This sounds insane but I've just had another quick blast on the guitar and it's really growing on me. It still feels like there's too much neck there but strangely, I seem to be making fewer mistakes in my playing. Beyond the 12th fret it feels no less comfortable than the Ibanez now. It still 'feels' too thick at around the 5th fret but as I say, I'm now pretty much the at the same speed and I get the impression I'm more accurate too. Maybe with the Ibanez the very thin neck was encouraging me to over play and this neck is forcing me to pace myself a bit better and consequently the playing becomes more accurate. Whatever the explanation, at the moment I'm very happy with it and getting more so by the minute :band5: