Members billybilly Posted April 5, 2011 Members Share Posted April 5, 2011 (thread inspired from 'chimi' but opposite) Any strats with50's LP type necks out there? I know this might sound like sacrilege to some but i've always been a fan of strat type guitars (especially the sound). I've had a bunch over the years but in the end can never fully bond with the necks. On the other hand i've always loved the feel of most LP necks. Warmoth does not have an equivalent, I have tried. So with that being said are there any strats with necks that feel like more of a 50's LP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted April 5, 2011 Members Share Posted April 5, 2011 Warmoth can do something like that. I think they have three different 'really thick' neck profiles. I have one of their tele necks that's pretty beefy. As far as stock guitars, the Jeff Beck strat has a pretty big neck. Not sure exactly how it comares to a 50s Gibson, but it's about the fattest stock strat neck I can remember playing. This was many years ago... not sure if they've changed through the years. And the Robert Cray neck, while certainly not quite as thick as the Beck, is a little thicker than the standard Fender C shape. Honestly, it's pretty much my favorite stock Fender neck I've ever played. I think they call it '60s C profile' or something like that. Just a little fatter than an American Standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spike Li Posted April 5, 2011 Members Share Posted April 5, 2011 Are you looking for a proper fender type strat or something else? The hello Kitty Squier has a relatively fat neck for a strat, but the closest thing ive found to a gibson 50s neck profile on ANY 25.5" scale guitar (and believe me i looked) is the neck on my Jackson Christian Olde Wolbers (COW) sig The only other thing that ive played that comes to a "bigger than usual" strat neck is a '95 strat plus, but even then it was still a bit of a far cry from the gibson 50s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mudder1310 Posted April 5, 2011 Members Share Posted April 5, 2011 Robin makes guitars with fat necks, so good to the hand. I had a Ranger that was simply a killer player, big fat neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 27Frets Posted April 5, 2011 Members Share Posted April 5, 2011 I believe Fender has a "U" shaped neck- have you tried it? Not sure if you can still get it on a new guitar but I have played them on some older strats (not sure of the years) and that was the beefiest strat neck I ever played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted April 5, 2011 Members Share Posted April 5, 2011 The hot rod 62 has a huge neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Skyforger Posted April 5, 2011 Members Share Posted April 5, 2011 Found this Strat-like cheapie in a pawn shop for about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snappy Hat Posted April 5, 2011 Members Share Posted April 5, 2011 Lot of anecdotal stuff posted here that wont help you but heres some real figures. 1st Edition Jeff Beck neck mine is .95 at first fret .98 @ 12th fret.Beck had just come from playing LP and had Fender make the biggest production neck they had made.The bad news, just made in 91 and 92 , has a Wilkinson nut that won't take anything larger than a 10 on thehigh E.(there is a conversion kit for it to use the LSR roller nute ) Also look into the All Parts SMO FAT neck . .98 at first fret and 1 inch at 12th fret .http://www.allparts.com/Chunky-Stratocaster-Neck-p/SMO-FAT.htm Some Gibson numbers from various sites. As you can see they are actually smaller at first fret than the above2 Strat necks, . 0.920 - ????? - 2003 '57 LP RI ebony0.920 - 1.040 - 2001 '57 LP GT Aged0.920 - 1.015 - 2001 '57 LP Black Beaut.0.885 - 0.975 - 2001 '59 LP RI -Darkburst0.905 - 0.995 - 2000 '59 LP RI -CherrySb0.908 - 1.005 - 2000 '59 LP RI -Black0.908 - 1.015 - 2000 '59 LP RI -Lemon0.883 - 1.003 - 2000 '59 LP RI -Flamey0.885 - 0.998 - 1999 '59 LP RI -Quilt0.895 - 0.995 - 1998 '57 LP Goldtop Reissue0.880 - 0.985 - 1999 '59 ES-335 Hist.0.850 - ????? - 2003 '54 Oxblood (Wildwood)0.840 - ????? - 2003 '54 Flametop Stinger '60 slim taper (MM) From Gibson's own site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chadd Posted April 5, 2011 Members Share Posted April 5, 2011 I have an old (92-ish) foto flame strat with the chunkiest strat neck I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snappy Hat Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 I have an old (92-ish) foto flame strat with the chunkiest strat neck I've ever seen. And the measurements are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted April 6, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Robin makes guitars with fat necks, so good to the hand. I had a Ranger that was simply a killer player, big fat neck. They don't make guitars any longer unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mudder1310 Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 They don't make guitars any longer unfortunately. They aren't taking orders right now, but there is still stock available at retailers as well as an alright used market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Warmoth can do something like that. This, really, is the answer to nearly all questions about Fender neck specs/where to get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 This, really, is the answer to nearly all questions about Fender neck specs/where to get them. +1. Also if really looking for a Gibson style neck on a Fender type body they'll do conversion scale for you to totally give you the Gibby feel. Another option would be http://www.usacustomguitars.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Robin makes guitars with fat necks, so good to the hand. I had a Ranger that was simply a killer player, big fat neck. Don't see many folks mention Robin these days. I always liked them and wondered why they didn't catch on as well as Kramer, Jackson, Charvel. They were great guitars. We lived in Houston from 83 - 87 or so...during the early half of the super strat heyday. Had a friend (a rich friend) that had about 10 of them. He had one in particular that had a bridge HB, a neck single coil, nothing in the middle and the 4+2 headstock. MAN that was a sweet guitar. His dad owned a power company so they had scads of money and he'd usually let me borrow a guitar now and then. Same guy sold me his Beretta right as we moved away which was my first really nice guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members svejkist Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 (thread inspired from 'chimi' but opposite)Any strats with50's LP type necks out there? I know this might sound like sacrilege to some but i've always been a fan of strat type guitars (especially the sound). I've had a bunch over the years but in the end can never fully bond with the necks. On the other hand i've always loved the feel of most LP necks. Warmoth does not have an equivalent, I have tried.So with that being said are there any strats with necks that feel like more of a 50's LP? Wow, you are like Opposite Guy. See if you can find a Xaviere to try. Assuming the Strats use the same neck as the Jazzmasters, which I am pretty sure they do, they might meet your requirements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rand-O-Monium Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 I had a MIK Squier(96-ish,I think) that had a huge neck on it,almost felt kinda like an Explorer.Traded it for some work,tho,but I always thought it was interesting.Pretty flattish radius,too.+ another for Warmoth,tho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vantango84 Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Well, strat necks are a different scale and generally a different radius. I think this would probably factor into it, and I'm also going to go ahead and say Warmoth, because that's the only place I can think of where you can get a 12" radius, 24.75" scale, fat strat neck. In fact, one of Warmoth's neck profiles is based on a 59 LP. Get that one in the conversion scale, with a 12 inch radius, and slap it on a Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mudder1310 Posted April 6, 2011 Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 Don't see many folks mention Robin these days. I always liked them and wondered why they didn't catch on as well as Kramer, Jackson, Charvel. They were great guitars.We lived in Houston from 83 - 87 or so...during the early half of the super strat heyday. Had a friend (a rich friend) that had about 10 of them. He had one in particular that had a bridge HB, a neck single coil, nothing in the middle and the 4+2 headstock. MAN that was a sweet guitar. His dad owned a power company so they had scads of money and he'd usually let me borrow a guitar now and then. Same guy sold me his Beretta right as we moved away which was my first really nice guitar. I've had two Robin Rangers, one USA and one ESP, and one Tedley, all of which were killer guitars I never should have sold. I might fight a man for a Wrangler/Rawhide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted April 6, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 This, really, is the answer to nearly all questions about Fender neck specs/where to get them. Their 59 gibson neck is nothing like a gibson neck, I own one. From there, it's baseball bat neck, nothing in-between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted April 6, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 6, 2011 +1. Also if really looking for a Gibson style neck on a Fender type body they'll do conversion scale for you to totally give you the Gibby feel. Another option would be http://www.usacustomguitars.com/ USACG look good, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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