fat necks

**Greentone** · 12-12-2020, 09:48 PM

By the way, the Harmony Stratotone is one heck of a guitar. The neck is quite a handful...and that's GOOD.

The guy I played in a blues duo with for 25 years (my best friend and a vintage guitar dealer) favored both the Stratotone and his Mechanicland Telecaster. Both guitars had necks about 1" thick at the nut. Both guitars sounded great, too.

This guy had an incredible array of exceptional guitars to choose from, too: 1928 Gibson L-5, several vintage ES-335s, a great ES-175, etc.

Typically, though, he'd grab the Harmony.

**Hammertone** · 12-12-2020, 10:24 PM

Originally Posted by Greentone

...The guy I played in a blues duo with for 25 years (my best friend and a vintage guitar dealer) favored both the Stratotone and his Mechanicland Telecaster. Both guitars had necks about 1" thick at the nut. Both guitars sounded great, too....

...and the Mechanicland tele was built by Brian Monty.

**citizenk74** · 12-14-2020, 03:24 PM

My pre-war Kalamazoo acoustic archtop has a neck I can only describe as "humungous." Wide, deep, and with a pronounced "V" profile, it is hand-filling, to say the least. I'm possessed of pretty good-sized mitts, and this baby fills 'em up! With the right strings, it projects the live-long day.

**Gabor** · 12-14-2020, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by jads57

Maybe because I'm originally a lefty when I write. I'm a bit extra sensitive to a necks shape? I really don't like feeling skinny necks because they don't support my left hand properly. And I feel as though my left hand is collapsing.

And mostly because I'm a bit neurotic about neck shapes,LOL !

I am lefty too. My experience is the opposite: fat necks