Most comfortable 7 string neck ?

[Seth Munson]

went with the Jackson on this one because it was comfortable
(and it sounded the best)

This is one of the brand new Jacksons, think it was less than a month old at the time.

 

[musickey]

went with the Jackson on this one because it was comfortable
(and it sounded the best)

This is one of the brand new Jacksons, think it was less than a month old at the time.

Same here...its light and sounds good, and the neck is much like an Ibanez wizard.

 

[Josh Burgess]

Dean USA RC7 by far for me. Most comfortable and best playing guitar for metal/shred ever made, IMO.

Runners up to the RC7 would be various Ibanez and EBMM JP7. Both the Ibanez and the JP7s have fairly thin necks and play pretty comfortably... I'd definitely take them over Schecter/ESP/etc., but the Dean RC7 has an even thinner neck, deeper cutaway, larger frets, and a very flat fretboard. It's basically everything Ibanez fans like about Ibanez guitars taken to further extremes. The playability is just untouched. I'm excited to try out the new 8 strings that will be debuting at NAMM... should be the most playable 8 strings around...

BTW, I've never understood why people think certain necks are too thin. They say they get hand cramps from thin necks, but I see that as a result of poor technique. Keep your thumb on the back of the neck classical style and keep your hand RELAXED, and you shouldn't have any problems with cramps.

 

[Harry Hughes]

Dean USA RC7 by far for me. Most comfortable and best playing guitar for metal/shred ever made, IMO.

Runners up to the RC7 would be various Ibanez and EBMM JP7. Both the Ibanez and the JP7s have fairly thin necks and play pretty comfortably... I'd definitely take them over Schecter/ESP/etc., but the Dean RC7 has an even thinner neck, deeper cutaway, larger frets, and a very flat fretboard. It's basically everything Ibanez fans like about Ibanez guitars taken to further extremes. The playability is just untouched. I'm excited to try out the new 8 strings that will be debuting at NAMM... should be the most playable 8 strings around...

BTW, I've never understood why people think certain necks are too thin. They say they get hand cramps from thin necks, but I see that as a result of poor technique. Keep your thumb on the back of the neck classical style and keep your hand RELAXED, and you shouldn't have any problems with cramps.

The Ibanez Wizard I necks already have a 430mm fretboard radius (approx 16.92 inches) and the trems are pre-radiused to that too.
I can't imagine the RC7 actually has a flatter fretboard, it's probably about the same, since generally you're not going to find a trem with a radius bigger than 430mm at the saddles.
I know Cooley was playing Ibanez prior to Dean, and I don't think the guitar he had made for him at the LACS is all that much different to the Dean.
Yes, slightly bigger cutaway, and obviously the RG body, but otherwise it's fairly similar (same fret size, same pickups, both have lo profile trems etc etc).

I've yet to find a 7 string neck that was too thin fortunately, but for some 6 strings, yes, some are just too thin.
I don't have issues with hand cramping, it's more so the way it feels. It's only the really really thick necks that cause hand fatigue for me.
Really thin 6 string necks like the Ibanez Wizard I necks (and the even thinner Super Wizard necks) just feel like there isn't enough wood there to hold onto.
Whereas, I'll pick up RG1527 or 7620, or 7421 (basically anything with the Wizard I 7 string neck) and it just feels right and feels good.
The extra thickness doesn't slow me down at all, and the fact it just feels better is the icing on the cake.

 

[Josh Burgess]

The Ibanez Wizard I necks already have a 430mm fretboard radius (approx 16.92 inches) and the trems are pre-radiused to that too.
I can't imagine the RC7 actually has a flatter fretboard, it's probably about the same, since generally you're not going to find a trem with a radius bigger than 430mm at the saddles.
I know Cooley was playing Ibanez prior to Dean, and I don't think the guitar he had made for him at the LACS is all that much different to the Dean.
Yes, slightly bigger cutaway, and obviously the RG body, but otherwise it's fairly similar (same fret size, same pickups, both have lo profile trems etc etc).

I've yet to find a 7 string neck that was too thin fortunately, but for some 6 strings, yes, some are just too thin.
I don't have issues with hand cramping, it's more so the way it feels. It's only the really really thick necks that cause hand fatigue for me.
Really thin 6 string necks like the Ibanez Wizard I necks (and the even thinner Super Wizard necks) just feel like there isn't enough wood there to hold onto.
Whereas, I'll pick up RG1527 or 7620, or 7421 (basically anything with the Wizard I 7 string neck) and it just feels right and feels good.
The extra thickness doesn't slow me down at all, and the fact it just feels better is the icing on the cake.

I don't doubt that his old Ibanez LACS was similar to his current Deans, but that's irrelevant to me, since it was a custom guitar and not available to the public.

The neck on the RC7s isn't just thin for a 7 string neck... It's thin, period... More thin than any Ibanez 6 string I've ever played. I love it

 

[Harry Hughes]

I don't doubt that his old Ibanez LACS was similar to his current Deans, but that's irrelevant to me, since it was a custom guitar and not available to the public.

The neck on the RC7s isn't just thin for a 7 string neck... It's thin, period... More thin than any Ibanez 6 string I've ever played. I love it

Crazy, didn't think they were THAT thin.
My biggest worry with the Dunlop 6000 frets is that they apparently start getting some crappy intonation rather early on as they wear, just simply due to the width of the frets.
Probably doesn't bother Cooley himself since he would own multiple RC7s and would probably get them refretted after about a month of playing them for probably no or jack shit cost, but as an average dude, but I imagine it could become a real problem for the average joe who can't afford to have their guitar refretted several times a year.
How long have you had yours, and how's the fretwear so far?
Hopefully Dean as using harder fretwire than what Ibanez are currently using. Jackson and a few other brands have noticeable harder wearing fretwire than many Ibanez guitars made in the last 5 or so years.

 

[snealosaurus]

Well, didn't rusty cooley say in his 'betchya can't play this' video a few years ago (where he talks a little bit about his dean rc7x) that it has the thinnest seven string neck on the market?? I haven't played many +stringed guitars, i played a shecter 7 and 8 string, because I wanted to see if I could do 7 and 8 string sweeps; which happened, but the necks felt thick and not very comfortable, but then again I've always thought lowly of shecters, as basic entry level guitars... (maybe some one can recommend one that's worth playing, I'm just referring to the ones I see and play here and there). Coming from my jackson rr3 with reverse headstock (the red one, I think its a dinky) and my ltd m-300fm (I find both these guitars very comfortable and have quite thin necks), 6 string guitars, I decided I would take rusty's word and got myself a dean rc7x lazer (#98) and I think that It took me like a day to get over the width of the neck from the extra string, but as far as thickness was concerned I didnt have any problems. Its a genuine guitar with amazing control and I find that it plays just as good as both my 6 strings. Maybe even better! But then again, I never really obsessed over thin necks... I think honestly that aslong as the neck isnt too thick, action may be a bigger factor to playing faster trills, licks and arps. But that's just my opinion. I wonder what the fanned fret rc7s are like however.

Also, I'd really like to play one of aristades 070 and 080 line theyre so gahtdam expensive tho, hahaha.

Also tho, asfar as my opinion on shecters, in my experience I find that most people that like fender and gibson think lowly of jacksons, ESP, LTD, B.C. Rich, kramers (ect.) simply because they're 'metal' brand guitars... And I absolutely adore them. But personally, I think everybody is different and requires gear suited to what best fits their needs and playing requirements. In other words, you play your guitar and ill play mine!