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Title: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: cacophony on August 21, 2014, 08:58:06 PM
Title says it all. Pick your most preferred among these:

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Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: Gunslinger on August 21, 2014, 09:15:43 PM
Thin U and Wizard for me.
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: plugzzzz on August 21, 2014, 09:16:42 PM
soft-v and the U

pang shredders na yung iba
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: Al_Librero on August 21, 2014, 11:05:40 PM
C and U.
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: milzer on August 21, 2014, 11:24:32 PM
D for me, or a slim U would be great!
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Post by: queer_rocker on August 21, 2014, 11:29:24 PM
U syempre lalo na sa tele yung parang baseball bat na yung neck
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Post by: electromark on August 22, 2014, 12:05:52 AM
U and D for me.
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Post by: qroon on August 22, 2014, 12:39:59 AM
U and D for me.

Ditto.
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: cacophony on August 22, 2014, 02:17:04 AM
Has anyone tried asymmetric neck contour (slim on the treble side, round on thumb side) here? How does it compare to C and D in terms of playability and comfort?
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: fizz450_03 on August 22, 2014, 02:48:34 AM
Ditto.

+2 na.  :-D
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: chazkidlat on August 22, 2014, 09:28:55 AM
D and soft V :)
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: dakungfuking on August 22, 2014, 10:55:07 AM
Has anyone tried asymmetric neck contour (slim on the treble side, round on thumb side) here? How does it compare to C and D in terms of playability and comfort?

i have 2 asymmetrically profiled neck here if you want to try, it doesn't matter  what all of us say here
cause at the end of the day its a preference thing.

 what might be comfy for me might not be so comfortable for you
so para malaman mo talaga you have to try all of them shapes para malaman mo kugn saan ka talaga comfortable

thing is with asymmetrical neck shapes is its either you love them or hate them like most of the other shapes,
anyway pm me if you want to try how a asymmetric neck feels, we could arrange a meetup of some sort for you to try.


Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on August 22, 2014, 11:21:23 AM


Modern C and Soft V. YAMMEH.
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: Al_Librero on August 22, 2014, 11:58:21 AM
Has anyone tried asymmetric neck contour (slim on the treble side, round on thumb side) here? How does it compare to C and D in terms of playability and comfort?
The above post is correct. But I'll tell you what I like about it. It feels particularly comfortable to me because I'm always wrapping my hand around the neck.
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: Ralph_Petrucci on August 22, 2014, 12:21:15 PM
The above post is correct. But I'll tell you what I like about it. It feels particularly comfortable to me because I'm always wrapping my hand around the neck.

for those chords that use the thumb for the bass strings, correct? :D
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: randymarsh on August 22, 2014, 12:30:24 PM
EVH

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Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: Al_Librero on August 22, 2014, 12:38:21 PM
for those chords that use the thumb for the bass strings, correct? :D
Yup!
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: ibbyboy02 on August 22, 2014, 12:44:45 PM
Wizard prestige and slim D neck
nagpapaltos thumb ko sa v shaped necks

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Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: david_leyson on August 22, 2014, 01:32:32 PM
Has anyone tried asymmetric neck contour (slim on the treble side, round on thumb side) here? How does it compare to C and D in terms of playability and comfort?

have one guitar with this neck profile but it's an acosutic guitar, the feel is really different because when plucking lower strings you'll definitely feel the vibe of the strings through the wood while having the slimmer wood on the higher strings with balanced details to notes. it's a good contour for acoustic guitars IMO. comfort is everywhere in it, not much effort for gripping when doing simultaneous notes to pluck while retaining quality in sound and sustain.
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: pitongjerome on August 22, 2014, 03:59:04 PM
soft V, from my 57 based fender jap strat.
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Post by: grasyaps on August 22, 2014, 05:12:38 PM
soft V and D!!!
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: lolwat on August 22, 2014, 08:10:03 PM
I think I'll be at home with a C, although I've played a U before and the thickness, while not exactly my cup of tea, did force me to play differently, which I think encourages creativity in playing.
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: cacophony on August 22, 2014, 09:08:29 PM
dakungfuking: PM sent

Al_Librero & david_leyson: Seems like it. The curvature of our hands seems to concur with the profile of the assymetric neck. Got to try it first though :D
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: david_leyson on August 22, 2014, 09:18:21 PM
dakungfuking: PM sent

Al_Librero & david_leyson: Seems like it. The curvature of our hands seems to concur with the profile of the assymetric neck. Got to try it first though :D

yeah that's the best way to determine what neck contour fits in your hands, on my hand profile, a U-shaped neck contour will be a torture becuase of my finger measure to short for thick necks and fingers ko, so i much prefer a C and C Asymmetric Contour. not too chunky for my hand, not too thin for the sound though, kumbaga yun ang nag fit sa mga daliri ko where i can execute my skills best. test to try until you find your perfect match :D
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: Taoistguitarist on August 23, 2014, 05:53:43 PM
soft V, from my 57 based fender jap strat.

Yep Soft V from those 57ri's and 54ri's from the mid nineties are my favorite as well.  I just need jumbo frets and a flatter radius and i'll be a happy camper :wave:
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: inexperience on August 25, 2014, 07:07:43 AM
C and D(parang wizard)
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: Tasty on August 25, 2014, 05:35:27 PM
C and U for me.
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Post by: Igor on August 25, 2014, 10:02:24 PM
 D ^_^^
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Post by: rowley75 on August 25, 2014, 11:22:21 PM
I want to have 'em all!
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: Bart on August 26, 2014, 12:13:28 AM
Boat. I thought I'll get into soft V, I didn't.
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: cacophony on August 26, 2014, 02:21:43 AM
Boat. I thought I'll get into soft V, I didn't.

Does the boatneck wrap your hands comfortably when chording? I assume it does since it has less shoulders than a fatback.. :?
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: Bart on August 26, 2014, 04:09:40 AM
It does feel comfortable. Although, boat is still somewhat a V,  it doesn't feel sharp at all.
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: chazkidlat on December 17, 2015, 08:34:13 AM
mine is a soft V telecaster
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: guitaricci on December 17, 2015, 11:36:33 PM
Soft V pati yung Wide Fat ng PRS
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Post by: CARABAO on December 18, 2015, 05:25:03 PM
Large C and a baseball bat nocaster neck.
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: jajacabel on December 18, 2015, 07:30:39 PM
Thin U and D
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: fender101 on January 03, 2016, 09:45:52 PM
Depende sa guitar :lol: trip ko kasi yung C ng Peavey Wolfgang Special pati yung Wizard II-7 ng Ibanez RG7421 :-D
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: j.nikko3123 on January 03, 2016, 09:51:41 PM
Wizard U shape and Early 60's Fender C
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: KennyKen on January 05, 2016, 04:12:11 PM
D...wala ng iba hehehe
Title: Re: Your Preferred Neck Contour
Post by: jm the mute on January 05, 2016, 05:10:17 PM
favorite neck is on a '78 Yamaha fg110...a soft V. nakakagising.