Fat Necks

[Dean Reeves]

I read an article about neck thickness recently that was kind of eye opening. It said that while thinner necks seem easier to play at the start, they actually cause more strain on the tendons in your hand then a thicker neck. Basically it was saying that the further away your thumb and fingers are, the stronger your grip.

Of course people with long fingers are going to have a different idea of what thick is.

And advertising them as "Fast" or "Super Fast" necks is kind of ridiculous since flamenco guitarists can play extremely fast on the crazy-thick necks those guitars usually boast.

Just my $0.02

-Dean

[westhemann]

It said that while thinner necks seem easier to play at the start, they actually cause more strain on the tendons in your hand then a thicker neck.

That depends on the hands you have...like everything else,that only applies for some

I only developed problems in my hands after playing a guitar with a thicker neck for a while(it was a model I built with a really beefy neck)

And again...the lower you strap your guitar to stand and play,the thinner you need the neck to be...because of the wrist angle.

[Crusader]

...the lower you strap your guitar to stand and play,the thinner you need the neck to be...because of the wrist angle.

You're onto something there!