Due to an old hand injury ( the left one ), I have found that the neck on my Gold Tone Banjolele is more comfortable for me to play than my Lanikai concert ukulele. The banjo ukulele neck is 23mm thick very near the nut while the Lanikai is 18-19mm thick at the same place. The Gold Tone neck is more rounded while the Lanikai is more of an arc shape. This roundness continues up the neck on the banjo uke and the neck thickness increases towards the body of the instrument. Mid neck it is 24 mm on the Banjo uke and 20 mm on the Lanikai. At the twelfth fret it is 26 mm on the banjo uke and 23 mm at the tenth fret on the lanikai. At this point, the Lanikai thickens into the heel where the twelfth fret is located. It is much easier for me to form bar chords etc with the thicker neck.
I am contemplating my next ukulele purchase and would like to find a thicker neck for this reason. It occurred to me that as the tuners on slotted head ukulekles are mounted sideways, the head stock is much thicker and that the transition of the head to the neck and therefore neck thickness might be thicker as well.
It would be appreciated if anyone with a slotted head Pono or Lanikai uke could perhaps measure the neck thickness near the nut, mid-neck and at the twelfth fret and post it for me? Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Bill
I am contemplating my next ukulele purchase and would like to find a thicker neck for this reason. It occurred to me that as the tuners on slotted head ukulekles are mounted sideways, the head stock is much thicker and that the transition of the head to the neck and therefore neck thickness might be thicker as well.
It would be appreciated if anyone with a slotted head Pono or Lanikai uke could perhaps measure the neck thickness near the nut, mid-neck and at the twelfth fret and post it for me? Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Bill