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I'm slowly wrapping up my strat+tele project (darn it, gonna have taken me two weeks to build them! Accursed weather and work preventing me from working!), just finished carving the necks, and it's got me wondering about what basic dimensions and countours people here use on their instruments. I'm particularly interested in thickness at, say, first and 12th fret, and a description of the back countour. Get an idea of what you folks are building.
Personally, I make what I think are medium to large sized, relatively 'full' necks, be they acoustic or electric. Thickness at the nut is usually between .82" and .85" (21-22mm, ish, 1/4" of that fretboard), and a couple of mm thicker at 12th (say, .87-.90", tops). The electrics are about 42-44mm at the nut (Depending), acoustics 45mm (1.75"), usually. My back contours are asymmetrical, with a very 'round' shoulder on the bass side, and a flatter, quasi 'V' slope on the treble side. Similar to what music man does, and/or the Eddie Van Halen/SRV neck carves (Warmoth has pictures of the cross sections if you're having trouble picturing it). Moves the actual peak of the neck slightly towards the bass side, and makes thumb-over playing very comfortable. Doesn't interfere with bar chords, although I tend to make the assymetry less pronounced if I'm building for someone with smaller hands.
So, what are your basic dimensions?
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