Modern guitars with baseball bat necks
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Modern guitars with baseball bat necks
I played an old Italian guitar with a stupidly large baseball bat neck and loved it, but it was a bit rubbish otherwise.
Are there any low/mid-range modern options that I might find in the guitar shops here that aren't more than $2k?
Maybe get a generic tele and replace the neck... is that what people do?
Are there any low/mid-range modern options that I might find in the guitar shops here that aren't more than $2k?
Maybe get a generic tele and replace the neck... is that what people do?
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Re: Modern guitars with baseball bat necks
Buy a classical guitar maybe ?quyet wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:15 pm I played an old Italian guitar with a stupidly large baseball bat neck and loved it, but it was a bit rubbish otherwise.
Are there any low/mid-range modern options that I might find in the guitar shops here that aren't more than $2k?
Maybe get a generic tele and replace the neck... is that what people do?
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Re: Modern guitars with baseball bat necks
Perhaps, but everything I play requires the thumb over the neck, sometimes on the E and A strings at once. I like the U necks that have a thin width but thick depth if that makes sense...olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:45 pmBuy a classical guitar maybe ?quyet wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:15 pm I played an old Italian guitar with a stupidly large baseball bat neck and loved it, but it was a bit rubbish otherwise.
Are there any low/mid-range modern options that I might find in the guitar shops here that aren't more than $2k?
Maybe get a generic tele and replace the neck... is that what people do?
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Re: Modern guitars with baseball bat necks
Or ask Jay for a hoon on his red hollowbody.quyet wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:51 pmPerhaps, but everything I play requires the thumb over the neck, sometimes on the E and A strings at once. I like the U necks that have a thin width but thick depth if that makes sense...olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:45 pmBuy a classical guitar maybe ?quyet wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:15 pm I played an old Italian guitar with a stupidly large baseball bat neck and loved it, but it was a bit rubbish otherwise.
Are there any low/mid-range modern options that I might find in the guitar shops here that aren't more than $2k?
Maybe get a generic tele and replace the neck... is that what people do?
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Re: Modern guitars with baseball bat necks
Some of the schecters have fairly fat necks.
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Re: Modern guitars with baseball bat necks
Makes perfect sense. I built a tele and hollowbody with just such a neck. It is not mainstream but I really like the feel.quyet wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:51 pmPerhaps, but everything I play requires the thumb over the neck, sometimes on the E and A strings at once. I like the U necks that have a thin width but thick depth if that makes sense...olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:45 pmBuy a classical guitar maybe ?quyet wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:15 pm I played an old Italian guitar with a stupidly large baseball bat neck and loved it, but it was a bit rubbish otherwise.
Are there any low/mid-range modern options that I might find in the guitar shops here that aren't more than $2k?
Maybe get a generic tele and replace the neck... is that what people do?
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Re: Modern guitars with baseball bat necks
That's not a neck, that's a bridge pile.Jay wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:03 pmMakes perfect sense. I built a tele and hollowbody with just such a neck. It is not mainstream but I really like the feel.
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Re: Modern guitars with baseball bat necks
I've seen slimmer railway sleepers.
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Re: Modern guitars with baseball bat necks
you gentlemen are perfecting exaggeration as an artform
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Re: Modern guitars with baseball bat necks
Have a look at the table in this threadquyet wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:51 pmPerhaps, but everything I play requires the thumb over the neck, sometimes on the E and A strings at once. I like the U necks that have a thin width but thick depth if that makes sense...olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:45 pmBuy a classical guitar maybe ?quyet wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:15 pm I played an old Italian guitar with a stupidly large baseball bat neck and loved it, but it was a bit rubbish otherwise.
Are there any low/mid-range modern options that I might find in the guitar shops here that aren't more than $2k?
Maybe get a generic tele and replace the neck... is that what people do?
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Re: Modern guitars with baseball bat necks
Next time you are in Auckland come and visit. Bring Slowy with you to be your google map
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