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Yeah, they’re usually 11/16ths at the nut to 2 1/4 at the bottom of the '''neck''', pretty much like the Charvel '''neck'''s that Grover Jackson made for me back in the ’80s, which is not standard at all on a Strat, because Strat '''neck'''s are really narrow at the top, and the string spacing is really wide, so my problem with Strats was first of all I didn’t like the radius. And then the second thing is that the '''neck'''s are so narrow at the top, compared to wherever the string spacing is at the bottom, that I would roll the strings off of it on each side of the fretboard. So I just decided to ask Grover, originally, if he’d make a nice wide at the nut '''neck'''. But then make it as wide as a Gibson Les Paul at the end of the fretboard. And of course then you look at a Gibson, and the spacing’s down on the bridge end of the fretboard, but the '''neck''' is wider. So it seemed completely illogical to me that the Fender '''neck''' is really not quite right somehow. It’s just personal taste, that’s all. So I’ve had all my guitars made with pretty much those dimensions. And with just about as big a frets as you can get, and then a pretty flat radius: 20 to 25. | Yeah, they’re usually 11/16ths at the nut to 2 1/4 at the bottom of the '''neck''', pretty much like the Charvel '''neck'''s that Grover Jackson made for me back in the ’80s, which is not standard at all on a Strat, because Strat '''neck'''s are really narrow at the top, and the string spacing is really wide, so my problem with Strats was first of all I didn’t like the radius. And then the second thing is that the '''neck'''s are so narrow at the top, compared to wherever the string spacing is at the bottom, that I would roll the strings off of it on each side of the fretboard. So I just decided to ask Grover, originally, if he’d make a nice wide at the nut '''neck'''. But then make it as wide as a Gibson Les Paul at the end of the fretboard. And of course then you look at a Gibson, and the spacing’s down on the bridge end of the fretboard, but the '''neck''' is wider. So it seemed completely illogical to me that the Fender '''neck''' is really not quite right somehow. It’s just personal taste, that’s all. So I’ve had all my guitars made with pretty much those dimensions. And with just about as big a frets as you can get, and then a pretty flat radius: 20 to 25. | ||
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