Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Alex on May 08, 2009, 10:14:09 AM
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Hi!
I feel I could use a new guitar, but I am running into some problems with that.
I am looking for a guitar with good playability, but a chunky neck.
For example I really like the Ibanez Xiphos, the Dean Mustaine V and many ESPs, but they all have these narrow & slim necks. Whenever I touch my Gibson SG the neck just feels better (it's the fatter type on the SG standard).
Now unfortunately there are few good-playing guitars with fat necks around - there seems to be only the Gibsons or Fenders.
Here are some of the specs I'm looking for:
- neck through or set neck
- nut preferrably 43mm or more
- thick neck, U-shape
- body shape either SG-slike, Les-Paul like or more metal-looking.
- neck radius not too flat (14" or less)
I am thinking about about a Flying V at the moment, but no store in Birmingham seems to have one. I like the new Goldtop LesPaul, but I already have a similar looking ESP, so I'd rather look for something else.
So if you have some suggestions about what I should check out, please tell me. Though I am not strictly limited in my budget very much, I would prefer not ending up with the Joe Bonamassa LP, but rather something "below" 1000£.
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Peavey make metal guitars with thick necks.
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I really like Fender Strats and Gibsons because of their thick necks. For your budget you could probably pick up a really nice Gibson LP or SG for under £1000. Fender strats are also worth looking into, you could definitely get a decent new one that is under your budget.
I always advise when people are looking to get a new guitar is play as many as possible. Go into a music store and play the guitars that you like and fit your budget and find out what feels right in your hands.
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I think Feline has his Lion cub on sale?
It its a decent sized neck, a bit small for me. Sounds great though
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I think Feline has his Lion cub on sale?
It its a decent sized neck, a bit small for me. Sounds great though
I saw that on the Feline site the other day. That guitar looks great! (as do all Feline lion's)
If only I had the money!
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PRS SE's? Chunky necks, good build... cheap enough for you to upgrade pick ups.
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Don't Schecters do thick necks?
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PRS Mira in black?
Hmmm might not be very metal though ...
Explorer maybe?
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PRS Mira in black?
Hmmm might not be very metal though ...
The neck's not really very big either, even if you get the Regular shape.
It can look a bit metal though - quite similar to the Schecter the bloke from A7X plays (if A7X are indeed "metal", I try to avoid the definitions game :roll: ).
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I think you should look for a nice SG variant. Because SG are awesome.
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body shape either SG-slike, Les-Paul like or more metal-looking
http://www.felineguitars.com/Guitar_sale.html
There's one of each on that link in your price range
Explorer?
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Don't Schecters do thick necks?
very much so. baseball bats.
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body shape either SG-slike, Les-Paul like or more metal-looking
http://www.felineguitars.com/Guitar_sale.html
There's one of each on that link in your price range
Explorer?
This Explorer is a monster steal at the SALE £899
http://www.felineguitars.com/spec_sheets/Parana%20Explorer.htm
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The Schecter Blackjack ATX or the Loomis sig are amazing to play and have pretty beefy necks.
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PRS SE's? Chunky necks, good build... cheap enough for you to upgrade pick ups.
+1
I had a Santana SE that had a neck like baseball bat, SE's are readily available at really reasonable prices s/h. The only thing I didn't like was single volume and tone. Think they're all like that with the exception of the Tremonti SE.
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I can sell you my Singlecut SE at a good price. It's a great guitar, and indeed the neck is big, gives good tonal balance. It really is a good one and served me well for long.
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Dude, I reckon it might be worth checking out a Fernandes Ravelle. Looks pretty metal and it's got a big chunky neck on it; at least, it feels that way to me. Big, beefy sound too.
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Thanks everybody for your advice. Meanwhile I have decided that I want a Flying V type guitar.
So I went to PMT in Birmingham - worst store ever. They never have what I am looking for.
Fairdealmusic is much betterl, they have great guitars IMO, but no Gibsons.
I really want to try the classic Gibson V, it seems to be what I want; the nut is aprox. 43mm, the neck profile is a bit rounded and not superflat and the neck is thin but still ok.
However, the only V I found in stores here were some hideous Dean thingies and some semi-goodlooking ESP/LTD ones.
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Thanks guys for the suggestions:
these are going for good prices - clearing space for the 2010 specials we are planning
the Lion is £999 and the other two are £899
(http://www.felineguitars.com/guitar_images/Gibson%20SG%20-%20%20Painkiller%20/Gibson-Painkiller-SG-horiz5.jpg)
(http://www.felineguitars.com/guitar_images/Lion%20Cub%20-%20Sunburst%20/lioncub-front-500horiz.jpg)
(http://www.felineguitars.com/guitar_images/explorer%20-%20parana%20pine%20/Parana-Explorer-horiz-500.jpg)
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that lion cub is quite tempting
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mmm cub...do love them
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Thanks guys for the suggestions:
these are going for good prices - clearing space for the 2010 specials we are planning
the Lion is £999 and the other two are £899
(http://www.felineguitars.com/guitar_images/Gibson%20SG%20-%20%20Painkiller%20/Gibson-Painkiller-SG-horiz5.jpg)
(http://www.felineguitars.com/guitar_images/Lion%20Cub%20-%20Sunburst%20/lioncub-front-500horiz.jpg)
(http://www.felineguitars.com/guitar_images/explorer%20-%20parana%20pine%20/Parana-Explorer-horiz-500.jpg)
Sould point out that they all have BKPs in them
Judas Priest style SG has Painkillers
Parana Explorer has old spec Holy Divers
Lion cub has Alnico 5 Mule in the bridge (neck pickup is currently Duncan Jazz, but could be swapped)
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Anyone know who buys kidneys these days
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I'll give yu £50 for two
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nah need at least £900