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Location: Miami | So the Ovation website describes my beloved Elite T neck thusly: "The rock maple neck profile has been slimmed down to give it a look and feel more appealing to electric players."
That's nice, but what the heck do I call it? "The slimmed down rock maple neck"? I sound like a salesman. I can't just call it "the Elite T" neck, because it doesn't apply to all Elite T's. (I own two with, one without). I don't want to call it the "Elite TX" neck because that leaves out the American T's that they started on. Ovation themselves didn't help. Their response:
"There is no designation for that neck, and is only found on that series." - Mike Oken, O rep.
It's not even across the entire series. And here's another annoying thing: I measured the nutwidths on the two, and they're both 1 11/16", so I can't refer to it by nutwidth. I measured the circumference using a piece of string, and the difference is about an eighth of an inch around the first fret (4 4/8" versus 4 5/8"). (Wrap your hand around the neck and touch your index or middle finger with your thumb and you'll see that this is not a negligible difference, particularly if you use your thumb on the low E string as often as I do.)
But what the heck do I call it? Unless someone has an accurate, catchy, or better designation, I guess it's the "skinnier neck", short for "that skinnier neck that only came on some but not all textured Elite T's and comes on the new black TX's".
I know. There are slightly more important things in life. But it bugs me nonetheless. :rolleyes: |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Time to go play Joe. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Twiggy neck? 
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | How about the "It bugs me that they didn't give this a decent name" neck. :p :cool: |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | ugggh.....................................neck? |
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Location: Miami | Originally posted by dweezil:
Time to go play Joe. Not till tomorrow night. That gives me 24 hours before my next gig, where undoubtedly I'll get at least a dozen people saying "Wow, great guitar! Is that an ever so slightly slimmer neck? What do you call that thing?" |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | They have the "V" neck, the "C" neck... How about the Cool Elite T Neck?
As opposed to the Crappy Elite T Neck! |
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Location: Miami | Ah, but which is the V, which is the C, and which would the T be?
I just sounded like Dr. Seuss. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | How about calling it "the great neck on my Elite T"? |
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Location: Miami | Some ideas:
Electric T
Thinner T
Slimmer T |
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Location: Utah | T-riffic |
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Location: Miami | T bone
Mr. T
TNT (Thinner Necked T)
(t-t-too much time on my hands...) :D |
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Neck name? Nickname?