Talk me out of this...

[fretlessman71]

Got a few old basses that need new necks, and these will fit perfectly. But a voice is telling me not to...

...maybe it's yours?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-2-Fender-...3A1|240%3A1318

[JimmyM]

Um, don't?

I don't know...they look OK to me. Maybe not the greatest, but they'll work.

[fretlessman71]

What bugs me is why they're off a bass in the first place, and that iSOLDit doesn't have the first clue about "working truss rods", "straightness of the neck", or anything like that.

[dannster]

Cheaper than a trip to Vegas if your a gambling man.

[fretlessman71]

We GOT casinos in Colorado. I'm looking for a cheap functional bass neck.

[bassninja7]

no, its a squier....

[bongomania]

It's a gamble, pure and simple. Don't feel like gambling? Don't bid.

[AlembicPlayer]

talk you out of it?
made in Indonesia
there, did that do it?

what basses do you have that need necks?

[JLS]

Originally Posted by fretlessman71

Got a few old basses that need new necks, and these will fit perfectly. But a voice is telling me not to...

...maybe it's yours?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-2-Fender-...3A1|240%3A1318

Squier is disposable garbage.

[fretlessman71]

Well, they're squier basses that sound cool but feel bad, so I'm "gambling" on them. I think I may be outbid, though, and I won't be too heartbroken if I am.

[Pilgrim]

I don't see anything wrong with them. They clearly haven't been beaten around, and it appears they have been installed once. Given the cost of a new neck, if you can get them around the current cost and only one is good, you come out way ahead.

I don't care whether it's Fender or Squier on the neck - it's basically the same neck. Big deal.

[JLS]

Except that one is manufactured in Indonesia. Squire necks are garbage.

[David Cardoza]

Looks like auction is over, but I'm hoping that you made out OK if you bought them.

But the truth is... I kinda agree with JLS... I personally have had nasty luck with Squire necks. In two cases, I replaced an original neck with an SX (and both of these were SX "seconds", a 25 dollar neck and a 35 dollar neck).

In both cases, I was extremely surprised at how much of the problem was indeed the Squire neck (multiple dead spots, eneven volume between notes, etc.) I have to wonder how many others have noticed this too?

Dave

[RED5]

Originally Posted by David Cardoza

Looks like auction is over, but I'm hoping that you made out OK if you bought them.

But the truth is... I kinda agree with JLS... I personally have had nasty luck with Squire necks. In two cases, I replaced an original neck with an SX (and both of these were SX "seconds", a 25 dollar neck and a 35 dollar neck).

In both cases, I was extremely surprised at how much of the problem was indeed the Squire neck (multiple dead spots, eneven volume between notes, etc.) I have to wonder how many others have noticed this too?

Dave

Got one of those SX necks, ($19.00 special, bound and blocked Jazz, no nut slot,B stock) It was very surprising. A touch thicker profile,which I prefer, but otherwise? It solved a few probs I had and looks good doing it.

[fretlessman71]

I didn't win. Beginning to wonder if it was such a good deal after all. No worries.

Is there a way to get the SX necks by themselves somehow?

[RED5]

Originally Posted by fretlessman71

I didn't win. Beginning to wonder if it was such a good deal after all. No worries.

Is there a way to get the SX necks by themselves somehow?

Search out RondoMusic.com, then parts and bodies they always have something available.

[Gubna]

if you want to spend more, check out Allparts necks

[scottbass]

Originally Posted by fretlessman71

Is there a way to get the SX necks by themselves somehow?

Yeah, go here:

http://www.rondomusic.com/partsbodies.html

[fretlessman71]

Me likey! Thanks for the link.

[markkoelsch]

Just go to Warmoth and buy a nice neck.