IBG SG Standard's neck
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Thanks. With that neck profile, I'd buy it only to flip.
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I play so many “sample“ guitars that sometimes I lose track… But as I remember, (necks are important to me) they are not uber-skinny. They are definitely not like the ‘61 reissue from 2011.
The other issue for me is the profile itself: the Epi D shape has taken on a very flat back on the lower side of the neck lately. Much as I enjoy a very skinny neck, the flat rear and abrupt shoulders makes them uncomfortable to me.
But it might be worth trying. The combination of thickness and profile is always a very personal thing. If it’s only $250 and you can flip it for the same, it’s worth a shot.
The other issue for me is the profile itself: the Epi D shape has taken on a very flat back on the lower side of the neck lately. Much as I enjoy a very skinny neck, the flat rear and abrupt shoulders makes them uncomfortable to me.
But it might be worth trying. The combination of thickness and profile is always a very personal thing. If it’s only $250 and you can flip it for the same, it’s worth a shot.
Yep, but it's a 5 hour return trip, not worth the "try".
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Oh, agreed on that. I like to drive… but there would have to be more in it than $100 discount on a guitar for a trip that long.
Maybe if I could tie it into a short vacation and make the guitar into a side trip I would do it
This has been my bugaboo with Epiphones...its why I can never seem to hang on to them...I'm not picky on necks but these are the exception...
You have to chase the ones with bigger necks. I have a 2006 LP Jr 57 RI with a big fat neck. My 2010 LP Trad has the same chunky 50's neck (my preferred neck for the moment). Got a 2007 LP Ultra with a medium C shape, the cheapo bolt-on neck 2011 Special 1 LP has the same.
In recent ones of the IBG series, there are quite a few with thick C necks. LP Special P90, LP Jr, LP Standard '59, LP Standard 50's, and some signature ones, can't remember which.
Yeah, I have and will continue to have the IBG '59 lp...I like the 50s necks and the C necks...I just can't handle for long the flat D necks...I have found some alternative choices though...
