MIM Fender Robert Cray Strat Neck Question

They are very chunky.. Mr Cray must have some big hands because that neck is CHUNKY.. It was too big for me to play comfortably... I would say I have medium size hands.. If you like chunky necks yer gonna love it.. But its NOT yer standard 60`s profile at all..

 

i say, if you want that big fat neck, be careful if you are ordering it sight unseen. i say this because several years ago i bought a cray strat and it did not have the big neck. i had never seen one before, so i didn't know any better. it had some sweet sounding pick ups, though.

months later after i bought that guitar, the same shop had one with the right neck and it was much different than what was on mine.

 

I played one years ago at a store for a few minutes only, I don't remember a chunky neck on it at all. More of a typical medium C MIM neck shape. Not thin though. So maybe they have varied over the years?

 

I've got one (not too recent) on a Partscaster. It's medium C for sure. Not huge like you may be thinking.

 

I owned a Robert Cray MIM Strat years ago, I liked the neck, I don't remember it being huge, seemed similar to the MIM 60s Classic RI as I recall, maybe a bit bigger, had better frets. The neck was the best thing on the RC Strat I owned.
So play one first somewhere, it's always a good idea if possible, if not get good measurements and compare them to a Strat neck that you have or are familiar with.

 

I said it was big.. But I maybe the worst person to make a commit .. All of my Fenders have 7.25 V shaped necks.. So all most all other Fender necks feel bigger to me. Also like I said I don't have really big hands.. So take my opinion with a grain of salt.