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2002 spec change 50s/60s neck and variations

K701

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I bought a 2003 LP standard with a 50s neck which I thought at the time pretty chunky- I think less so now (are these thinner than a 59 profile?). It feels more like D shape than a C shape though. It took me a long time to warm to it. I read in another post that a guy had a 50s neck that was pretty much the same dimensions as his other LPs 60s neck- do they really vary/not vary that much? Do the shapes differ from C to D? The term 50s or 60s doesn't tell me a lot about the shape.

I guess I'm interested in the differences between:

50s
60s
Early Rounded 50s
59

(dimensions and shape)

Does anyone have experience of these?

ps: I could never understand the Historic 59s being advertised as having 'early 50s rounded'?
 
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