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    Does anyone have some accurate dimensions on the Comins GCS-16 neck?
    I prefer chunky necks but not huge.
    I have had my hands on an early GCS-1 semihollow and it was too small for me.
    My hope is that the GCS-16 is bigger.

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    I have one sitting on Bill's bench with my name on it. I'm hoping to have it mid to late-week, and will take as many measurements as you need.

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    Thank you, sir!
    Depth at the 1st and 12th frets, and a description of the shoulders would work for me.

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    Hard to find newer Archtop guitars with any substantial sized necks.
    I ended up with a Benedetto Bambino that has medium sized
    .850”to 1” It’s the only Bambino that had enough shoulder as well.

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    I finally got the guitar today, and I will say it's a lovely guitar. I've been playing on an Eastman Romeo LA with flatwounds and getting a nice tone, but still wanted a full hollowbody and the Comins certainly delivers.

    The neck does have a nice c shape, albeit on the smaller size. I think that for jazz playing/manuevering (it's certainly more demanding with my skillset), it probably is for the better that it's a smaller than a nice '57 Les Paul neck.

    Here's the measurements I took. I couldn't take them from the 12th because the transition to the heel has already occurred, and it seems that the 10th fret is the closest place to take a measurement that makes sense.

    1st fret depth, .841", width 1.766", fretboard edge to edge 70mm
    10th fret depth, .908, width 2.03", fretboard e2e 78mm.

    I measure the fretboard from the corner of the binding, back around the neck, to the other edge of the binding. It can kind of give a sense of shoulders if you compare to other guitars.

    Hope that helps!
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    Thank you so much, I do appreciate it. Unfortunately for me, the size at the first fret is too small for my preferences.
    That said, how do you like the acoustic sound unplugged?