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      Best Stratocaster Style Guitars With C Neck Profile in 2023

      Here are the top Stratocaster style guitars with C neck profile. C-shaped necks like this have been the most popular for the last years. The reason is that they feel good in most hands. It's generally a thin neck that doesn't get in your way when playing fast, but that also has enough mass to give your hands a comfortable grip for chords if they aren't too big. Thin necks like this make it easier to move your hand across the neck and it helps when playing fast solos, especially if you like to leave your thumb free while playing high on the fretboard. However, thinner necks are also weaker and will need adjustment more often than a thicker neck.

      Out of the more than 2000 guitars in our database, these are the best scoring ones. You can use our filters to the left to narrow down these results, or click on "Compare" to get a deep comparison between them. Our automated scoring system takes into account the ratings from ours users who own the guitar, and dozens of parameters to determine the build quality, playability, pickups quality, value for money, and more.

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      1. Schecter Nick Johnston USA Signature

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      Schecter Nick Johnston USA Signature
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      Playability 77
      Sound 79
      Build quality 75
      Value for money 62
      Overall Score 77
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      • From Schecter's 2017 Artist series
      • Made in United States
      • 6 strings
      • 25.5"'' scale
      • 14" Fretboard Radius
      • Alder body
      • Contoured 4-Bolt Wenge neck
      • Macassar Ebony fretboard
      • Bridge pickup: Schecter USA Nick Johnston Signature Atomic Set (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Bridge pickup: Schecter USA Nick Johnston Signature Atomic Set (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Middle pickup: Schecter USA Nick Johnston Signature Atomic Set (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Neck pickup: Schecter USA Nick Johnston Signature Atomic Set (Single Coil/Passive)
      • 1 volume and 1 tone Bell knobs
      • 5-way Switch
      • Schecter Vintage 2-Point Tremolo bridge
      • Nick Johnston Custom C Bolt-On neck
      • 22 XL Jumbo frets
      • Schecter/Hipshot Staggered Locking Tuners tuners
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      Schecter Nick Johnston USA Signature
      • Locking Tuners
      • Made in United States
      • Expensive Wood
      • Black Tusq XL Nut
      • Top Brand Pickups
      • Tremolo
      • Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
      • No Neck-Through Build
      • No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
      • No Weight Relief
      • No Luminescent Inlay
      • No Compound Radius Fretboard
      • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
      • No Strap Lock

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      2. Fender Custom Artisan Spalted Maple Thinline Stratocaster

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      Playability 77
      Sound 77
      Build quality 75
      Value for money 61
      Overall Score 76
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      • From Fender Custom's 2020 Artisan series
      • Made in United States
      • 6 strings
      • 25.5"'' scale
      • 9.5" to 12" Fretboard Radius
      • Spalted Maple top
      • Roasted Ash with Spalted Maple Top body
      • 3A Roasted Birdseye Maple neck
      • Round-Lam Ebony fretboard
      • Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Middle pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Neck pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • 1 volume and 2 tone Bell knobs
      • 5-way Switch
      • Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo bridge
      • '60s Oval C Bolt-On neck
      • 21 Narrow Tall frets
      • Vintage Style with Tortoise Shell Buttons tuners
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      Fender Custom Artisan Spalted Maple Thinline Stratocaster
      • Made in United States
      • Expensive Wood
      • Bone Nut
      • Top Brand Pickups
      • Tremolo
      • Compound Radius Fretboard
      • Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
      • No Locking Tuners
      • No Neck-Through Build
      • No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
      • No Luminescent Inlay
      • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
      • No Strap Lock

      3. Fender Custom Artisan Koa Thinline Stratocaster

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      Playability 77
      Sound 77
      Build quality 75
      Value for money 61
      Overall Score 76
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      • From Fender Custom's 2020 Artisan series
      • Made in United States
      • 6 strings
      • 25.5"'' scale
      • 9.5" to 12" Fretboard Radius
      • 4A Figured Koa top
      • Roasted Ash body
      • 3A Roasted Birdseye Maple neck
      • Round-Lam Ebony fretboard
      • Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Middle pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Neck pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • 1 volume and 2 tone Bell knobs
      • 5-way Switch
      • Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo bridge
      • '60s Oval C Bolt-On neck
      • 21 Narrow Tall frets
      • Vintage Style with Tortoise Shell Buttons tuners
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      Fender Custom Artisan Koa Thinline Stratocaster
      • Made in United States
      • Expensive Wood
      • Bone Nut
      • Top Brand Pickups
      • Tremolo
      • Compound Radius Fretboard
      • Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
      • No Locking Tuners
      • No Neck-Through Build
      • No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
      • No Luminescent Inlay
      • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
      • No Strap Lock

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      4. Fender Custom American Custom Strat RW

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      Playability 77
      Sound 77
      Build quality 75
      Value for money 61
      Overall Score 76

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      • Neck profile shape: C (1 vote)
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      • From Fender Custom's 2020 American Custom series
      • Made in United States
      • 6 strings
      • 25.5"'' scale
      • 9.5" to 12" Fretboard Radius
      • 2-Piece Select Ash body
      • 2A Roasted Birdseye Maple neck
      • Round-Laminated Rosewood fretboard
      • Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound '64 Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound '64 Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Middle pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP '64 Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Neck pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound '64 Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • 1 volume and 2 tone Bell knobs
      • 5-way Switch
      • Custom Shop Vintage Synchronized Tremolo bridge
      • 1960 Oval C Bolt-On neck
      • 22 Narrow Tall frets
      • Sperzel Die-Cast with White Pearloid Buttons tuners
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      Fender Custom American Custom Strat RW
      • Made in United States
      • Expensive Wood
      • Bone Nut
      • Top Brand Pickups
      • Tremolo
      • Compound Radius Fretboard
      • Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
      • No Locking Tuners
      • No Neck-Through Build
      • No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
      • No Weight Relief
      • No Luminescent Inlay
      • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
      • No Strap Lock

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      5. Fender Custom Artisan Maple Burl Stratocaster

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      Playability 77
      Sound 77
      Build quality 73
      Value for money 61
      Overall Score 76
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      • From Fender Custom's 2020 Artisan series
      • Made in United States
      • 6 strings
      • 25.5"'' scale
      • 9.5" to 12" Fretboard Radius
      • Burl top
      • Roasted Alder body
      • Birdseye Maple neck
      • Macassar Ebony fretboard
      • Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Middle pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound RWRP Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Neck pickup: Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Fat '60s Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • 1 volume and 2 tone Bell knobs
      • 5-way Switch
      • 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo bridge
      • 1963 C Bolt-On neck
      • 21 Jumbo frets
      • Vintage-Style tuners
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      Fender Custom Artisan Maple Burl Stratocaster
      • Made in United States
      • Expensive Wood
      • Bone Nut
      • Top Brand Pickups
      • Tremolo
      • Compound Radius Fretboard
      • Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
      • No Locking Tuners
      • No Neck-Through Build
      • No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
      • No Weight Relief
      • No Luminescent Inlay
      • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
      • No Strap Lock

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      6. Fender Custom Artisan Koa Dual P90 Strat

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      Playability 78
      Sound 75
      Build quality 73
      Value for money 60
      Overall Score 75

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      • Neck access to high frets: Hard (1 vote)
      • Fret edges: Smooth (1 vote)
      • Tuning stability: Sightly unstable (1 vote)
      • Weight: Slightly heavy (1 vote)
      • Neck profile shape: C (1 vote)
      • Pickups noise: Slightly Noisy (1 vote)
      • Pickups power: Clean (1 vote)
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      • From Fender Custom's 2020 Artisan series
      • Made in United States
      • 6 strings
      • 25.5"'' scale
      • 9.5" to 12" Fretboard Radius
      • Koa top
      • 1-Piece Vintage Michigan Mahogany body
      • 3A Roasted Flame Maple neck
      • Round-Laminated Rosewood fretboard
      • Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop P90 (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Bridge pickup: Fender Custom Shop P90 (Single Coil/Passive)
      • 1 volume and 1 tone Dome knobs
      • 3-way Switch
      • 6-Saddle Hardtail with Pat. Pend. Saddles bridge
      • 1960 Oval C Bolt-On neck
      • 21 Narrow Tall frets
      • Vintage Style tuners
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      Fender Custom Artisan Koa Dual P90 Strat
      • Made in United States
      • Expensive Wood
      • Bone Nut
      • Top Brand Pickups
      • Weight Relief
      • Compound Radius Fretboard
      • Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
      • No Locking Tuners
      • No Neck-Through Build
      • No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
      • No Tremolo
      • No Luminescent Inlay
      • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
      • No Strap Lock

      7. Reverend Gil Parris Signature GPS

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      Playability 77
      Sound 83
      Build quality 67
      Value for money 71
      Overall Score 76

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      • Neck profile shape: C (5 votes)
      • Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (6 votes)
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      • From Reverend's 2021 Signature series
      • Made in South Korea
      • 6 strings
      • 25.5"'' scale
      • 12" Fretboard Radius
      • Korina body
      • Roasted Maple neck
      • Rosewood fretboard
      • Bridge pickup: Fishman Fluence Single-Width (Single Coil/Active)
      • Bridge pickup: Fishman Fluence Single-Width (Single Coil/Active)
      • Middle pickup: Fishman Fluence Single-Width (Single Coil/Active)
      • Neck pickup: Fishman Fluence Single-Width (Single Coil/Active)
      • 1 volume and 3 tone Bell knobs
      • 5-way Switch
      • Wilkinson WVS50K Tremolo (10.8 mm Spacing) bridge
      • Medium Oval Bolt-On neck
      • 22 Jumbo frets
      • Reverend Pin-Lock tuners
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      Reverend Gil Parris Signature GPS
      • Locking Tuners
      • Expensive Wood
      • Boneite Nut
      • Top Brand Pickups
      • Multi-Voicing Pickups
      • Tremolo
      • Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
      • Made in South Korea
      • No Neck-Through Build
      • No Weight Relief
      • No Luminescent Inlay
      • No Compound Radius Fretboard
      • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
      • No Strap Lock

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      8. Music Man Cutlass RS HSS

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      Playability 72
      Sound 75
      Build quality 79
      Value for money 65
      Overall Score 75

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      • Pickups noise: Noiseless (1 vote)
      • Pickups power: Slightly Hot (1 vote)
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      • From Music Man's 2017 Cutlass RS series
      • Made in United States
      • 6 strings
      • 25.5"'' scale
      • 10" Fretboard Radius
      • Alder body
      • Roasted Figured Maple neck
      • Roasted Figured Maple fretboard
      • Bridge pickup: Music Man Custom Humbucker (Humbucker/Passive)
      • Bridge pickup: Music Man Custom Humbucker (Humbucker/Passive)
      • Middle pickup: Music Man Custom Single Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Neck pickup: Music Man Custom Single Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
      • 1 volume and 1 tone Bell knobs
      • 5-way Switch
      • Music Man Modern Tremolo bridge
      • Cutlass RS Bolt-On neck
      • 22 Medium Jumbo Stainless Steel frets
      • Schaller M6-IND locking tuners
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      Music Man Cutlass RS HSS
      • Stainless Steel Frets
      • Locking Tuners
      • Made in United States
      • Expensive Wood
      • Compensated Nut
      • Top Brand Pickups
      • Tremolo
      • No Neck-Through Build
      • No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
      • No Weight Relief
      • No Luminescent Inlay
      • No Compound Radius Fretboard
      • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
      • No Strap Lock

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      9. Music Man Cutlass RS SSS

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      Playability 72
      Sound 75
      Build quality 79
      Value for money 65
      Overall Score 75

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      • Pickups noise: Noiseless (1 vote)
      • Pickups power: Hot (1 vote)
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      • From Music Man's 2017 Cutlass RS series
      • Made in United States
      • 6 strings
      • 25.5"'' scale
      • 10" Fretboard Radius
      • Alder body
      • Roasted Figured Maple neck
      • Roasted Figured Maple fretboard
      • Bridge pickup: Music Man Custom Single Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Bridge pickup: Music Man Custom Single Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Middle pickup: Music Man Custom Single Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Neck pickup: Music Man Custom Single Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
      • 1 volume and 1 tone Bell knobs
      • 5-way Switch
      • Music Man Modern Tremolo bridge
      • Cutlass RS Bolt-On neck
      • 22 Medium Jumbo Stainless Steel frets
      • Schaller M6-IND locking tuners
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      Music Man Cutlass RS SSS
      • Stainless Steel Frets
      • Locking Tuners
      • Made in United States
      • Expensive Wood
      • Compensated Nut
      • Top Brand Pickups
      • Tremolo
      • No Neck-Through Build
      • No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
      • No Weight Relief
      • No Luminescent Inlay
      • No Compound Radius Fretboard
      • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
      • No Strap Lock

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      10. Fender Tom Morello Stratocaster

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      Playability 73
      Sound 85
      Build quality 69
      Value for money 71
      Overall Score 76

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      • Neck profile shape: C (31 votes)
      • Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (28 votes)
      • Pickups noise: Noiseless (4 votes)
      • Pickups power: Hot (4 votes)
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      • From Fender's 2020 Artist series
      • Made in Mexico
      • 6 strings
      • 25.5"'' scale
      • 9.5" to 14" Fretboard Radius
      • Alder body
      • Maple neck
      • Rosewood fretboard
      • Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan Hot Rails Strat SHR-1B (Rail Humbucker/Passive)
      • Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan Hot Rails Strat SHR-1B (Rail Humbucker/Passive)
      • Middle pickup: Fender Vintage Noiseless Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • Neck pickup: Fender Vintage Noiseless Single-Coil Strat (Single Coil/Passive)
      • 1 volume and 2 tone Dome knobs
      • 5-way Switch
      • Floyd Rose FRT-O2000 Double-Locking Tremolo (Recessed) bridge
      • Modern C Bolt-On neck
      • 22 Medium Jumbo frets
      • Deluxe Cast/Sealed Locking tuners
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      Fender Tom Morello Stratocaster
      • Locking Tuners
      • Expensive Wood
      • Locking Nut
      • Top Brand Pickups
      • Killswitch Pickups
      • Tremolo
      • Compound Radius Fretboard
      • Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
      • Made in Mexico
      • No Neck-Through Build
      • No Weight Relief
      • No Luminescent Inlay
      • No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
      • No Retainer Bar
      • No Strap Lock

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