Epiphone lp special I neck profile?

[colombo45]

Hi everyone, I'm a new member and I hope you can help me with a question. I work in Dubai but will be home (VA) for the summer and I was thinking about bringing a beater guitar back to Dubai with me to leave at work (I am a teacher who helps out with choir club and school plays/concerts). I am looking at the Epi LP spl I with p90s since it's on sale cheap but I wonder about the neck profile.

Maybe it's my age but I find that thinner necks cause my hand to fatigue quickly. I used to have a 62AVRI tele that I really liked. As I remember it, I liked the neck but would have been OK with it being thicker. I now have two PRS SE guitars: an SE One and a semi-hollow with p90s. The SE One has a fairly fat neck and it feels pretty good. I wouldn't mind if it was thicker. The semi-hollow is very slightly thinner.

How would you describe the Epi spl I neck? I suspect it may be too thin for me. I read lots of reviews but couldn't really find any specifics. Would an SX or Squier tele be a better option for a beater? I did briefly pick up a Classic Vibe tele in one of the shops here and the neck was too thin for me.

Thanks for reading!

 

[maloburro]

I would say it's average but leaning to the thin side. It's not as thick as the dot studio I had. It has a pretty wide fingerboard though making it harder to chord with your thumb. Overall mine plays well but I took the first one back due to neck crack in back thanks to advice from this forum.

 

[Tazz3]

I have a les all jr from epiphone the neck is a limits nice the neck on my new plus top pro is thicker,

Btw les Paul special has the same neck at the jr both bolt on necks

 

[TelekineticBoss]

It's on the thin side. I'd say it's close to a fender modern C. Not the thinnest neck I have but nowhere close to thick

 

[ME262]

I'm here to vouch for the SX vintage strat. Got it as a trowaway for 100$, my conclusions are here:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/other-guitars-other-instruments/514857-quick-dirty-project.html

However, I never did ditch it because it plays so good. (way above it's pay grade) Neck has 12" radius (or 13 something) and is on the fat side. I would easily consider it the best beater/throwaway available. (even though it's a keeper)

For fat neck LP, look no further than the Epi Trad Pro, but that costs more and you won't want to throw it away ever...

 

[Hiker]

"Not chunky" is another way to describe it.

 

[xtrajerry]

if you want to spend a little more the Epi 56 LP has a fat neck and some nice sounding P90s.. Wild Kat Royale was on sale earlier for less than $30.. that neck is on the chunky side.

 

[Uncle Joe]

The Squier Bullet Strat is thinnest.
The Squier '51 is similar but feels thicker.
Squier CV is thin but feels wider.
The Epiphone LP Special I and II are medium by comparison. Wider too.
The Rondo SX Furians are thicker.

I just measured the models I currently own. I used calipers and measured the thickness of the neck at the dot on the 9th fret. The Epi Special I and II are identical at 23 mm (nominal) and the Squier Bullet Strat 2H sparkle (GC exclusive 2014 model blowing out at $99. Bought two on Friday; red sparkle and blue sparkle) comes in at approximately 21 mm. It feels like more of a difference than the measurement reveals.

I've sold off and/or given away my CV, SXs and '51s. I'm always tinkering and/or refinishing budget guitars, especially $100 and under guitars. I sparkled an Epi Special I recently. That's a nice player. Good choice. I'm planning on swirling a budget guitar one of these days. I have my eye out for a strat body. I was looking for just such a guitar when I walked into the $99.00 Sparkle Bullets.

As a point of reference: Thickest, in guitars from recent years that I'm familiar with, albeit in a more expensive category, is the MIM Cabronita. That would qualify as "baseball bat" when compared to the previously mentioned bargain guitar profiles.