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*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
As it happens I favour the chunky neck - I don't have big hands, but with an easy action I have no problem to handle one - When I've A v B tested chunky neck v slim neck there is instantly something extra in the tone of the big neck as though the extra mass adds some resonance and that is audible on an unplugged test - It has been said before that big neck ='s big tone
As a guitar player I'm on your side - As a salesman I'm very much 'each to their own' and glad options are available
I may have this wrong, but - just to confuse things more - they seem to actually use the "Nocaster" name to describe more than one neck profile.
If the guitar's an actual Nocaster (with no model name on the headstock) and the neck profile's described as "Nocaster U", it's going to be the big fat neck, almost an inch deep all the way along.
But a couple of years ago there was a limited run of '52 Teles, black over candy apple red wth a neck humbucker, with a neck profile called "Nocaster" - but it was a slimmer profile. Some dealers listed it as "Nocaster C", I think. I don't know why they didn't just call it a '52 profile or something.
It was so Heath Robinson it's untrue.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
Nope - adore mine, guess we may be a dying breed but it is so comfortable to play for me it's untrue!
I've seen Strats that have been built with a Nocaster neck and acquired a tag NoNeck Strat
agree there are subtle variations, but those dimensions you have given are bloomin close anyway - granted I bet you can feel it - I dare say 2/3 C/Shop models will have a similar .001-.003" variation anyway due to final hand sanding etc - but yes original 50's models would be different due to the hand built nature of the day