Flattest Martin Neck?
Is the low profile the Martin neck that has the least area of depth below the fretboard? I like the wide, flat feel of classical guitar necks, and don't like much of a distance between the bottom of...
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May require Custom Shop. My J-28 was made with an OM ( 1:3/4" ) neck ( low profile ). And plays to my desire.( I had, coming from a 2", low profile Classical neck, and reacting to the 1:11/16 neck on...
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Thanks, timestep. Sometimes I will inadvertently hit an adjoining string, and I'd like to have a wide enough fretboard that such would rarely happen. Having the bottom of the neck close to the...
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I had a 2007 OM-21 with the Low Profile neck with a countoured shape that you may like. I didn't like it for that reason.
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My OM-21 is from 2008, and worked for me perfectly—hence my specifying, later that year, an identical OM neck for the custom J-28. Even in the 'sixties, I hated Martin V necks, and never considered...
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Try the PA taper neck found on the new D-18 or one of the other PA guitars. It's 1-3/4" but, although it gets trashed on this forum, is really quite comfortable to play especially if you do a lot of...
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The Modified Low Oval has "the least area of depth below the fretboard", except for the Humphrey Classic neck which was used on some nylon string models. Low Oval has same numbers below as the MLO but...
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Performing artist, it is! Thanks, Jim. Now, I know that 'Barrel' is the proper name for that area. I don't have large enough hands for a deep barrel PLUS a 1 7/8" spacing; glad that there is a neck...
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charles bevell wrote:Performing artist, it is! Thanks, Jim. Now, I know that 'Barrel' is the proper name for that area. I don't have large enough hands for a deep barrel PLUS a 1 7/8" spacing; glad...
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Yes, John is correct. And this chart would actually be more complete if that MLO w/PA Taper neck was included, which would be MLO 1st fret numbers and PA 10th fret numbers. I got this chart from...
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Something to bear in mind along with neck shape based on your "flat feel" description is the radius of the fingerboard. I believe many classical guitars have much "flatter" fingerboards than...
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Krieg, I like the feel of classical guitar fingerboards, and would love to have Martin do a custom D-28 that had this kind of neck- that could handle steel strings, of course.- Charles
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I wonder if such a 'thin' neck would require a neck reset more often than would a beefier neck?- Charles
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Nope, a neck reset is a way to remedy the deformation of the body of the guitar as the result of string tension over time.
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