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Thread #165293   Message #3963408
Posted By: Bee-dubya-ell
26-Nov-18 - 12:55 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Wider guitar neck
Subject: RE: Tech: Wider guitar neck
I you're in the US, check the usual used guitar sources for an older guitar built by Augie LoPrinzi. The ones built in New Jersey in the '70s were sold as "LoPrinzi" (I've had one for 35 years and it's not for sale), The ones built in Florida during the 80's were called "Augustino". They all had fairly wide necks with thicker than average profiles. He started using narrower profiles in the '90s and on, so look for older examples.

Augie was a very underrated luthier, in my opinion. His guitars don't fetch the fat prices of most boutique builders. They're usually in the $1,000 USD range.

As far as I know, he never built acoustic-electric models, but any used guitar is apt to have an after-market pickup installed. Or you could have one installed yourself.