Hello there, recently played a '66 ES-175. I loved the slim, pencil neck on it. Are there other hollowbodies that you know of with the same neck size, shape?
I haven’t played your 175, but my Heritage 575 has a narrow, fast neck that reminds me of a Japanese GB10 I owned some time ago. AFAIK the Heritage guitars had all kinds of variations in the past, there are probably more narrow necked 575s around.
I had a Samick HF 650 that had a very thin neck. IIRC, the nut was 1 5/8" rather than the 1-9/16" of the skinniest '60s Gibsons, but the overall neck profile was about the same.
Nice 175 !
Have been lucky enough to own a 66 Tal Farlow with this kind of neck in 25.5 scale.
Fantastic sound whatever amp used !
This is a digitized slide with poor color rendering : the Viceroy Brown was lighter, more chocolate brown.
Many Guilds from the late '50s and early '60s had 1-5/8" necks.
Oddly enough, my '55 ES-175D has a 1-5/8" nut and a fairly slim depth, which was atypical for the era. Moral of the story is, in that era there were no absolutes, only general trends. Judge each individual instrument on its own merit.
Wow just the opposite for me. I really like the late1950’s Gibson larger necks with the 1&11/16” width. I find these later 1965 necks way too cramped for my hands.
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