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My 1980 Special was the most resonant guitar I ever played. I only moved it cause the neck on mine was so very thin ..,well, that and I had to have a Newport.  Don’t do what I did. Hold onto your Special. Just buy a Newport outright.

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17 hours ago, Jakeboy said:

My 1980 Special was the most resonant guitar I ever played. I only moved it cause the neck on mine was so very thin ..,well, that and I had to have a Newport.  Don’t do what I did. Hold onto your Special. Just buy a Newport outright.

Interesting about the neck thickness. I'd heard people say these can be thin. I haven't measured mine, but I wouldn't describe it as thin. My favorite necks are probably the Pattern Vintage on the 594. This isn't quite that thick...

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On 12/14/2021 at 3:26 PM, golem said:

Interesting about the neck thickness. I'd heard people say these can be thin. I haven't measured mine, but I wouldn't describe it as thin. My favorite necks are probably the Pattern Vintage on the 594. This isn't quite that thick...

Mine was quite thin, but had "shoulders" to it, so it didn't feel like a Wizard neck or anything.  Just a bit more like that flat-backed classical neck feel from what I recall. 

My Artist has a much more generous neck; great profile - I should really play that more.

By comparison my Shishkov Ultimate neck is a beast - probably deeper (front to back) than my Artist and with some shoulder.

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