I find that interesting, because I just bought a Les Paul 100 and it kills my wrist. Switched to a cheap Les Paul Junior, and it's about the same. Both Epiphones. My point is though, that I played acoustic for years, barre chords on the neck on an Alvarez with 10 gague strings, and had no trouble. The Neck was great, as I was able to center my thumb on the back and even do some pentatonic licks fairly quickly. My thumb tends to shift to the left side of the back of the neck to where my thumb bottom towards my hand is touching the guitar on epiphones. I've played electric since I was 13 or so, 24 now, and have always played this Dean stat knockoff HSS, used the neck for blues, and bridge for heavier songs. I demoed an archtop Epiphone Les Paul at guitar center in december, the quilttop blue type, and it played well, but the 100 and the Jr. Kill my hand. It might be because my playing style is more Randy Rhoades/ Eddie Van Halen now than my previous style of Clapton and John Mayer.hose stretches and scale runs are pretty exteme especially on a Les Paul. I know you can get certain models better for shredding, but I'm trying to find a neck in the epiphone line that's as comfortable for me as a strat. I also have a Jay Turser SG on layaway at a pawn shop that is decently comfortable to play, at least for the 30 minutes I demoed it. It's nearly paid off. TJust don't know why I can still play the 3 plus 3 headstock alvarez acoustic and still have trouble with the Les Paul. I also repaired an SG Special with the broken off headstock with titebond and a new graphtec nut and it still kills my hand, even with low bridge height like I have on the LP 100. The special had dead and repeating frets when I bought it, but raising the bridge a tad got rid of all those dead spots, and now every note is precise. But is there a super comfortable neck for Epiphones for a person coming from a strat?
