RR1 Vs SL1 or SL2H

[Locrian]

Hi people, iam about to buy my first Jackson, I currently have a ESP Mirage but i cant get confortable with the neck, so witch of these have the softer and fastest neck ?

Iam not realy into the RR's body shape but if it plays better ill giv it a try.

Wich one would you shoose ?

thanks for the help.

[DonP]

I have a 1989 M-1 Custom. The neck is a U shape. My SL2H and RR1's have a C shape, so any should work. I hate fat necks, people say new SL2H's have fatter (than normal Jackson) necks, but I really love my SL2H. Not as thin as my Fusions (thinnest of Jacksons), but it's thinner than my 60s necked LPs. If the RR1's are thinner (a 92 and a 95), then they aren't thinner by very much.

[The Mitch]

King V (KV2) has the fastest neck IMHO.

Right, that's why I'm possesed from my KV2.
The neck is the fastest one I've ever played.

[shreddermon]

Necks are just tools - one is not "faster" or "softer" than another. They just have different shapes and finishes. Getting "fast" is a playing technique, and you will adjust to whatever neck shape, etc that you're comfortable with.

Personally, I like variety. My favorite is the slim/wide profiles on Charvels. But I also really like the round/fat profiles on PC1s. And I can play anything in-between comfortably.

Besides, the RR1 and SL1/2H models all have the same neck profile. So you're asking about models that have no difference, as far as neck shape is concerned. And, IMHO, the difference between the RR/SL and KV "speed" neck shape is marginal, at best.

[fuel0707]

Locrian - when you say a "softer" neck, what do you mean? Are you referring to the shape, the finish or maybe the fretboard wood?

[Sidk]

Go play a few. Everyone has there own taste.

Me I love the feel of the SL2 but I haven't played a KV or PC1. The RR's feel good.

If your like me, its hard to find someplace that carries them all.

[Big D]

RR1's have nice high fret access and great tone, but they definitely take some getting used to when playing gigs. Really different than holding a Strat style guitar.

SL2H's are probably the "easiest" to play for the majority of people I think.

[Locrian]

Locrian - when you say a "softer" neck, what do you mean? Are you referring to the shape, the finish or maybe the fretboard wood?

Well when i say softer iam refering to how confortable is the neck on my hands, i realy cant explain, but i have played a late 80's ESP Mirage Custom, and it feels like it helped my left hand to play fluidly, that guitar gave-me de feeling that i could play better than i realy can...

[Brooke]

I've always liked the D shaped ones...better bending at higher frets with lower action.

But I don't think that one neck is faster than another...