minnella Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Does anyone know how many different neck profiles and frets were used on the Byrdland and what years they changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdntac Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Granted, I've only ever played three different Byrdlands but they were from different years: '64, '68 and 2009. But the necks on all of them felt the same (going by memory) --- thin, thin, thin! Mine (the '68) still has the original frets and though I wasn't trying them side-by-side, the frets on the 2010 model felt pretty much the same to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsby'd Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 It seems that earlier Byrdland necks were thicker, front to back, than later models. I have a '57 that is much beefier in that regard than a '59 that I recently played, and thicker than all the 60s models I have either played or owned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie_B Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I have been looking at Byrdland necks- One thing I noticed is that about 1969 they went to a wider neck. If you look at the heel, the earlier necks have a rounded heel cap , whereas the later guitars have a heel cap with a flat section acros the center. I posted pictures in another post about Byrdlands on this site. The Flowerpot also changed in about 1970, though not at the same exact time as I found pictures of what is apparently a transitional model. I have attached a pic of a 69 with a wide neck, early flowerpot. My 1963 has the narrow neck and is interesting in that both pickups are the Gibson archtop 'neck' pickups with the very narrow pole spacing- it would normally have a standard bridge pickup IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdntac Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I played a '66 yesterday and the neck felt the same as my '68. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 A side question if you will.... I have seen the description 'mandolin neck' applied to some Byrdlands Would anyone care to enlighten me on the meaning of this?.... Many thanks V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdntac Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Byrdland necks are very thin. Even if a person has small hands, they could most likely wrap their hand around the neck. I describe it as akin to a child's baseball bat as compared to a LP or something similar being like a regular baseball bat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdntac Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 FWIW, I played an '03 yesterday. It felt very similar to a '60s Byrdland. Maybe slightly different but only very, very slightly so. I wouldn't be surprised to see minor differences in necks on guitars from the '60s but nowadays they are all probably very, very close to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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