MEASURE YOUR GIRTH

[ajish4]

John,

THANK YOU very much for taking the time to make that database available to us!

It's GREAT!

What a fantastic reference tool!







..................NOW COME TO SERF...........................P L E A S E.....................

[cjj]

OK, here are a couple more. I'd forgotten about this, I should have measured my 2009 4003 while I had it...

Anyway, my '76 4001 AG & '84 4003 MG:
Measurements are in cm

Girth: '76 '84
1st: 11.139 11.679
3rd: 11.653 11.965
12th: 13.203 13.324

Front to Back:
'76 '84
1st: 2.419 2.475
7th: 2.350 2.428
12th: 2.400 2.456
16th: 2.465 2.428

Width: '76 '84
Nut: 4.200 4.249
12th: 5.320 5.363

I was just looking at the spread sheet, I should add a bit more data about my entries so they have everything:
1976-11 4001 Azureglo
1984-06 4003 Mapleglo

[4003]

1967 4001 (in cm)
1st 10.8
3rd 11.2
12th 12.6

1986 4003
1st 11.0
3rd 11.3
12th 13.0

It is amazing to me the different feel that just a couple of cm makes. That '67 is so slim!

[basmansam]

My '75 FL 4001 White (yellowed) with White Trim:

10.9 - 1rst Dot (fret)

11.3 - 3rd Dot

11.9 - 7th Dot

12.9 - 12th Dot

[fenbass]

My August 07 in Jetglo
1st...11.4
3rd...11.8
12th..13.5
I had a July 07 that the neck was bigger,more of a D profile front to back....the August is more like a C profile front to back

[johnallg]

Thanks to all for the measurements - they have been added to the database. Since Jeff Scott's friend was kind enough to give RRF an FTP site, I now have the database located there. That place will now be the repository, and the one on my site will be gone.

http://rrf.mcx.net/Rick_400x_Neck_Measurements.xls

Tony, I wish I could make SERF.... just too much going on at work to be able to go. Oh, and there is a section on 4004 basses.

[MattB]

What else to do when you can't sleep? Measure guitar necks!

Sep 1980 4001MG:
1st: 11.2cm
3rd: 11.5
12th: 12.9

July 2006 4003AFG:
1st: 11.7cm
3rd: 12.2
12th: 13.6

Oct 2008 4003MID:
1st: 11.1cm
3rd: 11.6
12th: 13.2

Great database John. Thanks for maintaining it.

[wints]

1967 4001 (in cm)
1st 10.8
3rd 11.2
12th 12.6

1986 4003
1st 11.0
3rd 11.3
12th 13.0

It is amazing to me the different feel that just a couple of cm makes. That '67 is so slim!

Bob, have we seen pix of the 67?

[teeder]

Bob, have we seen pix of the 67?

+1!

[johnallg]

What else to do when you can't sleep? Measure guitar necks!

Sep 1980 4001MG:
1st: 11.2cm
3rd: 11.5
12th: 12.9

July 2006 4003AFG:
1st: 11.7cm
3rd: 12.2
12th: 13.6

Oct 2008 4003MID:
1st: 11.1cm
3rd: 11.6
12th: 13.2

Great database John. Thanks for maintaining it.

Matt, yours are now in also - if I deserve any credit it is only for making the database. Jeff Thomas conceived taking the measurements and posting them.

And Bob, yes, pics of the '67!

[cassius987]

July 2006 4003AFG:
1st: 11.7cm
3rd: 12.2
12th: 13.6

Oct 2008 4003MID:
1st: 11.1cm
3rd: 11.6
12th: 13.2

Holy sh** that's quite a difference. Wish you had a 2007 also so I could get an idea what it was like compared to your 08. My 2007 and 2008 are exactly the same in terms of neck profile and just over 1 year apart from each other in date of origin.

[rickaddict]

What else to do when you can't sleep? Measure guitar necks!

Sep 1980 4001MG:
1st: 11.2cm
3rd: 11.5
12th: 12.9

July 2006 4003AFG:
1st: 11.7cm
3rd: 12.2
12th: 13.6

Oct 2008 4003MID:
1st: 11.1cm
3rd: 11.6
12th: 13.2

Great database John. Thanks for maintaining it.

Matt, yours are now in also - if I deserve any credit it is only for making the database. Jeff Thomas conceived taking the measurements and posting them.

You do deserve credit, John for conceiving a better way to list and store the data! High five from me! (smack!)

Do people still give high five's, or is that soooo twenty years ago?!

And btw, The Oct 2008 4003MID above surprises me. That really is a small neck!

I'll have to measure some more of mine soon.

[MattB]

Holy sh** that's quite a difference. Wish you had a 2007 also so I could get an idea what it was like compared to your 08. My 2007 and 2008 are exactly the same in terms of neck profile and just over 1 year apart from each other in date of origin.

Surprising, isn't it? Needless to say I was surprised and somewhat disappointed at the chunkiness of the '09 FG I checked out when I bought the MID. They had another '08 MID with similar neck dimensions although a bit narrower and thicker front to back. I went with the one that had a broader fretboard and more D-shaped feel to it... The differences between the two MID necks were the sort of subtle variations I expected between hand-made instruments.

[teeder]

Do people still give high five's, or is that soooo twenty years ago

My 3 yr old daughter gives me hi-5's, so it must still be in!

[rickaddict]

Do people still give high five's, or is that soooo twenty years ago

My 3 yr old daughter gives me hi-5's, so it must still be in!

Oh good!

But wait...she's only 3 years old?...Where did she learn to high five? Was it from her parents?

That may negate the whole thing.

If she likes Led Zeppelin because you listen to it, is it in vogue with the "new generation?"

Uh-oh...Now I've confused myself!