QUOTE (Slavenko Erazer @ Mar 29 2012, 08:10 AM)
I like Jackson , Kramer, und Charvel guitars from 80's... those old guitars are all-time warhorses!!!
I have one Jackson from 80's its custom built in Ontario, and has that Eddie Van Halen hot sound..
I don't like the Ibanez Rg 550 und 560 wizard necks, cause they're too thin, if you have longer fingers, they feel uncofortable...
I'm still searching for older guitar with some more low-end sound...
Too Thin!
I can certainly appreciate your fondness of early 80's axes. Some great guitars for Metal came out of that era. But yea, like I mentioned in the last post, neck thickness seems pretty relative and every player is different. Your post is a great example of that. The 550 560 (pre skunk stripe) have some of the thinnest necks ever made. So thin in fact they would sometimes snap under the pressure of heavy strings and a floating trem. Subsequent necks were thicker and had the "skunk stripe" or strip of dark heavy wood for support in the center.
These early ibanez necks are crazy thin and some folks (like me) just adore these guitars. The PARKER guitars have necks that feel similar. But these are not for everyone, some players feel there isn't enough neck to work with. But thin necks are buy no means the only way to go even for shredding. Look at Yngwie, he plays a 57 strat with a huge neck and it's not slowing him down.
Just goes to show, there are as many guitars/shapes/necks as there are players that play them. Play on!
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