Jazz Guitar With the Best Neck?

**pingu** · 02-14-2018, 09:08 PM

OK you can only have one !

1 Ibanez JP20

**guido5** · 02-14-2018, 10:12 PM

The 1.75 at the nut yet fast slim d/c profile profile of my Eastman AR910ce is just sublime for me. 12" radius...

**neatomic** · 02-14-2018, 10:20 PM

isabelle adjani!

haha

so subjective..and so much more than just mere dimensions...set up involved

but some of those old gretsch and hofners had some wonderfully odd clubby, yet comfy necks

a well worn tele...

completely arbitrary

i'll stick with isabelle

cheers

**coolvinny** · 02-14-2018, 10:54 PM

My Hopkins Contessa...sublime. And it just good fortune given that I bought it online as a 10 year instrument and yet it was perfect. At the nut 1.75 but feels a bit narrower than my Andersen; more rounded than my Andersen. About .8 at 1st fret I think.

**Doctor Jeff** · 02-15-2018, 01:35 AM

My Peerless Sunset.

Very similar--Gibson ES-135, though it should be noted with the sticky nitro that I have tried sanding down but still persists.

Honorable mention--Epi JP (most Korean guitar necks feel similar to me), Godin Kingpin and 5th Avenue, Tele bare wood relic'ed neck.

**omphalopsychos** · 02-15-2018, 02:21 AM

50s Gibson ES 150. 25.5" scale, 1 3/4" nut. slightly fat but round profile.

**TOMMO** · 02-15-2018, 09:03 AM

My 1982 ES 335 DOT. The one on my Eastman AR372CE is very similar.

**blackcat** · 02-15-2018, 09:11 AM

My new Fibonacci Diablo - very similar dimensions to Peerless Leela/Cremona.

**Boston Joe** · 02-15-2018, 10:21 AM

Warmoth modern boatneck. 25.5" scale, 10"-16" compound radius.

**wengr** · 02-15-2018, 10:52 AM

My Eastman John Pisano. Perfect fit for me. If I was to order a custom build, I would take the Pisano to the luthier so the neck specs could be copied.

**Rob MacKillop** · 02-15-2018, 12:20 PM

Peerless Leela. Perfection.

**Donnie** · 02-15-2018, 12:37 PM

My 1950 TL-50 "T is for Tenor" fits me like I was born to play it. I posted on Face Book once, this story:
Today I met the Love Of My Life; her neck is so slender as the fingers on my left hand gently touched it. It felt so natural for my right arm to rest around her waist. I held her close and our bodies seemed as though they were made to be held against each other. I knew the music we would make would be so wonderfully amazing as the slumbering chords pour out of us... here's a picture of her

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**omphalopsychos** · 02-15-2018, 01:56 PM

Totally irrelevant (to all but neatomic).

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**Max405** · 02-15-2018, 02:14 PM

Heritage 18" Johnny Smith
I am glad a human carved this neck. Because it doesn't feel like anything else I've ever played.
From open string to the last fret.
A guitar I wanted love so much, in the end did not let me down.
Joe D

**mr. beaumont** · 02-15-2018, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by Boston Joe

Warmoth modern boatneck. 25.5" scale, 10"-16" compound radius.

I'll actually second that, as I have one on my Tele. Mine also has a 1 3/4" nut. It's just...perfect.

The neck on my Heritage 575 is also fantastic. Has the roundness of some 50's Gibsons I've played, but it's just a hair shallower in depth. Fills the hand without feeling "clubby." Really well done...I've heard that many Heritage necks are much thinner in profile, so I feel lucky to have stumbled upon this one.

**GNAPPI** · 02-15-2018, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by Donnie

My 1950 TL-50 "T is for Tenor" fits me like I was born to play it. I posted on Face Book once, this story:
Today I met the Love Of My Life; her neck is so slender as the fingers on my left hand gently touched it. It felt so natural for my right arm to rest around her waist. I held her close and our bodies seemed as though they were made to be held against each other. I knew the music we would make would be so wonderfully amazing as the slumbering chords pour out of us... here's a picture of her

Dude, get a room :-)

**Greentone** · 02-15-2018, 02:42 PM

+1 gnappi

**Hep To The Jive** · 02-15-2018, 02:55 PM

Any neck with narrow nut width. I don't play guitars with wider than 1 5/8 necks.

**Woody Sound** · 02-15-2018, 03:37 PM

Sadowsky archtops.

**Stringswinger** · 02-15-2018, 03:40 PM

My 1963 es175. Slim and wide.

**BigMikeinNJ** · 02-15-2018, 03:41 PM

?Patrick's old 17 inch Unity...
My '39 and '40 L5s

**rio** · 02-15-2018, 03:52 PM

My ‘70 L5 for sure. It is not chunky but not super thin. It’s just super comfortable for me and I wish Gibson were still using that neck shape. Honorable mention to my PM100, which I would certainly choose if I didn’t have the L5. It is almost too thin but not quite and similar to the L5 neck but a little less substantial and I prefer the feel of old nitro since that neck has been played down over the years.

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**Max405** · 02-15-2018, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by BigMikeinNJ

?Patrick's old 17 inch Unity...
My '39 and '40 L5s

Mikey,
ONE..
Not Three..
But I understand. You've got a few more to choose from than most of us.

**sgosnell** · 02-15-2018, 04:20 PM

Benedetto Bambino and Bambino Deluxe. Just the right size and shape. I could live with slightly wider if I had to, but the thickness and round shape is ideal for me.

**rpjazzguitar** · 02-15-2018, 04:30 PM

Yamaha Pacifica 012 or 112.

These are very skinny necks with about a 14 radius.

The attachment to the body is slim enough that I don't have to fight the heel of the neck to play well above the 12th fret. That's significant, because I can get chords up there that were inconceivable on my other guitars.

And, while some guitars that are playable up high may not stay in tune well (a complaint, I believe, about some SG's), my Yamaha stays in tune all night.