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Originally Posted by 15000volts  a friend lent me his MIM strat so i could play around and see if i get along with it. although the neck is confortable and the maple fretboard is great, i still feel the guitar is a bit small. is this a strat-related issue? are there certain models that have a slightly longer scale and wide fretboard? |
I'm going to work from last to first here.....
1 11/16" wide at the nut is by far the most common width you're going to find, including the vast majority of Strats. There are a very few Strats that I'm aware of that have 1¾" necks but those are usually pretty hard to find. Something to keep an eye out for might be a Robert Cray sig model, which has a pretty beefy neck shape (although not much wider @ the nut), and FWIW is also set up with a hardtail bridge instead of a tremolo. Since it's MIJ the price won't be
too outrageous. Other possibilities along these lines would be a Jimmy Vaughn sig model, Kenny Wayne Shepard sig model, or a '62 Hot Rod
Another tack, within the basic Fender paradigm, would be one or another sort of Telecaster. Some of the reissues come stock with pretty beefy necks, although again this is usually more a matter of
thickness than width
You can get wider necks from Warmouth or USACG if you're really bound and determined to go that route, but the odds of finding even a 1¾" neck on an off-the-rack electric guitar are not good.....
As far as longer scale, you're already acquainted with the longest scale length of the "standard" 6-strings: the Fender Strat/Tele scale @ 25½". The majority of Gibsons are substantially shorter than that @ 24¾" scale, and IIRC most others fall somewhere within those two lengths (PRS, for instance). Anything longer than 25½" scale will probably be a baritone or other such oddball
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Originally Posted by parmezans All electric guitars will feel small after playing bass for long periods of time |
Yep. For a better sense of perspective on "small and cramped" compared to your bass, borrow a mandolin for a little while
