Wider Fretboard Guitars?

guitarjack66

I recently bought a used Squier Tele Affinity and while the neck was really smooth and well finished the fretboard was just way too narrow. I have small fingers but I find I have larger finger pads and slightly chunkier fingers.Any recommendations for wider fretboard electrics?

Teyeplayer

Anything by cleartone conversions for sausage fingers.

drofluf

How wide is the neck on your Tele?

It seems everybody has their own idea of what constitutes narrow. 

My definition is clear and unambiguous; it’s anything that feels uncomfortably narrow

Less flippantly it’s not just the width; neck profile, radius and depth all affect what one perceives as the width. 

mart

A 2015 Gibson?

hollywoodrox

Jackson soloist flat thin and wide , I love mine. Ibanez should be similar 

guitarjack66

I wouldn't touch a Gibson,a bit too pricey and too many variables involved. I had an SG that I didnt like but I recently tried a used Vintage V100 Les Paul style and quite liked that. 

JezWynd

Hamer special junior has a broad, flattish fretboard. Nice guitars.

chrisj1602

A quick Google shows a new Affinity has a 42mm nut width, but some older results show 41mm, have you measured yours?

I just picked an Epiphone Les Paul as a random alternative and that is listed as 43mm, so maybe something more Gibson style might feel easier, with the flatter fretboard too.

meltedbuzzbox

Buy yourself a classical

guitargeek62

The G&L Tribute series Rampage (Jerry Cantrell sig) has a 45mm nut width

FelineGuitars

guitargeek62 said:

The G&L Tribute series Rampage (Jerry Cantrell sig) has a 45mm nut width

or this baby that I am putting up in the classifieds - a BC Rich Gunslinger /Feline Hybrid with a 45mm wide nut (1+3/4")

rlw

2015 Gibson then.

Sassafras

My 2 Gordon Smiths both had nice wide necks.
Don't know what the new ones are like though.

Barrivee

Larrivee Bakersfield if you can find one. 

urban_winter

PRS SE series are all (I think) "wide thin" - 42.8mm nut. Certainly wider than any of my other guitars and I reach for it if I'm struggling to get a chord to ring cleanly. 

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skullfunkerry

Probably not much good if you're playing anything other than metal, but the Solar guitars all seem to have fairly wide fretboards

rze99

You could speak to someone that is surrounded by lots of guitars for sale - in a good guitar shop, such as Peach. Very helpful people there IME. No affil.

Balrog68

Realistically the difference in nut width in guitars is not that much..only a couple of millimetres, unless you move to a classical guitar which has already been mentioned. My classical guitar is 51mm wide at the nut.
I don`t know how experienced you are as a player but correct posture, positioning and technique will have a massive effect on your ability to progress. You may find that changing the angle of the guitar on your lap or the angle of the neck might enable you to make the chords etc, without catching the other strings and muting or buzzing.

    

JCA2550

Another plug for 2015 Gibsons especially Les Paul Juniors. Nice comfortable wide necks on a lively resonant guitar and because of the tronical tuners are a bit marmite, so still relatively affordable. 

Teacherphil

I have a 2014 Gibson SG with a wide neck. I love it.

fastonebaz

Any ibanez wizard neck.  Seem quite wide to me