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Wich neck has a thinner profile? V63 or C64

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:35 am
by thinneckrick
I was just talking with a rick dealer and he told me the C64 has a thinner neck than the V63 does . I do not like the c64s as the horns dont look right .Does anyone out there know if there is a neck thickness difference between the V63 and C64?

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:38 am
by jnbass
IMHO-the C64's (3) that I've "played" seemed to have a thinner neck.

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:50 am
by sloop_john_b
My c64 had a wonderful thin neck. Never played a v63 but played a CS that had a fairly chunky neck, but comfy.

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:13 am
by jwr2
I have played a few in music stores ... I would say the C series has slimmer necks than the V series ...

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:57 pm
by rickfan60
The V63 spans about 15 years of production from pre-CNC to post-CNC. There could be some variation over that time.

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:28 pm
by jps
MY V63 (ex Pappas) has a neck very much like the one on my '73 4001, nice and thin, just not a thin as the neck on my '67 4005WB.

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:03 pm
by beatlefan
My '88 v63 has a "thin" neck, but the c64 I sold to Brian a while back has a "flat-thin" neck...

My new 4003 Midnight Blue has the newer thin neck ... so Chris Clayton tells me.... :^)

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:57 pm
by simer4001
Chris, I think that is an excellent way to describe it. I think the C64's have flater necks.

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:15 am
by bottom4
My 85 V has the thinnest flat neck I've ever played. Very much like a Shadow!

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:57 am
by rickfan63
My 89 V63 has a nice thin neck too. My C64 is not hardly as thin, and a little wider and flatter than my V.

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:33 am
by marc61
Jeff...you have a 4005wb? pics please Image

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:36 am
by markbass99
This pic was over in the "ricks wanted" section-

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Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:37 am
by jps
"Jeff...you have a 4005wb? pics please"

Surely, you jest!

I know you have played it.

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:04 pm
by marc67
The C64's neck is thinner (or flatter) than both my 99' and 00' V63's. After playing a long gig with my 79' 4001 I picked up my V63 and it felt like a baseball bat...

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:17 pm
by wints
Jeff Thomas commented the neck of my 64 Deluxe was very like his C64. He said it was flatter, more like a [ shape, and not like the 64 RM1999 or 67 4001S he tried that have very thin necks, but are much more C shaped.