I tried a tokai love rock today . It was a fantastic guitar , and the only thing I wasn't sure about was the neck profile .
My main (and only!) guitar is a 1990 les Paul custom . I've owned it since new , and the slim neck feels like home after all these years.
the tokai wasn't a baseball bat or anything , just chubbier , and therefore felt really different .
as I've been playing the same neck did years I don't know if I'll adjust to a thicker neck . It had 9s on which made it feel different too .
it was a great guitar , I just don't know if having a chubbier neck makes it play more like a bluesy guitar than a rock guitar.
im not a shredder or anything , but I play nwobhm/punk/ hardcore/crossover so I do play fast .
i wondered if anyone on here has any experience of adjusting to playing different neck profile guitars ?!
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Unless you have 2/3 of the identically same guitar then I bet all your guitars are different
Of course some bond with one neck more than another - Different guitar necks can lead you to play in a different way as well
extremes take a little getting used to but 95% of guitars are between 42-44mm wide and 21-24mm thick at the nut. It’s barely any difference at all
obviously the shape changes too and that has more impact on feel. A broad shouldered D profile will always feel bigger than a C of the same dimensions... but V’s can make things feel deeper
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The only necks I’ve found to be an issue are the Baja neck - just don’t like the shape, and the Gibson 50’s profile, which I find just that bit too big. Otherwise I can play most other things.
Over the years I've gravitated to bigger and bigger necks and that's what I'd always choose on a new guitar. But I still have guitars with various neck profiles (and different scale lengths).
I couldn't play something like an Ibanez Wizard, but I was playing a Tele with a fairly slim neck ('65 C) the other day and I must admit it felt OK.
my well worn in and much abused custom feels familiar , I think the tokai just feels different , not better or worse , I also think the tokai feels different ad it's pretty much new , whereas I'm used to playing a well worn in guitar with loads of personality .
i reckon I just need to play it . A lot . I'll get used to it , and the more it gets worn in the better it will feel and the more personality it'll have .
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
So I guess the trick is to play them all frequently.
I bought an Am St Strat less than 2 years ago and if I bought another one now like I hope to (now rebranded Am pro) it will have a different neck profile.
I personally find that I only even really notice when thinking about it, when I'm concentrating on playing I don't even think about the neck profile.
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