Necks

[lerxstcat]

Uh, Matt, that's DannyJOE.... don't diss the "joe", y'know? :ROTF:

[Ayrton]

Why do I even bother...

Good luck with your YouTube career Mr. Carter.

[Dannyjoe Carter]

I never heard of any thing being outsourced when it comes to the imports. Custom shops yes. I have had an 86 and an 87-88 and the neck was thinner on the 86. The predators are thin necks too. The 550xl and the 90 jackson soloist PRO I had/have have thin necks also. Have you ever tried a new PROMOD the profiles a C but very comfy. The 2005 charvel pointy I have is really thin too.

Good info Rich!

[Spivonious]

I do like the neck on my Predator and it does seem a bit thinner than current import Jacksons, but nothing is as thin as Ibanez' Wizard neck. That was almost too thin and made my wrist hurt after an hour or so of playing.

Interesting that you find you can stretch more with a thinner neck. I wouldn't think that would make a difference, since the thumb isn't really connected to your fingers.

[Rich#6]

Good info Rich!

your welcome!
I like thin necks too, not wizard thin though. the fretboard can't be too wide either. It's weird though on occation I have found some very thick necks that were great too ala peavey patriot and a washburn mg usa. I don't get it. lol

[Rich#6]

Ever tried the DK2s they're .735 at the first fret. personally my problem is not the range at the first fret, it's how thick the neck gets at the 12th fret.

[toejam]

I do like the neck on my Predator and it does seem a bit thinner than current import Jacksons, but nothing is as thin as Ibanez' Wizard neck. That was almost too thin and made my wrist hurt after an hour or so of playing.

Hamer did a study many years ago about thicker necks being more comfortable and causing less hand fatigue than thinner necks. I believe it. I have hands on the smaller side, and I prefer thicker necks. Everybody is different, though.

[Dannyjoe Carter]

I do like the neck on my Predator and it does seem a bit thinner than current import Jacksons, but nothing is as thin as Ibanez' Wizard neck. That was almost too thin and made my wrist hurt after an hour or so of playing.

Interesting that you find you can stretch more with a thinner neck. I wouldn't think that would make a difference, since the thumb isn't really connected to your fingers.

Yes I agree with you guys about the wizard necks - way too thin now for me and I'm not sure why because I played those for 20 years. But you guys are right about Jackson necks being perfect at the .735" range, for me anyway.

And Matt, as for custom necks, this is what I have been saying, the Jackson necks and "certain" Charvels are perfect for me in every way. I mean fingerboard radius, fret size, the feel I just really love these now. And I don't think it's just me because of how many others enjoy the feel of those as well.

Also I want to clear the air here on this subject.........
Matt_B, Ayrton and lerxstcat, I appologise if I have offended any of you in any way - not at all what I wanted to do. I type very slow but think very fast and what I want to say say in a thread doesn't always come out the way I'd like. Plus if we we're all having a conversation at my house over a few bottles of cold "Dr. Pepper" we would have much more fun at this. On the internet you can't see the other person and if you read too fast things can get taken in the wrong manner.
So my point of this post was simply to find out as much about my favorite neck as I can and I thank everyone for their advice!

[Ayrton]

We are all good here...

[lerxstcat]

It's all cool, Dannyjoe, and you're right, it's easy to misinterpret on the Internet. Welcome to the JCF, this is surely the sun source for knowledge of all things Jackson and Charvel!

Although I will take a DIET Dr. Pepper; diabetic, you see...

[Dannyjoe Carter]

It's all cool, Dannyjoe, and you're right, it's easy to misinterpret on the Internet. Welcome to the JCF, this is surely the sun source for knowledge of all things Jackson and Charvel!

Although I will take a DIET Dr. Pepper; diabetic, you see...

I agree with you lexrstcat - this place is the "end all" for this info!
And I should be doing diet Dr. Pepper too, me being 5'9" at 260lbs! LOL!

Does anyone know who started this forum and what year?

[Tricky]

Some may laugh at this, but since this thread seems to be on neck profile, and I havn't seen mention of this yet, here we go.

I found a Charvette 150 at a pawn shop ($75) with a neck I believe is Charvel stock that went on a Charvette. :ROTF:
Wait now.
Check the details.

It has the same -
narrow 12th fret dots, scarf joint, back of neck sculpting at heel, fretboard, frets & dress quality, 12-16 radius, nut, and truss rod rout & truss nut.
The neck profile is the same as on my 86 Model 2 & 3. A little thinner than on my 87 3A. This neck plays & feels as good as any Model neck I've ever played on & better than some.
Also of note: The tuners are the same Jackson (TM) tuners as on the 86 Models, It has the smooth gloss Kahler string lock with flat-head lock screws, and, the body is not Plywood. I stripped it, and it is 2 piece Basswood. Not a pretty piece of wood, but not plywood. The strap knobs & jack plate are same as Charvel.
Pickups, electronics, & bridge are lower quality cheap stuff.

I use it for daily warm up. Saves the wear on the Charvel's.

Just thought I would throw this out there.

Now for the beat-down. Its OK, I can take it.

Link to pics of my Charvel's & the Charvette:

http://s561.photobucket.com/albums/ss56/Tricky_01/Charvel/

Sorry for the crappy pic, But who cars about quality pics of a Charvette.

[Dannyjoe Carter]

Some may laugh at this, but since this thread seems to be on neck profile, and I havn't seen mention of this yet, here we go.

I found a Charvette 150 at a pawn shop ($75) with a neck I believe is Charvel stock that went on a Charvette. :ROTF:
Wait now.
Check the details.

It has the same -
narrow 12th fret dots, scarf joint, back of neck sculpting at heel, fretboard, frets & dress quality, 12-16 radius, nut, and truss rod rout & truss nut.
The neck profile is the same as on my 86 Model 2 & 3. A little thinner than on my 87 3A. This neck plays & feels as good as any Model neck I've ever played on & better than some.
Also of note: The tuners are the same Jackson (TM) tuners as on the 86 Models, It has the smooth gloss Kahler string lock with flat-head lock screws, and, the body is not Plywood. I stripped it, and it is 2 piece Basswood. Not a pretty piece of wood, but not plywood. The strap knobs & jack plate are same as Charvel.
Pickups, electronics, & bridge are lower quality cheap stuff.

I use it for daily warm up. Saves the wear on the Charvel's.

Just thought I would throw this out there.

Now for the beat-down. Its OK, I can take it.

Link to pics of my Charvel's & the Charvette:

http://s561.photobucket.com/albums/ss56/Tricky_01/Charvel/

Sorry for the crappy pic, But who cars about quality pics of a Charvette.

Hey tricky,

I couldn't get to the pic for some reason but I love the idea of old beater guitars that becomes my main player.

A quick story - when I had my repair shop these guys brought me an old desert sun yellow Ibanez RG550 that they had drilled over 70 holes in. They had seen pics of Steve Vai's old swiss cheese guitar and thought they'd try it. But they drilled through the wires and pickup selector. So they brought it to me to try and fix. So I used 1/4" maple doles and plugged every hole then sprayed it with flex-stone to hide the rough surface then shot it fire engine red!! But the next week they came to pick it up they had brought a Jem 7 string that needed new pickups put in and asked me if I would take the guitar I just fixed in trade for the work now needed. I did and that guitar was my main axe for 10 years!
Here's this guitar:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...ageID=22487371 Don't you love the hair! I cut it all off about three years ago. LOL!

So I love old beater guitars!!!

[Tricky]

Hey tricky,

I couldn't get to the pic for some reason but I love the idea of old beater guitars that becomes my main player.

A quick story - when I had my repair shop these guys brought me an old desert sun yellow Ibanez RG550 that they had drilled over 70 holes in. They had seen pics of Steve Vai's old swiss cheese guitar and thought they'd try it. But they drilled through the wires and pickup selector. So they brought it to me to try and fix. So I used 1/4" maple doles and plugged every hole then sprayed it with flex-stone to hide the rough surface then shot it fire engine red!! But the next week they came to pick it up they had brought a Jem 7 string that needed new pickups put in and asked me if I would take the guitar I just fixed in trade for the work now needed. I did and that guitar was my main axe for 10 years!
Here's this guitar:

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=366896014&albumID=1285754&imageID=22487371

So I love old beater guitars!!!

Hell yeah. What a deal.

The Charvette really isn't my main Axe, But I do play it daily.

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss56/Tricky_01/Charvel/Charvette150.jpg

[Dannyjoe Carter]

Hell yeah. What a deal.

The Charvette really isn't my main Axe, But I do play it daily.
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/s...arvette150.jpg

See that's a great guitar to take anywhere - no need to worry about a case or getting a scratch. And as a result you'll probably have that guitar forever!