TheDrizzle
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I'm in the last stages of planning a Carved top Tele build. During a 'research trip' to the local Guitar Center with a friend of mine (who will be my luthier), I mentioned how much I liked playing the regular Tele's vs. my Epiphone LP, that it was just easier to play the high frets for some reason.
He showed me that the Epi LPs with the carved tops have a pretty significant neck angle, which the flat top Tele didn't, and that was the reason I was finding it so much easier to play on the flat-topped Tele in the shop.
So my question to all of you is - is the angle of the neck due to it being on a carved top body, and if so, should I expect the same angle to be present on the carved top Tele that I'm planning to build through Warmoth? If so I'll be crushed - I've spent over a month putting together specs for this build, and I'll have to go back to the drawing board if the neck angle will be there.
Hoping you all can give it to me straight. I can take it. I may not like it... but I can take it.
To add info - the Epi LP with the angled neck is a stop tail. The carve top Tele I'm building will have a Wilkenson Trem. Don't know if that will make a difference.
Thanks
He showed me that the Epi LPs with the carved tops have a pretty significant neck angle, which the flat top Tele didn't, and that was the reason I was finding it so much easier to play on the flat-topped Tele in the shop.
So my question to all of you is - is the angle of the neck due to it being on a carved top body, and if so, should I expect the same angle to be present on the carved top Tele that I'm planning to build through Warmoth? If so I'll be crushed - I've spent over a month putting together specs for this build, and I'll have to go back to the drawing board if the neck angle will be there.
Hoping you all can give it to me straight. I can take it. I may not like it... but I can take it.
To add info - the Epi LP with the angled neck is a stop tail. The carve top Tele I'm building will have a Wilkenson Trem. Don't know if that will make a difference.
Thanks