Guitars similar to Gibson ES-165 (specifically neck) as a backup

[lawson-stone]

I have an Epi. Mine and every other one I've ever seen has had a narrower neck, narrower in width at the nut and a narrower spec at the 14th fret where the neck meets the body. It's got a bit of meat to it, and with the combination narrower width, it feels rounder in cross section. I've only seen a half dozen of these reissues and I only own one, so don't consider me an authority, but that's my experience.
By the way, I've put a Duncan jazz in mine and recontoured the back of the neck on mine, it's quite different from my Gibson but I do like it.

David

Strange. Every Epiphone I have has a nut and fingerboard width exactly the same as its Gibson counterpart. I will measure again, though, because it's easy to be off by 1/16. The necks are typically thinner front to back, but I've never measured nor felt them to be narrower width.