggrin:

 

[Jusatele]

well Phil

I do not like them but others here swear by them.

so

 

[AdmiralKracken]

I like mine. It's nice to have something to grab on to instead of a toothpick neck.

 

[AutoBat]

I ♥ the '59 Roundback profile.  I prefer a heavy guitar, so take that as you will.

 

[DangerousR6]

I like mine. It's nice to have something to grab on to instead of a toothpick neck.

Must be to compensate for shortcomings for something else...... :toothy12:


Thin necks RULE!!!!!

 

[Cagey]

Do fatback necks feel like they weigh a ton? I have a Goncalo Alves/ Pau Ferro neck and it's.... well fat.  :icon_biggrin:

Different species of wood have different densities. I don't have a Goncalo Alves neck yet, but I do have an Ebony over Pau Ferro neck in "standard thin" that's surprisingly heavy, at least to me. More than I expected, anyway.

 

[swarfrat]

I like the idea of a fuller neck profile, but ... I do wonder about getting it in wenge.

 

[whitebison66]

Exotic woods are often heavier than maple or certainly mahogany. I also have an ebony on pau ferro boatneck, and it was paired with a hollow tele body. Much neck dive resulted.

Now the neck is on a solid tele body. It's still heavy, but not as bad as the other one.

 

[TroubledTreble]

A maple fatback is fine weight wise. Even some of the slimmer shapes feel heavy with some exotic woods. I love fatback, it's the only thing that feels natural to me anymore and the tone rules.

 

[DangerousR6]

Bet you boat neck guys would like this shape.... :dontknow:

 

[Strat Avenger]

Standard Thin is as thick as I'd ever wanna go.  I'd actually prefer .780" to .850", but Warmoth doesn't offer that.

 

[JaySwear]

Mine definitely seems weighty, but I haven't compared weight to my standard thin neck. And now that they're both mounted on guitars I don't think I'll be weighing them. Guitar still balances just fine though!

 

[reinhold]

I just built a wenge trapezoidal profile neck and it's the most comfortable neck I've ever held before.  It feels MUCH thinner than it actually is.

 

[DangerousR6]

Pretty cool looking actually... :dontknow:

 

[Miskatonic]

I loved the wizard neck on my Ibanez, unfortunately they don't offer it on the mahogany neck I want. Standard thin still feels pretty decent with my smaller hands. Now I just need to teach my fingers yoga so I can make all those chord shapes.  :sad:

 

[Jusatele]

actually, I prefer standard thin
I do consider myself a rhythm player, quite proud to be part of the rhythm section, when I have 3 fingers gripping a chord and the forth moving adding 9ths or 11ths, or playing a moving line over the chord I do not want a fat neck.
My one guitar with a fat neck I o pull out when I am going solo or the lead player and myself are going do a call and return style song, I find it easier to be fast on thicker necks.

 

[swarfrat]

That's ironic since thick small radius necks are more associated with chording and thinner flatter necks evolved with flashy soloing.

 

[Jusatele]

thats is what works for me. Standard thin works great for working inversions down the neck as I walk off a chord. But then that is me., I also find I can work my pinky or index finger for voicings within the change easier that way. With fatter necks I am forced to crank the hand out infront of the neck more not having the angle to use 1 finger on multiple strings. such as having to fret a string and mute the string above and below it