How many of you are stuck to one neck carve?

[Huggy Love]

The reason I ask is because I think I might have fallen out of love with the "wide/thick" carve. Recently I've been doing less R&B with vocalists on my HB II (which has a thick) and more programming my DAW and working on getting back my improv chops on my solid body 408 (which has a thin). After a month or so I can really feel the difference and the thin is so much more comfortable it has me pondering............well U know.

The only thing holding me back is how well is sounds (especially chords) and how comfortable it is on my lap when I play sitting down. Not sure if a reshaping job at the PTC is a very expensive ordeal or wether it would affect the tone (probably would), but I'm not sure I would go that route.

Just not digging my having to adjust my grip (& brain) when I switch between the two. Maybe I'm one of those "stuck to one neck carve" kinda people.

Which one are you?

 

[Kazz]

I'm a "can't decide which I like better" kinda' guy. I definitely feel the difference between wide/fat and wide/thin (the only two I have so far), and sometimes I think I like the one I'm playing better, but I'm almost always happy to be playing whichever I'm playing.

The only times I question it are when my hand gets uncomfortable, which is most likely from poor technique, or when I think about what I want on my next guitar.

I think I'd be happy with any PRS neck I've tried though, and I can't say the same about some other manufacturers.

 

[IKnowALittle]

Wow. These differences in neck carve are minute, just play. Honestly, if your level of skill depends on "neck carve", man, practice some more.
If you prefer one neck to another, then buy the one you like ... geez.

 

[Mixstar]

I've never really thought about it, I noodle a bit and if I like it I'll buy it. I play Gibson and Fender as well as PRS and all seem OK to me. Maybe you should have added an extra answer "I don't care"

 

[bodia]

I'm a slut, I'll play anything. Poorly, but I'll play anything.

 

[CoreyT]

At first all I like was the SEs Wide/Thin, or the Pattern Thin of the Core line.
Now the SE Zach Myers is a little fat for me, and it is fatter than the Wide/Fat of my 2012 SE Santana.
The new SE I just bought has a Pattern neck carve, and I find it just as easy to play as the Pattern Thin on my 408.
But the ZM is pushing it with its fat carve, I tire too quickly playing a fat neck like it has.

 

[Drew]

Neck carve/nut width is very psychological. I've seen people with the smallest hands blaze away on flamenco and classical. Me personally? I notice if I'm switching guitars but that lasts about 5 minutes and then I feel right at home..whether its an ibanez wizard neck or a PRS wide fat.

 

[Boogie]

While my favorite carve is DGT, I have some of everying and just consider it a character of the guitar. My 335 is really thin and while I'd never spec that carve for a custom build, I'd never change that guitar. There isn't a neck I'd refuse to play for 4 hours straight.

 

[AP515]

I can feel a difference for about 3 minutes when I switch between them. After that it feels good with switching in either direction. If I want to be faster (which isn't fast anyway by usual standards) I play a W/T. If I want to be bluesy'er (not really a word but who cares) I play a W/F. But they both feel great no matter what. So, I wouldn't say it doesn't matter, it does make a difference, but that difference is small for me. It's like 22 vs. 24 frets. Yes I do feel a difference for a few minutes, but it's no big deal.

 

[helmi]

I'm not "stuck" on any carve. it just happens that ALL the prs's I have owned have been WF's. I have tried wide thins and liked them, they just were never on a guitar I was buying. my budde has a NF3 with the regular carve. it's playable, but I prefer it the least. to be honest, there's NOT a whole lot of difference's in the carves to me. very slight. hell, I've owned SEVERAL wide fat's that felt different from each other!

 

[Whitecat]

Prefer Wide/Fat, then Pattern, then Pattern Regular/Regular (std)... Wide/Thin and Pattern Thin I can't really get on with all that well, but if a guitar is great I wouldn't consider it "unplayable" - my hands just get a little cramped after a bit.

W/T & P/T would be dealbreakers when it comes to buying a new instrument unless there was some other specific reason I wanted/needed it, but the other ones are great and other than if I were speccing them out myself I don't really mind.

 

[Screamingdaisy]

I'm in the "I don't care" category.

 

[veinbuster]

I have so many different necks I can't really say if there is anything I like best. I've never had a transition problem with electrics.
If I don't play acoustic for more than a week or so, it takes me a few minutes to adjust to that. If the classical has sat for a couple of weeks its adjustment period is a bit longer if I play anything other than a piece written specifically for classical guitar.

 

[andy474x]

Pattern Regular is where it's at for me, although I still dig W/F and W/T too. The Pattern regular is incredibly comfortable for me, I have smaller hands. It's a touch narrower than both W/F and W/T, but the same thickness as W/F. Translates to just a little less "beef" in the hand, but still has the slightly more rounded contour, vs the slightly flatter feeling of the W/T.

 

[goat-n-gitter]

Both of my PRS have pattern regular, which isn't a choice in your survey. I'll take W/F over W/T if I can't get pattern regular.

Tom

 

[11top]

Don't care for thin. My vote went for "wide thick." Gibson '50s (especially '13 and later '59s) are my favorite necks.

 

[11top]

There isn't a neck I'd refuse to play for 4 hours straight.

 

[mezzio]

I'll play anything, but I absolutely love the Pattern carve on my 408.

 

[Boogie]

Way to pick up the "set up" and run with it.

 

[László]

I currently have Pattern and Pattern Regular necks. I have had Pattern Thin.

All the Pattern necks I have are a little bit different-feeling. I'm ascribing that to the hand-sanding differences. The Pattern Regular is fine for me as well - usually. I found Pattern Thin pretty good, too! I must be the Switzerland of neck aficionados. I'm neutral.

With my hand screwed up, at the moment Pattern is a little easier to play, but the difference is barely noticeable when things are normal.