Slim and flat. I think its the curve at the back causing me issues with the Strat as simple chords like D are causing me issues with bottom string where fret board ends so quickly after string.
Ill keep on practicing with Strat. Its good to feel different guitar’s.
My tutor said he once played a gig with a Les Paul and he felt like he’d ran a marathon after. It was heavy and his shoulder and back ached and his hand hurt due to the thickness of the curve in the neck. He loves the sound but hates playing them.
I’d agree. Les Paul’s can be sound great, play very well but wreck your back and shoulder.
Make sure to try a PRS with a wide flat fret board and a slimish neck.
So doing a bit of research of neck shapes.
Turns out my Ltd ESP is what they call Thin U shape.
The Ibanez is wizard HP which they describe as D shape.
The fender is what they say is C shape and it feels odd to me.
I guess I’m trying to find out is a thin U closer to D which are flatter or a C?
The charvel says it has rolled finger edges which I think the fender has so I think that’s my issue. I don’t like the way the fret rounds off.
I’ll have a look into PRS neck shapes as well.
Considering my guitar is cheap I do like the feel of the neck. Oddly after playing Fender for a few hours yesterday I picked up my guitar and played it so well. This was after 2 hours of playing and my hands and fingers were tired but I played so good I was buzzing.
The only other issue on the fender is the fret. I’m having trouble fretting some chords like a D as the fret just seems to end after the string - (edit thatll be the rolled edges then!!!) . It’s also very unforgiving in terms of where you fingers land. If you are slightly out with finger positioning it won’t ring out whereas on mine you don’t have to be as spot on.
One issue might be fret size. Guitars like Ibanez, ESP etc. are likely to have Jumbo frets. The Fender may not and maybe of a smaller traditional size. I know I initially struggled with that, combined with the radiused fretboard on my tele. But there were other factors that made me stick with it. I was also aware that it would fee different.
Looks nice but for whatever reason I’m always a bit wary of how these types of guitar, especially with EMG’s will sound clean. I probably don’t know enough about them.
When it comes to distortion there’s so many choices the difficult part is choosing what you want. Clean though, there’s less places to hide.
I’m no expert and I’ve only tried 81/85 and 57/66 sets when it comes to EMG but I’ll share my two cents. I was always influenced by passive Seymour Duncans, especially the Jazz/JB set, so I was specifically looking for warmer sounding set of pickups when I was going for a new guitar. When these SDs are both split and you place the three-way switch in the middle position, you can dial in a sound that is about as close to acoustic guitar as possible as I’ve heard in person (at least when it comes to cheaper guitars). EMG are nowhere near them when it comes to versatility but they weren’t made with that intent, their humbuckers were always oriented towards heavier music.
I think I got lucky with buying that Schecter guitar that had the 57/66 set. I’ve only known them from YouTube videos (Richie Faulkner uses them in his signature Epiphone Flying V, I absolutely love his sound) and the difference on videos didn’t sound so pronounced to my inexperienced ear but I thought “what the hell, I’m getting the guitar dirt-cheap”, so I went for it. The difference when hearing them in person and playing them is obvious compared to SDs and 81/85 set. I’m having trouble finding the right words in Serbian, let alone English, but I’d say they are significantly warmer and a bit darker than 81/85, maybe less compressed as well if I can put it that way. I think you could play blues with them, honestly, but you’d probably need a compression pedal to make them more “twangy”. I’m talking about their clean sound, by the way, I think you’d like 57 especially.
It’s a personal preference but I’ll be sticking to 57/66 and Jazz/JB sets for quite a while. I’d like to try SD Custom/'59 combination one day but it has escaped me so far.
These are really good guitars, @Walshy07, but the Ultra Violet Hybrid is on another level. Actually, I’ve found two used ones, one in Belgrade, one in Zagreb, but both have Floyd Rose, so I gave them a pass. Wonderful guitar, though.
I found one in US but no idea how much posting is to uk…and would I have to pay Tax?
Yeh floyd Rose is not for me either.
Edit…he wants £125-£175 posting…so no go.
Yeah, these are the ones and it’s another great guitar. I’m repeating myself but I don’t think you can go wrong with Schecter and LTD in this price range. They are metal-oriented, it has to be said, which is why they aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but they are of great build quality and usually have excellent hardware.
Have to agree on Schecter. Everything I’ve seen etc. on them suggests that they are basically building to the high end market. i.e. when Schecter build a Strat it’s potentially of higher quality than a Fender.
Personally I still think @Walshy07 should be looking at instruments that can appeal to a wider base or at least look they can cover lots of bases. Unless of course he’s targeting a forever instrument that will simply never be sold. To be honest I’m not sure such an instrument exists unless we’re talking vintage etc.
I’d like to try SD Custom/'59 combination one day but it has escaped me so far.