Jackson PC1 neck - how fat is it?

[Brage T. S]

Hi! This is my first thread on this forum, so please be nice!

I am really considering a jackson pc1, my problem is that I don't have the chance to try it before I eventually buy one. Could you guys try to describe the neck to me? I am looking for a fat stratocaster neck. How fat is the neck? Could you maybe compare it to some other guitar? My current main guitar is a fender deluxe stratocaster, now I'm looking for something with a fatter neck.

- Brage

[shreddermon]

Neck Dimensions - 3rd Fret -. 825, 12th Fret -. 890

[markD]

The neck is fat. It is VERY comfortable and easy to get used to. While I no longer gig my PC-1, the neck is still my favorite shape. I can't compare it to anything else I have because I have a ton of different brands - EBMM, PRS, Fender, Hamer, Ibanez, Brian Moore - and multiple models within each brand. I can guess the closest neck would be the wide/fat neck on my PRS CU24 Floyd.

[neilli]

I'd say the PC1 neck is bigger than the neck on a production Fender strat, assuming it has a standard-ish neck not some weird oversize thing. The PC1 has a conical radius though, so the board will feel 'flatter' than on a strat..

[Brage T. S]

Thank you guys! I really like the wide/fat PRS profile, so if the PC1 is similar, that's a good thing! By the way, I read somewhere that the PC1 neck i similar to the Jackson Adrian Smith neck, is that true? Because the Adrian Smith neck is not that fat.

[neilli]

No, the PC1 neck is appreciably fatter than the AS - I ordered a custom PC1 with the AS profile because I prefer a thinner neck.

[Venomboy]

Phil Collen has a custom LP-ish Jackson with a FAT neck, which was 1" or slightly over at the nut; Pablo from Jackson had given me the specs.

[shreddermon]

Phil's necks are fatter than the production PC1s.

[neilli]

+1 Brooks has a pic showing just how much bigger Phil's necks are than the production guitar.

[vklobucar]

Phil's neck are indeed MILES fatter than any production Jackson. Someone years ago at the Jackson CS dubbed them 2 x Phil as a joke!

I held one of his PC Supreme's a few years ago and it was classical guitar territory.

I have NEVER held a neck so thick and chunky. He told me that it truly was the fattest neck that either Mike or Pablo had ever come across.

Now add some 13-56 strings to that equation and ask yourself just how the man actually plays those things! LOL!

[Jackson8090s]

Soooooo, ya wanna play the fat end of a baseball bat do ya! have fun with that heh!

[Brage T. S]

Soooooo, ya wanna play the fat end of a baseball bat do ya! have fun with that heh!

Yes, Sir!

[ps43203]

There is a guy selling one on facebook, (jcfonline), I asked how thick the neck was and he said his was a thin neck.
It is a strat head version, newer model. So they are available with a thin neck, I suppose.
Here's a link. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

[ps43203]

The link doesn't work unless your logged into FB and a member, sorry about that.