SDMF Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Just bought my very first Gibson Les Paul (Les Paul Studio Deluxe "Iced Tea" with 50's neck). It arrived two days ago and I've only had a few hours of playing time on it. I woke up with pain in my left hand, like I punched a wall. It's really sore between the pinky and ring finger. When I picked up the guitar and started playing I instantly figured out that it was from playing on that 50's neck. Has anyone had similar problems when switching from a slim taper 60's neck to a 50's neck? I'm assuming that this will subside and that I'm just stretching like I haven't before...but it's seriously taking the fun outta jammin. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvar Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I have both, a 50s and a 60s neck LP, plus PRS wide/fat neck guitars, and an Explorer neck guitar- Never noticed any real difference in how my hands felt between all of them, but, I do have long fingers- don't know if that makes a diff. I've never been comfortable on Fender necks- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDMF Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 I have both, a 50s and a 60s neck LP, plus PRS wide/fat neck guitars, and an Explorer neck guitar- Never noticed any real difference in how my hands felt between all of them, but, I do have long fingers- don't know if that makes a diff. I've never been comfortable on Fender necks- Thanks for the reply man! Must be my short fingers ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew365 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 There is no perfect guitar. I prefer a 50's neck. But I notice on songs with a lot of barre chords, my hand gets less tired on a slimmer profile. But for lead playing, I prefer to feel some wood in the cup of my palm as I play. Hopefully you hand pain will go away after you adjust to the new neck. I go back and forth between different size necks and fret board radius' without any problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasbluezman Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I've never felt pain from playing my 50's neck. I also frequently change from a Epi LP Custom, 60's, a Trad Pro 50's, a Schecter, a Fender Deluxe Strat, and a Tele copy. Many different neck shapes. I guess I have about medium length fingers, not short, but definetely not long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Hello and welcome to the Forums! I have both too, and never had such an issue because of the neck profiles. It has more to do with wrong fingering or hands getting too tired, I guess. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny 6 String Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Just bought my very first Gibson Les Paul (Les Paul Studio Deluxe "Iced Tea" with 50's neck). It arrived two days ago and I've only had a few hours of playing time on it. I woke up with pain in my left hand, like I punched a wall. It's really sore between the pinky and ring finger. When I picked up the guitar and started playing I instantly figured out that it was from playing on that 50's neck. Has anyone had similar problems when switching from a slim taper 60's neck to a 50's neck? I'm assuming that this will subside and that I'm just stretching like I haven't before...but it's seriously taking the fun outta jammin. Thanks! I suspect that this will improve for you with time as you adjust to the neck and then you won't notice any issues going back and forth between neck styles. I say this as I had a similar issue only in reverse. I have played chubby Gibson or Gibson style necks since I started playing (a little over 20 yrs. A couple years ago I picked up a couple of Fender styled guitars with much thinner necks a shallower radius, I had a lot of pain in my hand initially. It stopped after awhile, as some one else mentioned I think it had to do with the way I was holding the neck and fingering the board, which I'm certain I modified subconsciously. Now I can go back and forth between neck styles with no problems at all, although I do still prefer the chubby Gibson style necks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykes69 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Hi there! Well, I've got 3 LP all with 50's neck and also short fingers (just fingers ), but actually I've to say I feel comfortable with this kind of neck instead of 60's...which gives pain to my first finger... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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