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Old 08-02-2015, 03:17 PM
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My old 2005 and 2007 Gibson Firebirds had wide, flat necks if that's what you're after.
The 2015 Gibsons have this weird, wide neck with extra space on either side of the E strings. One fellow referred to it as the Aircraft Landing Strip profile...
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Old 08-03-2015, 09:47 AM
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...the 2015 Gibson Les Paul Jr has a very wide neck...more than 1-3/4 ".....unfortunately they come with these horrible robot tuners and a dubious wrap around tailpiece...both of which can be replaced..(which i did to mine)....
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Old 08-03-2015, 12:20 PM
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I had a friend who had a Gibson 335 like guitar in the 90s. I think it was actually called a 335 something or other (special?). Didn't have f holes, but did have a wide neck.

Can't bolt on a replacement neck. The cavity would need enlarging. I have an old Chandler tele copy with a wider, fatter neck. Won't fit anything else.
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Old 08-04-2015, 08:27 PM
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PRS makes a "fat/wide" neck version that I have found comfortable.
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Old 08-10-2015, 09:47 AM
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Somebody already mentioned it, but my Eastman T386 has 1 3/4 nut.

I sold my us strat with lollar blackface pickups to get this guitar and I haven't looked back.
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Old 08-10-2015, 10:28 AM
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I need a wider neck than my tele. what do you think is out there? just can't play a tele. I'm an acoustic player .thanks.
I have a McAlister electric with 2 P-90 style pickups. At 1.75", the fingerboard is considerably wider than my Tele and very comfortable to play.
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