How many neck styles are there ?

[holyroller]

50 style 60 style , I just read somewhere about a modern c ? How many do they offer? I know gibbys have 60 style neck , but they also make 60 slim tapered . Does a 50 style meen it's chunky like a bat, or are the different inbetween ones ?

[PunkKitty]

There is an infinite number. Every Heritage neck is hand shaped. They are all a bit different.

 

In general, 50's style is a chunky neck and 60's style is a thinner neck. Medium C is somewhere in between.

[TalismanRich]

There are lots of different styles of neck carve. You have rounded D, C shape, V shape, Assymetrical carve.

 

Then you get to different thickness, That has varied a lot over the years. In the 50s the necks were generally thicker. By the 60s, they got somewhat thinner. Over the years that has moved back and forth.

 

 

With the standard issue Gibsons, the necks should be consistent since a lot of the work is done on a CNC machine. That lends to consistent shape and thickness. It then gets a final sanding and smoothing. They can still have different shapes and thicknesses, and call them up on the computer at will.

 

Remember that in the 50s and 60s there were no computers and CNC machines, and the necks among models of the same year will vary. Saying you want a 59 neck is a bit less meaningful in that light. Rather, I think Gibson had taken a lot of necks and "averaged" the shape and size of the necks to set a standard.

 

 

 

[skydog52]

I think the basic shapes are C D V and U. With variations in each shape.

 

 

Asymmetrical

[Steiner]

I think the basic shapes are C D V and U. With variations in each shape.

 

 

 

SkyDog52 - Did you cut the head off your Gibson just to illustrate that cut???

 

What a nice guy. Goes to all that trouble just to help us. Wow...

[holyroller]

Lol,,, the h 150 I got last month has the dream feel of a neck ever . I am worried about getting the same on future heritages and the 157 build I am putting together. Wonder if I should send them the guitar to spec the neck? There only 3 hours away maybe I could visit? Do they do this?

[skydog52]

 

SkyDog52 - Did you cut the head off your Gibson just to illustrate that cut???

 

What a nice guy. Goes to all that trouble just to help us. Wow...

Officially known as the John Wayne Bobbitt

[Joe]

 

Lol,,, the h 150 I got last month has the dream feel of a neck ever . I am worried about getting the same on future heritages and the 157 build I am putting together. Wonder if I should send them the guitar to spec the neck? There only 3 hours away maybe I could visit? Do they do this?

When I ordered my 157 I wanted the neck to match my 555. The dealer measured the 5th, 7th, 9th, and 12th frets and sent those with the order. They are a perfect match.

[SouthpawGuy]

There is an infinite number. Every Heritage neck is hand shaped. They are all a bit different.

 

In general, 50's style is a chunky neck and 60's style is a thinner neck. Medium C is somewhere in between.

 

Agreed. No two of my Heritages have exactly the same neck.

[Steiner]

Lol,,, the h 150 I got last month has the dream feel of a neck ever . I am worried about getting the same on future heritages and the 157 build I am putting together. Wonder if I should send them the guitar to spec the neck? They're only 3 hours away maybe I could visit? Do they do this?

 

Yes! They do a great job of it too. Visit the guitar center (AKA 225 Parson St.). I Guarantee you will smile all the way home. You'll additionally get the carve you want.

 

 

 

 

Officially known as the John Wayne Bobbitt

 

You had your Wife do that?????

[holyroller]

I just figured out that my h150 has to be a modern c neck. Its like wide but thin.reminds me of a prs i had . They called it a wide thin. I loved this style of a neck , you can really speed all over the fret boArd.

[SouthpawGuy]

Could be wrong but a modern C generally isn't thought of as thin, a G&L modern C is way different to any Heritage I've played. And my '99 McCarty with a wide fat neck isn't what I'd call fat at all really.