Yes my buddy John has an awesome American Kelly.
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gball
Ambassador of Boogie
My '79 LP Custom has that crazy neck that a lot of the LP's from that era did: very thin and flat-backed up by the nut and tapering to fat and round at the heel. It's like a compound profile I guess, and several of the Norlin-era Les Pauls that I have owned over the years had it, including this one. I find it to be incredibly comfortable to play, and maybe even something they should think about doing again.
mcblink
Ambassador of Riffs & Spliffs
I've always felt like Jackson necks had a "flat" feel to them...and it gets more flat the farther up you go...
Believe it or not, with me it’s the least played
It’s been a couple of years since I have strangled the Kelly
eclecticsynergy
Ambassador of Electric Synergy
I don't mind a shallow profile, though I do prefer chunky ones. It's just the narrow ones that give me trouble nowadays.
I was comfortable with pretty much any neck I encountered for decades. It's only in recent years that I developed a condition known as finger clubbing, where the fingertips become fatter and the nails curved. Since then I have difficulty with any chord form that requires open strings to ring out in between fretted ones on a narrow neck. Some of the more demanding ones are difficult on even the larger necks that I've played an loved for many years.
Here's a pic of the Albert Lee HH. Fantastic feel on the neck, just a bit small for me. Other than that, it sounds great and plays really well.
I wish they made one with a wide/fat neck.
I was comfortable with pretty much any neck I encountered for decades. It's only in recent years that I developed a condition known as finger clubbing, where the fingertips become fatter and the nails curved. Since then I have difficulty with any chord form that requires open strings to ring out in between fretted ones on a narrow neck. Some of the more demanding ones are difficult on even the larger necks that I've played an loved for many years.
Here's a pic of the Albert Lee HH. Fantastic feel on the neck, just a bit small for me. Other than that, it sounds great and plays really well.
I wish they made one with a wide/fat neck.
I to have the problems you speak of on open chords with strings supposed to ring and my fingers are in the way!!
eclecticsynergy
Ambassador of Electric Synergy
One of my favorites is an F chord with the G and high E strings left open. Can hardly manage that one on anything except my classical guitar anymore.
On narrow necks even a plain ol' C cowboy chord is a challenge.
On narrow necks even a plain ol' C cowboy chord is a challenge.
I know what you mean bro.
I have a couple of tunes that I use similar chords and I hear myself messing them up so ridiculously bad .
That I just tend to not play them!
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eclecticsynergy
Ambassador of Electric Synergy
Couple black & golds in my stable
Deathbat, a '77 Greco. Another one with a fairly small neck. Has the Duncan Mayhem set and tonally it's quite aggressive.
Golden Eagle has a super chunky '58 profile neck and Wolfetone Caretakers. Plays like butter and sounds great, vintage hot.
Night Bird, named for the Hendrix tune inspired by Alison Steele. (I posted this one on the P90 thread already)
Neck is superb. Tone is the essence of proverbial Tele-on-steroids.
My other Custom is cream & gold - a mid-80s Burny named Nicotine Blonde.
Deathbat, a '77 Greco. Another one with a fairly small neck. Has the Duncan Mayhem set and tonally it's quite aggressive.
Golden Eagle has a super chunky '58 profile neck and Wolfetone Caretakers. Plays like butter and sounds great, vintage hot.
Night Bird, named for the Hendrix tune inspired by Alison Steele. (I posted this one on the P90 thread already)
Neck is superb. Tone is the essence of proverbial Tele-on-steroids.
My other Custom is cream & gold - a mid-80s Burny named Nicotine Blonde.
Beautiful instruments all of them
I might look into getting another MIJ soon. Like my ex Greco EG500...
