Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
I doubt Gibson's manufacturing process would permit them to just say, 'screw it, let's make the neck wider' with no other cost impact
So I briefly checked out the new 2015 Les Paul standard
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I doubt Gibson's manufacturing process would permit them to just say, 'screw it, let's make the neck wider' with no other cost impact
Hubert Stumblin
I ain't even mad.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
with two snaps and a twist!I tried one of the new SGs, and had the same feeling. I hate this new wide neck. It felt awful in my hands, like a Schecter or something. It also felt and looked cheap, close up. Hated it.
Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
I like a bit wider necks. I may need to play one just to see how it feels. No way in heck I would buy a new Gibson when they are now in custom build pricing territory.
Flatspotter
What?
As a manufacturing engineer, I agree. If the nuts were indeed too wide, it would be a fairly simple matter to rework them so they fit. Making the neck wider is a monumentally more expensive proposition. I don't think even Gibson is that stupid. At least their bean counters aren't.
Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
Considering some of the decisions they have made over the past 5 or so years, that statement may be in doubt.
Flatspotter
What?
Well, yeah, there's that.
jp_nyc
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Wide fat necks are great if you have long fingers.
jaxn slim
Your Worst Nightmare
I have moderately long fingers and that's why I like the r8 necks... because I can tuck the back of the neck between my thumb and fingers. But these seem thinner but with a wider profile, that you can't really grip the same way comfortably. Unless you play it like a classical guitar with your thumb against the back of the neck, I don't see how the majority of guitar players can play these comfortably.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
You mean, like you're supposed to play it?
vonbladet
r00b
Depens who's supposing. If everyone's doing it wrong, you might have got the wrong wrong.
Except for banjos, of course.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
Just because everyone is wrong doesn't make that wrong right. I mean, unless you enjoy hand pain.
jaxn slim
Your Worst Nightmare
Right. But IMO you get the most out of a Les Paul playing it the wrong way. YMMV
vonbladet
r00b
That's not my main source of hand pain. But how do you do rock/blues vibrato or bending with a classical thumb position? (Leaving aside the Hendrix thumb-fretting technique.)
aliensporebomb
Fretted instrument fan
Boy, I've resisted picking up one of these to try out but now I have to check it out. Widened the neck? Now I like a slightly wider neck but not too wide (the aircraft carrier-like 8-string necks are too wide even for me for the most part). Weird.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
By bending the string with your fingers.
vonbladet
r00b
Is there video evidence of this happening in the wild?
I have small fingers and a wide fat neck, so I have had to discuss orthodoxy with my thumb.
There's no way I can do a tone bend with vibrato without hooking the thumb over. If anyone really does, I'm all eyes.
Kerouac
weird musical dildo
I don't have any video of it, but I never wrap my thumb up around the neck when I'm bending, or playing lead. I'm guilty of occasionally doing it with open chords, but that's only because I use my thumb to walk the bass. Otherwise thumb is in classical position.
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