350 & 300 Necks, Volutes & Heels: A Visual Comparison

[Black Headstock]

[dubtrub]

Classic example of being handmade. Nothing finer!

[GattonFan]

Is it an optical illusion - or is the headstock on the right actually longer? Maybe it's the shadow ... or my old eyes ..
Dennis

[Black Headstock]

Hey Dennis,

Your eyes are dead-on. The 350 on the left is sitting just the slightest bit down on the couch cushion from the 300 on the right. It makes the 300 neck on right look a bit longer; I think they are the same length.
Good eye.

Al

[oipunkguy]

just goes to show every mosrite piece is a one of a kind

I should take a picture of my three 70's model's neck profile and post them here

[oipunkguy]

just goes to show every mosrite piece is a one of a kind

I should take a picture of my three 70's model's neck profile and post them here

[brutus]

It would be great to see everyone's profile, and crown the Thinnest Mosrite Neck Award {or the TMNA award as I call it} to the winner.

[Dennisthe Menace]

It would be great to see everyone's profile, and crown the Thinnest Mosrite Neck Award {or the TMNA award as I call it} to the winner.

Brutus,
I'm not sure about the re-issue, but a REAL '63 neck will win the TMNA Award....hands down.....

[Nokie]

I think the measuring of Mosrite neck profiles is a worthwhile excercise but needs to quantified. By that I mean that picture judgements alone are going to be inaccurate. If the pictures were taken of the necks with a micrometer clamped across the profile of the neck at the 12th fret, that would be better. I do say "better" and not perfect as we know that all of our individual micrometers would not be uniformly calibrated. But I'm thinking it would be better than a simple photo with little in the way of quantifiable measurements. I don't currently have a good micrometer. I have a bad one with which a photo example will follow. -Marty

[Nokie]

Here's what I'm talkin' 'bout. This is the profile as measured on my Kurokomo Super Custom '65 at the 12th fret. It comes out to .83". On two other Kurokomos, a Royal '63 and Super Custom '64, the profile measurements came out to .84" for both. I always thought my '89 Mosrite had the most narrow neck profile of them all BUT I was way off. It comes out to .86".
-Marty