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Originally Posted by EllenGtrGrl
-nut width
-depth of the neck just behind the first fret, wood-to-wood
-depth of the neck just behind the 12th fret, wood-to-wood
Don't buy from anyone too lazy or stupid to to provide this information - there is no shortage of suitable guitars on Reverb, ebay and gbase, in your price range. Everything else, here or there, is simply noise or bullshit.
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12-01-2019 10:55 PM
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Good point. I'll do that.
Ellen
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Well, I took care if my "I don't want a thin neck" issue a few hours ago. How it happened is a story in and of itself.
As some of you may have realized, I decided to loosen up with my "17 inch hollowbody or bust" requirement, and consider semi-hollow 335-style guitars again (see my Yamaha SA800 thread for further details). I spent a pretty penny (complete with a refret job, due to my nickel allergy) 3 plus months ago, on a Fender American Original Jazzmaster. Well, it turned out to be an expensive failed experiment - it's a great guitar, but I got fed up with where the volume knob is located (right below the bridge - where I rest my right hand), because my right ring finger was always hitting the volume knob, whenever I played the guitar - ugh!!!! So, since I was on vacation today, I took the Jazzmaster back to shop I bought it from, to see about replacing it with a hollow or semi-hollow guitar, with a chunky neck.
My expectations about this happening were low, but I ended up being pleasantly surprised! When I mentioned to the salesguy I usually deal with, that I wanted something with a beefier neck in a hollow or semi-hollow guitar, 1 minute later he handed me a used 2015 Heritage H-535, and said "try this, it has a nice meaty neck." I put on some nitrile gloves (whenever I try out electric guitars, I bring a pair of nitrile gloves with me, to keep the nickel strings, from causing my dermatitis to flare up), gave it a quick play and said "yeah! now we're talking!" It had a nice chunky neck, that felt oh, so comfortable in my left hand. What sealed the deal, were the Duncan Seth Lover pickups in it - beautiful, round jazz tones (and great sounding rock rock tones too - yeah, I still like to play dirty sounding guiitar ). I left the guitar at the shop (Cream City Music), for the obligatory refret job from the on-staff luthier (the nickel frets will get replaced with Jescar EVO Gold, hypoallergenic fretwire). When I got home, a little online searching informed me that the hardware (bridge, tailpiece, and tuners) are nickel plated. I will have to also replace those. I've contacted Heritage, to ask them what hardware they used, so I can get compatible chrome plated hardware. Below is a photo of my new (to me) guitar.
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congrats...went around a bit on that one..from big body arch to thinline..but nice looking guitar!!! & lots of heritage aficionados on board here... hope the needed changes work out well...enjoy!
cheers
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Congrats! I didn’t realize you were in Milwaukee. I live about 5 minutes from Cream City Music!
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Ha, another Heritage convert! That is a pretty one. Is the color Almond Sunburst? The label might abbreviate it to ASB or something close. They finally offered thicker necks, Seths and 59's as an option several years ago due to popular demand.
Play it in good health.
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Originally Posted by neatomic
Originally Posted by Mark M.
Originally Posted by Gitfiddler
Ellen
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Actually I live in Greenfield, just off of '894. Yeah, Cream City can be kind of toxic to my finances.
Yes, definitely! Wade’s has actually been harder on my credit card! I can’t go in there without finding something I want.
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Originally Posted by Mark M.
Last edited by EllenGtrGrl; 12-15-2019 at 10:30 AM.
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Another JGO happy ending! Congratulations, and play it in good health!
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Beautiful guitar -- congrats!
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Those are great guitars! Enjoy it in good health. May it bring creativity, inspiration and happiness!
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