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FDP Forum / Fender Guitars: Stratocasters / Eric Johnson rosewood V neck?
FDP Forum / Fender Guitars: Stratocasters / Eric Johnson rosewood V neck?
dmoulton
canadaApr 16th, 2012 07:51 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Can anyone comment on the neck on the rosewood version, is it pretty beefy compared to an Eric Clapton, or American Deluxe V-neck?
Been lusting after one of these since they came out but have never seen one in real life.
Anyone have pics? Love to see them especially the brown and the turquoise.
Cheers!
David
RufusTeleStrat
San Diego
Land of Sea, home of the WavesApr 16th, 2012 08:00 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Have one in Dakota Red. Neck is not as big as a hot rod, but larger than a standard 62 reissue. Seems similar to the v shape on a 57, but not as thick as the maple neck for the same guitar.
Hope this helps.
RUF
dmoulton
canadaApr 16th, 2012 08:43 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Thanks RUF!
David
Paul L
Contributing Member
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New Jersey, USA
Support local music!!!Apr 16th, 2012 08:59 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Another FDPer has a turquoise for sale in the Classifieds. There is a picture.
Jazzrat
Contributing Member
Idaho
Picks?, I use them bread wrapper thingysApr 18th, 2012 05:46 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I have a Rosewood and a new series AmDlx V-neck.
The Rosewood is more of a C profile, bigger than
the v-neck but smaller than the maple neck EJ's.
Very nice profile.
dmoulton
canadaApr 19th, 2012 11:19 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Thanks guys for the info, sounds like it might work for me. That one in the classifides looks awesome but I don't quite have the dough yet.
Cheers!
David
RainboGuy
USA/Wisconsin
Ike Turner is my guitar hero!Apr 19th, 2012 08:58 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I own a 2006 Sunburst Eric Johnson Strat with a maple neck and it's the best-sounding Strat I've ever played in my life.
Simply a magnificent guitar...
I haven't played an Eric Johnson Strat with a Rosewood neck.......but I'd sure like to!
dmoulton
canadaApr 21st, 2012 01:55 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Yeah, me too! Rare as hens teeth around here :-(
David
otisian
vancouver
One guitar Otis (but it has 10 settings)Apr 22nd, 2012 11:42 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Doesn't the lack of a String tree bother you at all?...i know it has "staggered tuners" but so does my american deluxe and IT has a roller T string tree...i'd just feel much more secure with one...they are indeed very nice strats...although without pedals or an effects rack/unit...it it seems to do one thing very well...i.e. very Stratty/classic...whereas my deluxe offers more hot modern tones as well...apples and oranges...but yeah i'd need a tree but that would devalue it greatly...hell even the mayer strat with the string tree placed way back on the headstock bothers me...i mean what's up with that?...why???
Paul L
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New Jersey, USA
Support local music!!!Apr 22nd, 2012 11:45 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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@otisian...my Jeff Beck Strat doesn't have a string tree, and it doesn't bother me at all. Really depends on the specific guitar and the way it's equipped & set up. But it's easy enough to add one (or two) if you really miss it.
dmoulton
canadaApr 22nd, 2012 07:07 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Otisian, I have a Deluxe V-neck that I love, but I prefer rosewood boards. Hard to find in a v-neck.
I also have been playing my Classic 60's Players Srat a lot more. I hate to say it but it sounds better to me than the Deluxe, more limited for sure, I do miss the S1, but also more classic Strat tones, it's the Stratiest sounding Strat I've ever played.
Having said that, some venues I'd just take the Deluxe because of noise/electrical issues within the building. The 60's Strat can be problematic in these conditions as no doubt the Eric Johnson probably would also. That's one of the great things with the Deluxe it just works, even if it's not quite 100% where I want the tone to be it's always consistent.
I had also at one time an American Deluxe HSS with staggered tuners, didn't miss the string tree one bit.
David. ( Otisian is talking me out of the EJ :-)
Paul Boudreau
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Washington, D.C.
JH: It's not no game we're playing.Apr 27th, 2012 12:18 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I got a used maple-neck EJ Strat this week and was surprised to see that it has what I suppose you'd have to call a compound neck shape (not a compound fingerboard radius), starting with a slight "V" at the headstock end and transitioning to a "C" at the body end. I've only played it a bit so far but it seems fairly subtle.
John C.
Kansas CityApr 30th, 2012 12:17 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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"I got a used maple-neck EJ Strat this week and was surprised to see that it has what I suppose you'd have to call a compound neck shape (not a compound fingerboard radius), starting with a slight "V" at the headstock end and transitioning to a "C" at the body end. I've only played it a bit so far but it seems fairly subtle."
That shouldn't have been a surprise to you; while everyone tends to call the EJ neck a "V" neck it really is a very "mild" V that transitions to a "C" by about the 7th-8th fret. It has been that shape since day one; it was described in great detail in Guitar Player back when the guitar was released.
Paul Boudreau
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Washington, D.C.
JH: It's not no game we're playing.May 1st, 2012 08:27 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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It was a surprise to me since I had never played anything with a similar neck! You shouldn't have been surprised that I was surprised.
dmoulton
canadaMay 2nd, 2012 11:53 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Lol :-)
John C.
Kansas CityMay 2nd, 2012 01:38 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Sorry Paul - I just kind of assumed anyone interested in the EJ knew it was that shape. It has been pretty well documented over the years that he wanted that unique neck shape for the guitar.
Of course you know what happens when you "assume" . . . I opened mouth and inserted my foot.
Paul Boudreau
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Washington, D.C.
JH: It's not no game we're playing.May 3rd, 2012 03:44 PM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Clearly I didn't do a lot of reading about them! It was a fit of madness, I tell you. Now I have one of each type, which I wasn't planning on at all. I think I'm going to like them, though. Both necks seem similar and both guitars are going to my setup guy this weekend (rather than doing a "just ok" job by myself, I thought I'd hand them off to a pro).
Any thoughts on why the necks are shaped as they are? In other words, why a "soft V" near the headstock and a "C" nearer the body?
John C.
Kansas CityMay 7th, 2012 11:41 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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I pulled out an old Guitar Player feature on EJ from when the signature guitar was released. Evidently this was the shape of neck on his favorite vintage Strat at that time, which he thought was a '57.
Also this Strat had been somewhat re-radiused - his tech put in oversized frets and filed them down until the frets had approximately a 12" radius but they didn't flatten down the fingerboard itself (although it was flatter than the vintage 7.25" due to multiple refrets it wasn't all the way down to a 12" radius). Therefore Johnson specified a 12" radius neck on the production signature guitars.
Paul Boudreau
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Washington, D.C.
JH: It's not no game we're playing.May 7th, 2012 11:55 AM Edit Profile Print Topic Search
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Interesting, I had always assumed that vintage necks, although different among them, had the same shape up & down each neck. I don't know exactly why I assumed that, though, since they were hand shaped, weren't they?
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