haastyle
First Lieutenant  Posts: 1 Registered: 2/16/2007 Status: Offline
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 posted on 2/16/2007 at 17:27 |
I am getting very frustrated w the narrow sting spacing on steel stung
guitars I can get chords on a clissical guitar nice and clean, but I want
to play electric. I have been to every guitar shop I know of but no body
has any answers, except play a classical guitar or bass. I am considering
buying a seven sting schecter I saw in a pawn shop and refitting the nut
bridge and pickups, but I am concerned that it might never tune right any
suggestions please, I am about as poor as shrek too so custom builds are
out of the question.
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ricoboc
Moderator   Posts: 278 Registered: 4/27/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 2/17/2007 at 04:02, Reply 1 |
I owned a Gibson RD years back. This guitar had a very thick neck. It felt
like a small tree trunk in my hands. Finding one may be a problem, they
stopped making them in 1978. Look around and you may find a used one. The
price may be a bit high, probally 800.00 to 1000.00.
It was a very nice guitar, I may hunt one down some time soon.  ____________________
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tattoo
Captain   Posts: 286 Registered: 7/31/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 2/20/2007 at 09:48, Reply 2 |
| Are you playing with the tips of your fingers. had to ask ____________________
Get the name to sell first then the trend makes millions.
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ricoboc
Moderator Posts: 278 Registered: 4/27/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 2/24/2007 at 05:12, Reply 3 |
*note* Many of the great electric guitar players have HUGE hands. Take a
look at Steve Vais fingers. They look like tree limbs!! LOL
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VonB
First Lieutenant  Posts: 9 Registered: 1/9/2007 Status: Offline |
posted on 2/24/2007 at 12:35, Reply 4 |
It sounds like you need a custom neck/guitar made for you. The onlyt way
you are going tobe truly happty is to have one built for you by a luthier.
I own VonB custom guitars. If you'd like, you can contact me offline and we
can chat about your personal needs. It's just like getting sized for a
suit.
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badpete
First Lieutenant Posts: 1 Registered: 3/7/2007 Status: Offline |
posted on 3/7/2007 at 06:22, Reply 5 |
Your complaint is legitimate, and there are many solutions. They all cost
money. Taylor and Martin both offer acoustic guitars with 1 7/8 inch necks.
They must be ordered from specially from Taylor, but the additional cost is
minimal. Many of the slot headed Martins have wide necks.
For an electric guitar, check out Warmoth's website. You can easily order a
1 7/8 inch neck to bolt on to a strat or tele body. The call the neck a
"superwide." I have done this, and it works very well. You can order the
woods, and the fret size you like; you will need to mount the tuning
machines yourself, which is easy. The workmanship and quality of these
necks is superb.
To save money, buy a used Fender Standard Standard Stratocaster, and order
the neck from Warmoth such that you can take the tuning machines off the
strat neck. Good luck!
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tonew
First Lieutenant  Posts: 2 Registered: 12/8/2007 Status: Offline |
posted on 12/8/2007 at 05:34, Reply 6 |
I have the same problem as I've got massive hands. In fact the problem is
when I play chords at the top of the neck where it's norrowest and when I'm
playing clean. My solution is to play these numbers on the accoustic which
is of course much wider. For example, on the accoustic I can play and sing
to House of the Rising Sun in Am, C, D, F and E quite well on the accoustic
but it sounds horrible on my electric guitar.
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