"C" vs "V"

[G7MOF]

I've recently bought a "V" necked old mando, I play a "C" necked quite new mando at the moment but find the V much easier to play as it sits in the hand better.
I was wondering if anyone else had any opinions on this, or is it just my playing style?

[Grommet]

G7-I was also surprised when I found that a V neck profile felt better to me. I figured that comming from guitar it would be natural to prefer that familiar c shape. I do play a C neck profile mando currently, but I don't find that one too bad. The chunkier C-shaped neck profile on some of the earlier The Loar mandolins felt very awkward/dead to me. I understand that some of the newer The Loar models offer a slimmer neck profile. I really like the stock Collings V-neck profile with a 1 3/16 nut width. Played some Gibson Sam Bush, Summit and Weber necks that I liked as also.

Scott

[mandroid]

Example ..
V .. '22 A Gibby, C .. Hodson Djangolin
I pretty much take them as they come, only sent my Pentaula 5 string Electric
out to have the neck shaved, because it felt like the big end of a Louisville Slugger.

[Mark Walker]

My Silver Angel I had crafted with the 'V' neck. I have a 'beater' (PacRim) mando with a round 'C' neck, and while I play both equally poorly, I find (in my case anyway) I encounter less hand 'fatigue' with the V-neck versus the round C-neck.

However, a member of the band I'm in with a V-neck Silver Angel (which she's had for several years) is now considering having that whittled down by Ken Ratcliff to a more rounded neck. So it's mostly personal preference.

JMHO, YMMV!

[G7MOF]

Yes! fatigue is the word, after a long practice session you realise how easy a V neck is to play...