My Favorite Epiphone/Gibson neck shape..

My Fav Epi/Gibson Neck shapes..


90s/MM/R57 style necks Medium-small, regular-fat ..
I don't like sword swallowers that the body eats half the fretboard.
The neck should 'crown' the body like a SG.
I think I would enjoy a RD Artist where the neck crowns the body too.

Terms/click the picture:

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My guitars..

For the R57 neck I have: 1st Fret: .842" Thick x 1.717" Wide 12th Fret: .949" Thick x 2.024" wide Nut Width (1.684")"

For the MM neck I have:
1st Fret: .859" Thick x 1.714" Wide 12th Fret: 1.012" Thick x 2.079" wide Nut Width (1.681")"

For the 90s neck I have:
1st Fret: .851" Thick x 1.734" Wide 12th Fret: .952" Thick x 2.098" wide Nut Width (1.687")"
so it's pretty close :)

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( reportedly) Epiphone DC Pro:
1st Fret: .825" Thick x 1.733" Wide
12th Fret: .975" Thick x 2.049" wide
Nut Width=43mm (1.69")"

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One of my dream guitars is the RD Artist.. but a bit concerned about the neck comfort when buying online

RD Artist

1st Fret: 775"  Thick x 1.685" Wide 12th Fret: .905" Thick x 2.086" wide Nut Width (1.685")"

RD Artist

1st Fret: 775"  Thick x 1.685" Wide OUT no match! (too thin) 12th Fret: .905" Thick x 2.086" wide near match-ish (slightly thin) Nut Width (1.685")" match

I hate..

Slim Taper D necks!

So here's some necks for refs.

I fancied one of those (Mayones) Fame Forum PRS's.. however after research:

The Fame Forum is (probably) Slim Taper:

1st Fret: .787" Thick x 1.71" Wide OUT no match!

12th Fret: .905" Thick x 2.08" wide near match-ish

Nut Width (1.69")" near match

Last (24th) Fret Width: 2.20

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update: 12/March/2024

Guitars:

1998 Gibson SG-X converted to a SG Standard inc binding.

2011 Melody Maker SG, converted to a SG Special.

2007 Epiphone 1957 Les Paul Jr. Reissue.. converted to a LP Special.

Refresh Rates CheatSheet for 4K TVs

Hi

Time to dump a load of info here:



Increased Refresh                                             Increased Resolution
----------------------                                                --------------------------

4K/60hz =                                                        4K/60hz =

1080 @ 240hz                                                  3200x2400 @ 72hz*
-2K-                                                                  3840x2400 @ 60hz
1536 @ 162hz                                                  4096x2560 @ 55hz
1440 @ 144hz                                                  5120x2160 @ 50hz
-3K-                                                                  5120x2560 @ 44hz
1800 @ 96hz                                                    6120x1900 @ 50hz
2048 @ 72hz*                                                  6120x2160 @ 40hz
                                                                          6120x2560 @ 35hz


All used NVCP. All used CVT Reduced Blank. on my Philips 4K 58" HDR TV (HDR was of course off). No Down or upsampling was used for the above resolutions, however in the pictures I think? I still had two test down sampled resolutions, but 95% of the ones in the pics are all active pixels.

To show all pixels were active:

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Use this info at your own risk.

*3641x2048 = 16:9 for 2048p

*3K pix, but 2400 wider so 72hz.
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Big shoutout to those who helped me no end with their work and websites:

ARC  Aspect Ratio Calculator
https://andrew.hedges.name/experiments/aspect_ratio/

Good place to start learning:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_resolutions

General Approximations of Terms:

      2 million pix.   = 1K commonly; 1920x1080
3 to 4 million pix   = 2K commonly; 2048x1536 and 2560x1440
5 to 7 million pix   = 3K commonly; 3200x1800
8 to 10 million pix = 4K commonly; 4096x2160
11  to 20 mil. pix   = 5K commonly; 5120x2160, 5120x2880
20 to 30 mil. pix    = 6K commonly; 6400x4096
30 mil. to 36 mil pix = 7K commonly; 7680x4320
 37 mil. pix is 8K   don't get sucked into the 7K as 8K nonsense, 8192x4608 is *true* 8K. It comes from 8 for the first digit.                                                               

4K TV =
(2 million pix.)   = 1K  //// 244hz
(3 to 4 million pix(   = 2K //// 162hz
(5 to 7 million pix)   = 3K //// 144hz
(8 to 10 million pix) = 4K  //// 60hz
(11  to 20 mil. pix)   = 5K  //// 50hz
(20 to 30 mil. pix)    = 6K  //// 40hz
(30 mil. to 36 mil pix) = 7K //// 30hz?
 37 mil. pix is           =   8K //// 20hz?

above is a rough guide to ?K x 2K
But the higher the V-Res, the harder it hits the refresh rate.. asin~
6K x 2K has a baseline of 40hz but
6K x 3K, 6144x3456 overall is 27hz max. clean.
This is because.. well.. idk.. but I strongly suspect it has something to do with the reason V-Sync uses vertical refresh and not horizontal.

My panel in 1K did 243 because 244hz gave me a bit of wobble.. but since 240 is 100% stable and the refresh so high, I don't want to argue over a couple of hz.

Cat Sizes.. Big Cats, Median Cats, Nominal (Small Domestic) and Micro Cats..

Hi WWW

this classification has annoyed me for sometime.. that there is no central classification for cat sizes.. except the eponymous 'Big Cats'..


Big Cats:
Lions
Tigers
Panthers
Leopards
Cheetahs
Puma & American Puma (Mountain Lion)

Median Cats:
Eurasian Lynx
American Lynx (Bobcat)
Canadian Lynx
Caracal
Serval
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Savannah (hybrid Serval)
Norwegian Forest Cat
Maine Coon
-
Ocelot (the smallest Median Cat)

Nominal Cats:

Too many breeds to list, however to generalize:
Scottish Wildcat (the largest afaik)
Feral
Tabby

While the three Median size breeds above are domesticated, there are more for Nominal size breeds.

Micro Cats:
Sand Cats (natural and wild Micro Cats)
Black-Footed Cats (smallest Micro Cats, endangered, wild)

Domestic Nominal breeding is done to micro-size cats, however is it harmful to cats. It would be better to domesticate a group of Sand Cats.

Micro Cats are again as small as the distance between each of the classifications.Even when they are adults, they look asif~ large nominal kittens.


* originally wrote,  'Tigers.. including Panthers and Leopards the close cousins of the Tiger' but maybe it's more pleasant to have them separate.

*These three being the domesticated Median Cats.