Electric Guitar Trends

 
If you have ever played a vintage electric guitar, you know that electric guitar necks have evolved over the years.
1950’s
Fender electric guitars have narrow, #6230 “banjo frets”, a curvy 7 1/4″ radius, and a narrow 1 5/8″ nut width.

1950-1955: Neck shapes have a large and chunky “D” profile.
1956: Necks changed to a large and chunky [...]

In recent years, some electric guitar manufacturers have started making guitars with asymmetrical necks.  So why shape a guitar neck, so it is not the same shape on both sides?

The argument for an asymmetrical electric guitar neck, is simply that our hands are not symmetrical.  These guitar necks are fatter on the thumb side, to provide a [...]

I am really confused about the growing number of fat, baseball bat style guitar necks coming from companies like Gibson and Yamaha. Gibson describes these as “50’s necks”.
When I was growing up, buying a used electric guitar meant something made in the 1960’s, not the 1950’s. I suppose Eric Clapton grew up with 1950’s guitars, [...]