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Old 04-17-2024, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by TheGITM View Post
It's easily 80%+ of my decision. The neck feel alone can eliminate a guitar for me, even if I love it's sound.

Additionally, if I have 2 guitars there are candidates based on the sound, I will gravitate to the one that is 'easiest' to play. Playability is probably a more important factor that sound/tone. I can have the best sounding guitar in the world, but if it isn't high on the playability scale I'll never get the most out of it... and won't enjoy playing it as much.
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Originally Posted by Llewlyn View Post
I literally don't play guitars whose neck I don't like (and sold many of them for this reason).

Ll.
Both of these above might well have been written by me.

I'm super picky about neck profiles. It's literally 95% of whether I'll keep a guitar.
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