Much of the character of a guitar comes from the neck. It’s the part you have the most important contact with and getting the right profile for your hands and playing style is the difference between a great guitar and one that you just don’t want to put down.
Our neck profiles are the result of years of playing, collecting and building guitars, making notes on the good and bad neck shapes, taking profiles when possible.
For our Standard carve, in the lower positions the treble side shoulder is dressed away a little whilst the bass side is left full to support the thumb for comfortable chord playing. Further up, the back flattens out slightly to support thumb behind playing for more complex chords and melodies. It’s a subtly asymmetric carve which changes as you move up the neck, but most players don’t notice this until it’s pointed out as it just feels comfortable. Guideline measurements are below.
There are two further variations on the Standard profile, based on the most popular requests. First is the Wide profile, which adds a little more nut width for those who like more string spacing. Then there’s the Slim profile, which has a bit less depth overall.
As all of our necks are hand carved to order it’s still possible to make further adjustments to suit your needs. The older ‘C’, ‘D’ and ‘V’ profiles are available on request and we can even try to copy the neck profile from your favourite guitar.
STANDARD
Nut width: 43.5mm
String spacing: 36.5mm
Depth at 1st fret: 22.5mm
Depth at 11th fret: 23.5mm
SLIM
Nut width: 43.5mm
String spacing: 36.5mm
Depth at 1st fret: 21.25mm
Depth at 11th fret: 22.5mm
WIDE
Nut width: 45mm
String spacing: 38mm
Depth at 1st fret: 23mm
Depth at 11th fret: 24mm
