Hey everyone,
I have a quick question for anyone who has played both a “U” and a “C” style Fender. The traditional 60s models have “U” profile necks, but it looks like nearly everything else is “C” profile… So obviously “C” is more popular.
There must be a good reason for this and my question is…
Are “U” profile necks horrible to play? Should they be avoided?
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Like all of the answers coming this way. It depends.
I love the C shape, the V shape is also a great neck. U shape can come in handy when you feel like having more meat to hold on to, sometimes the chunkier neck gives you awesome inspiration.
The best Fender neck I have is the asymmetrical neck on the American Deluxe Dimension.
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I have a bunch of different neck profiles and I like a super skinny guitar feel of a D shape, personally.
I had to word that VERY carefully because saying “I much prefer the D” wouldn’t really get my point across properly.
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There’s “Us” and there’s “Us”
ESP uses a thin U neck which is very comfy. I don’t think I have played a Fender U so I can’t say, but I can say necks are super subjective and only by playing one can you determine for yourself if it works for you
I’m not sure I could randomly pick up different basses and identify which shape the profile is, but the width at the nut is pretty noticable. Unless a neck is particularly deep ( not wide) in the profile, I doubt most of us would notice.
That said, I have two basses that are identical in nut width and one of them feels noticably slimmer in your hand. So, profile must make a difference in feel, but both of them felt completely normal to me when that was the only instrument I was playing regularly.
It’s really all what you’re used to.
As long as the neck isn’t glossy causing my sweaty hands to stick to it, I’m good.