This causes the strings to go under the nail and hurt badly. I would love to have an electric guitar with a wide neck to alleviate this problem. ES-335. It's not 24 5/8" It's 24 9/16". Visually, at a quick glance, many people might not notice any difference in some cases, but the relationship between the player’s hand and the fretboard is so crucial and subtle, that just a matter of tiny millimetres can make a huge difference – the difference in fact, between you loving a guitar or maybe even loathing it! For any ES-335 verifiably made in 1969, no way would the nut width be anything other than approximately 1 and 9/16 inches, give or take one or two sixty-fourths of an inch. Thanks, I see what you mean, but it seems like they stole the the width idea from PRS, I just wish they'd keep some models with the old width, I really wanted a Les Paul but now my only choices are to buy an older used one, a 3000 VOS, or an epiphone If you play a scalloped fretboard, differences in neck radius have less of an impact. Humbuckers were designed to eliminate noise and they generally produce a thicker, deeper sound than single-coils. But again, the fingerboard width does not change appreciably on the 50's or 60's necks for Les Pauls (ok, Historic gurus, don't beat me up over the thicker neck binding issue). At the end of the day, your decision to purchase a Gibson Les Paul or an Epiphone Les Paulis all up to you. This applied to Strats, Jazzmasters and Jags only and was similar to the option for custom colors. Mark D Phillips……. I have pretty big hands was playing a Mexican strat and a Epiphone Les Paul I just got a Agile Les Paul style 1 7/8 damn big neck guitar and I love it looks feels and sound’s great and easy to play. Also MUCH prefer 12″ radius to 9.5 or rounder. It was like the clouds parted and the sun shown down on me. Hard to imagine a wider neck. You are stating that you also build guitars from scratch, which is not the case. Going back to Gibson, here’s another comparison: the maligned 2015 Les Paul had a width at nut of 1.795″, whereas “normal” Les Paul Standard has a width at nut of 1.695″. Probably the most easily recognisable difference between Fender and Gibson is the variation in body shapes. I´am an acoustic parlor player by hart. This is not intended as a dis to anybody but it always seems the guys with yellow #2 fingers say there’s no need for wide neck guitars. It's also fair to say that the Les Paul can handle classic jazz tones more authentically than the Strat, with its neck pickup able to mimic the dark, boxy tones of its hollow body cousins. The Strato… But I would definitely prefer buying a ready made Fender before doing a custom order having to wait for a large amount of weeks etc. Guys in my band asked if I had found some Limitless Guitar Pills. Having fitted a ‘ big Lou ‘ 1,75” neck to a Fender Squier and found it a huge improvement I’d recommend this concept. Heel Depth: 20mm-26mm(with fingerboard) Item Weight: 645g / 22.7oz. Maybe if you’re used to modern Fenders, then the Slim Taper profile on the 60s might feel a … I’ve asked people from Fender about bringing back this option and got blank stares. I have checked both necks against a profile gauge taken from a '59 Les Paul Standard and they match extremely well. Another point regarding wide neck guitars that I think warrants a mention is: The measurements were taken from an actual guitar. slim is good, and for my money, 1.75” is the max, 1.7 would be better. Agile 310SE comes in a DAMN WIDE at 1 7/8″ wide at the nut. Its a whopping 2″ at the nut. Meaty neck if you like that. TIA. Consequently I've not seen a great deal of evidence that the massive neck variations people talk about for 50s Les Pauls were ever real. I’ve got kind of stubby fingers. I’m a strong believer that there’s a market for wide neck guitars. By Just do it no rocket science is applied. Fishman Isys onboard pre-amp. A big difference between the Stratocaster and the Les Paul is their scale length—the length of the strings measured from the nut to the bridge. Gibson 2018 Les Paul Traditional • PRICE £2,199 (inc hard case) Seth Lover: Designer who developed and patented the humbucker pickup first introduced in the 1957 Les Paul. Glossary of Les Paul Terms ’60s neck: the flatter, slimmer neck profile introduced found on ‘60s- era Les Pauls and most SG models. A traditional Les Paul has two humbucker pickups (neck and bridge). The Epiphone Les Paul Standard was first introduced in 1989 and was originally made at the Samick Plant in Korea.Although not Epiphone's first Les Paul model, the 1989 Standards and Customs were their first Gibson-licensed set-neck Les Paul that closely resembled the original model.