Solved Guitar for people with big hands? I'm not the same guy askin about small hands!!!

[foo]

Epi - you may have to get a bolt on neck and buy a replacement neck with a wider fingerboard. Note you will also need to get a replacement bridge, and pickups (so that the strings will be over the poles).

The other option is to see if that place in Las Vegas with the HUGE Les Paul in the parking lot will sell it to you.



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[M.Brane]

not to be a dick but all this hendrix shit has nothing to do with a suggestion towards my post.

Not to be a smart-ass, but if you'd been paying attention to the posts maybe you'd get the idea that your old man ought to try a Strat.

 

[KaBudokan]

I agree that a strat would be a good call.

You could also get a replacement neck (or build a whole guitar) from a custom shop. USA Custom guitars can make a strat neck that's a lot fatter than a regular neck, which may be more comfortable for large hands. Warmoth can do the same, though they charge more, and you "may" not get the same service as at USACG.

(Sorry if I'm on a USACG publicity rampage, but I just ordered a body and neck from them, and it's been an incredible experience so far.)

 

[jimistone]

"(Sorry if I'm on a USACG publicity rampage, but I just ordered a body and neck from them, and it's been an incredible experience so far.)"

hey kabudokan...what is USACG? I have a wild hair to do a strat from the ground up and im looking for a body and neck (unfinished) ..i have found some but would like to look at more options before i make a decision on what to go with.
thanks

 

[KaBudokan]

"(Sorry if I'm on a USACG publicity rampage, but I just ordered a body and neck from them, and it's been an incredible experience so far.)"

hey kabudokan...what is USACG? I have a wild hair to do a strat from the ground up and im looking for a body and neck (unfinished) ..i have found some but would like to look at more options before i make a decision on what to go with.
thanks

http://www.usacustomguitars.com/usacg/

I am waiting on my first order with them. I've seen a bunch of their work and have heard absolutely nothing but great things about them. I called with questions well before I was ready to place and order, and Tommy, the owner, spent a ton of time with me discussing different options, asking about my style, what guitars I liked, etc.

When I finally was ready to order, he told me he had the right piece of wood in mind (I paid for an upgrade to a 5A quilt maple top) and was just incredible to work with. I was told it would probably be about 3 weeks, and then got a call 6 days later to let me know the body had shipped. The neck will be a little longer, but since the body takes longer to finish anyway, he shipped that (bodies are quicker to produce as well).

The prices are better than Warmoth, and the customer service thus far has been unreal. When I asked about scraps for testing the dye I am using on the finsh, he said he'd throw some in there. When I talked to him yesterday about the body, he told me to call if I need more. I asked about his suggestions for the finish on the neck, and he gave me his ideas, then told me to call if I wanted to when I was ready to start, and he would walk me through it.

Tommy worked for Warmoth for a while, and some of the folks in his shop have worked for the Fender Custom Shop, etc. All in all, dealing with Tommy and the shop has been an amazing experience.

My order:

S-Body (Strat style):

Vintage tremolo (ordered a Callaham bridge)
H-S-S pickup configuration
AAAAA maple top
Alder back
3 pots, one 5-way controls
1/4 jack on side
Rear rout (no pickguard)

Neck:

Figured Madagascar rosewood fingerboard
Maple back
Paua shell inlays
12" radius
Sperzel tuner rout
1 11/16" nut width
22 frets
Assymetrical contour
.890" thick

I think that's everything. It's not going to be dirt cheap, because of the quilt top and some of the components, etc., but it's going ot be a SWEET guitar.

 

[EpiSGpl8r]

m brane i'm looking at everyones ideas so if you would please ......shut the hell up

 

[M.Brane]

m brane i'm looking at everyones ideas so if you would please ......shut the hell up

So you are being a dick then.