Members ilovemystrat Posted April 19, 2008 Members Share Posted April 19, 2008 im planning to buy a R9 in august... are the neck normally so thick? its like a damn baseball bat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted April 19, 2008 Members Share Posted April 19, 2008 The necks are all roughly the same size across the R9's. They are hand shaped so there is some variation, but they will all be around the .920" range at the 1st fret. You need thin, you'll have to pony up the $$$ for a R0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ilovemystrat Posted April 19, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 19, 2008 The necks are all roughly the same size across the R9's. They are hand shaped so there is some variation, but they will all be around the .920" range at the 1st fret.You need thin, you'll have to pony up the $$$ for a R0. what's an R0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted April 19, 2008 Members Share Posted April 19, 2008 1960 reissue. they're usually a little cheaper than R9s, fwiw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted April 19, 2008 Members Share Posted April 19, 2008 1960 reissue. they're usually a little cheaper than R9s, fwiw. Yeah, I was surprised to just notice that. They used to be, by far, the most expensive Historic (they used to be a solid $2K more than the R9), and feature with the nicest tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted April 19, 2008 Members Share Posted April 19, 2008 yeah, at some point, they started putting plaintops on the R0's and the flameys on the R9's and the valuation switched. i see plenty of R0's around and less than 3k, but it's tough to find a R9 much less than 4k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ilovemystrat Posted April 19, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 19, 2008 aenemated, which one do you recommend for my first big gibson purchase? the R0 or the R9? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Takeaway Posted April 19, 2008 Members Share Posted April 19, 2008 Wyatt is quite right, the neck thicknesses will differ slightly, but not by a big deal. Of my 3 R9's each is slightly different in terms of depth. All are beautifully comfy though. This pic might be useful to you; though keep in mind the bottom is a Classic, not an R0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted April 19, 2008 Members Share Posted April 19, 2008 aenemated, which one do you recommend for my first big gibson purchase?the R0 or the R9? I would try both. There is a big difference in the feel of the necks. And I would really spend time with them. Some people find thinner necks contribute to more hand fatigue (they feel the thicker necks give your hand a more ergonomic position) while others just find thick necks too uncomfortable or unwieldy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted April 19, 2008 Members Share Posted April 19, 2008 aenemated, which one do you recommend for my first big gibson purchase?the R0 or the R9? yeah, like wyatt said, you're REALLY gonna want to try them out - you may be surprised at which one feels better to you. i'd always read and heard that the pre-'59 style necks were enormous. i'd had a late 70s deluxe a couple years ago that had a monstrous neck on it and i absolutely hated it, so i figured anything bigger than a R9 - that felt smaller to me than the deluxe i had AND i'd played a ton of at the time but hadn't found "the one" yet - would be equally intolerable. then, just for {censored}s and giggles, i played an R7 ... which was definitely bigger than the R9, but i totally loved it. and it's still my very, very favorite LP, even though the neck is pretty damn fat. so ya never know. both R9s and R0's are equally super-{censored}in-awesome from a build and sound standpoint (though i WILL say the sound really seems fatter to me on the fatter neck'd ones) - so it comes down to how they each feel to you. just play as many as you can get your hands on till you find the ONE. good luck, dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BadCompany89 Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 ^The neck on my R8 and the other one I tried in a store was almost identical to the 2 R9's i've tried in stores. The R7 neck is noticibly bigger, but still comfortable IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 yeah, the R7 neck is basically perfect for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BadCompany89 Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 aenemated, which one do you recommend for my first big gibson purchase? the R0 or the R9? If you want a fat neck like the R9 but don't mind a plain top and the $2K lower price tag (I should hope that you wouldn't mind that ), check out the R8's. The only difference sound-wise is that they have medium instead of jumbo frets like the R9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 something about the R8s i played felt odd to me. i can't put my finger on exactly WHAT, but it just didn't work out. which sucked, too, cuz i found one with a KILLER burst at west LA music i would have loved to have bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BadCompany89 Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 Might be the medium sized frets or maybe it might just be that perticular guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 dunno! i played several back during my great reissue search of 2007 and none of 'em worked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BadCompany89 Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 Different folks, different strokes I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ilovemystrat Posted April 20, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 thanks i cant wait to get oen! i have about 50 or so R9/R8/R0 to go though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Takeaway Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 thanks i cant wait to get oen!i have about 50 or so R9/R8/R0 to go though! You get the best in Japan!Have fun man, and report back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ilovemystrat Posted April 20, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 You get the best in Japan!Have fun man, and report back! yea, they just opened a pretty much "gibson only store" in ochanomizu, the second floor has about 100 gibson les paul customs... the 3rd floor has all the rest of gibson models, johnny a or sgs 335 135s... whcih ones should i try again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mister Crow Posted April 20, 2008 Members Share Posted April 20, 2008 If you want a fat neck like the R9 but don't mind a plain top and the $2K lower price tag (I should hope that you wouldn't mind that ), check out the R8's. The only difference sound-wise is that they have medium instead of jumbo frets like the R9. This is interesting to me, I didn't know the Historic line years had different size frets. So R9's have jumbo's, and R8's have medium jumbos? Do you happen to know if the R7's have medium or jumbo? I'd really like to buy a Historic LP, and had thought I'd wind up with an R8 or R7, because I've read they have the biggest necks, which is why I want one in the first place. But if the R9 is the only one that has jumbo instead of medium jumbos, this throws the whole equation off a bit. I don't want to pay the extra money for the R9 top since I don't care about that, plus I've read that the R9 neck thickness is smaller than the R7 and R8. I want a neck thickness of an R7 or R8, but with jumbo frets, not medium jumbos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mister Crow Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 I'm gonna bump this for any Gibson Historic experts. I've checked Gibson's site and they don't give the fret size on their Historic line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 i REEAAAAALLY don't feel a difference in the size of the frets between my R7 and R9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ilovemystrat Posted April 21, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 anyway i can get a thin neck r9 like jimmy pagey's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Takeaway Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 No, you'll need an 04 Page sig for that. Or and R9, a few sheets of sandpaper and balls of steel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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