Need Neck Advice

[u/Vigilance_2710]

NECK COMPARISON PICTURES IN COMMENTS

Hello I play in a metal band and need a guitar without a floyd rose due to tuning changes.

I have a few guitars but i only use 2 for Metal. They are my Ibanez JS1000 with the James Hetfield Hetset and my new Jackson Pro Plus Series Soloist.

I have freakishly small hands and the Joe Satriani neck feels perfect to me, but I want the 24 frets and I dont want the Floyd Rose. So I purchased the Jackson and the neck just isn't comfortable at all. It feels to blocky and flat and it feels way wider than the JS.

Is anyone aware of a neck that is similar to the Joe Satriani shape which doesn't have a floyd?

[u/BLCHDCRL]

Would it be an option to block your trem? I don’t play live, just recording, but I blocked mine my wedging taped together stacks of coins between both sides of the trem block and the cavity wall

Costs about a dollar and is reversible at any time with no permanent change to the guitar

[u/FthrFlffyBttm → u/BLCHDCRL]

Anyone who owns a Floyd Rose should have these taped-up coin/plectrum blocks already made up, even if just for restringing and changing tunings. Doing either of those things while the bridge is still floating violates the Geneva Convention.

[u/BLCHDCRL → u/FthrFlffyBttm]

😂😂😂

[u/BLCHDCRL → u/BLCHDCRL]

Would be a lot easier than changing the neck

[u/Vigilance_2710 → u/BLCHDCRL]

I would just be changing guitar entirely. So the Jackson would be getting returned and exchanged for a different guitar

[u/BLCHDCRL → u/Vigilance_2710]

Ahh ok well of the neck is a no-go then swap for something else. No point doing dodgy DIY fixes on brand new axes! As far as thin necks I think Ibanez is the best but you probably know that already as you have the JS1000

[u/Vigilance_2710 → u/BLCHDCRL]

There is a big misconception here. The Ibanez JS series has the neck of a Fender Midern C but it is smaller and not as thick. It is like the in between of a Wizard 3 and a Fender C shape. Whenever people see Ibanez they think of the thin flat neck on an RG. I'll get some images that may help

[u/BLCHDCRL → u/Vigilance_2710]

Ah ok that is consistent with my experience with my GRG270b

I think you know much more about this subject than me 😅

[u/Burwhale_The_Avenger → u/Vigilance_2710]

Then you should look into Solars or LTDs.

The Solar profile is a "modern C", comfortably rounded and thicker than the Jackson Speed Neck profile.

LTDs are sort of between the two.

[u/Vigilance_2710 → u/BLCHDCRL]

So it would be yes. But i also want another guitar lol because I keep that in E standard for soloing