andrew00 0 Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Hey, I came to buying a Mustang (from a Jag and before that a LesP) b/c I has small feminine hands hehe. The short scale of the Mustang is good although the neck is still a bit too thick for me to properly get my thumb over/it gives me cramps. Has anyone ever filed their neck down so it's a lot thinner? Is this a bad idea/does it hurt tone? It'd prob help me a lot! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Earth 24 Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Its common (not among fender players though) but its not filed, its sanded, and mostly done by professional Luthiers. Which I advise in this case. You do it yourself you can risk fvcking it right up. Guitar teachers (of which I've never been to one ) will say "you shouldn't have your thumb over it" anyways. But I'm guilty of this all the time myself, I cant get out of it and really dont care. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HNB 56 Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Its common (not among fender players though) but its not filed, its sanded, and mostly done by professional Luthiers. Which I advise in this case. You do it yourself you can risk fvcking it right up. Guitar teachers (of which I've never been to one ) will say "you shouldn't have your thumb over it" anyways. But I'm guilty of this all the time myself, I cant get out of it and really dont care. LOL I do the same, but my hands are monsters. Only my fatneck tele is big enough for me not to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Earth 24 Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I do it on guitar necks as thick as Les Paul customs, vintage mustangs, they are .900" at 1st fret. So I dunno how big that makes my hands. Japanese Jags are around .830" and american around .850". The 61 SG is .800". My thinest neck is .767" and thickest .900". So long as it has big frets I dont care much but do kinda prefer thinner like around .800"-.850" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robert(original) 30 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 def don't do it yourself unless you are a skilled wood worker, it won't change the tone unless you are eric johnson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrew00 0 Posted May 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Yeah I picked up my gibson copy recently and the thin neck is super lovely heh. I spoke to a luthier who said he'd be nervous to do the job due to the truss rod placement - anyone have any info about that and mustang necks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug 8 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Necks can be vulnerable to breaking, especially near the nut. With that immense string tension...someone compared it to standing the guitar on end with a small adult balanced on the top edge of the headstock...whew! I'd learn to live with the Mustang neck. Doug Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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