I my eyes a thin neck is no problem but the narrow one gave me issues. I am sure others are much more dextrous than I but I have no problems playing my recently purchased J45. Now all that said, I'm thinking of selling a Strat and a Silvertone to fund either a 330 or 335.įor me the narrow nut caused my hands to cramp. Sure, both a standard Casino and Elitist have plywood bodies (as do the Dots), but Rot is right in thinking that there are some grades that are superior acousticaly. :)ĭon't even get me started on Hendrix's big hands and his '67 Flying V. But I guess when your playing on national TV and dating French models you don't worry too much about the nut width on your Epi. I've never met him, but he looks like a larger guy. But that said Freddie King played them in the 70s and I doubt there is anyone posting on this forum with larger hands than that man. ![]() Gibson necks got even smaller down to 1 9/16ths. Then I started hanging around some Bluegrass musicians who could play circles around me on guitar, banjo, and mandolin and I started thinking it doesn't matter what shape the neck is really.Īll the vintage Fenders are that size and you never hear anyone complain about their vintage Fender having too thin of a neck. I know some of you say it's a personal thing, I get that so I'm not trying to attack those, but I was in the same camp a few years ago and would only play large neck guitars. ![]() I really think if you actually sat down with a 1 5/8th nut width Casino you would get used to it.
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