Starting my first project - stuck on a neck

can you hear me · #1 07-18-2007, 04:10 AM

Hi guys,

Before reading on I'd like to inform everyone that I've searched TB extensively and could not find an answer to this question, mind you I did find the same question:P

After reading about and seeing some of the basses here I've decided the time is right to start my own build. I've been thinking about this for a while and have been researching like mad to see what I want to build.

I don't have any machinery so it will be a bits and pieces job. My first problem is finding a 24 fret neck for a 4-string. I've searched high and low. Moses make a Steinberger replacement but I would like a headstock. I have emailed them and I'm awaiting a response. I would like to try a J-shape neck. I also found a 34" scale fingerboard which I could glue onto a neck blank but I won't be able to cut and shape a blank myself.

Anyone here build necks? Or anyone have a suggestion as to where I could get one. I know Carvin make neck through necks but again don't know that I could shape one to a bolt-on.

Thanks

PilbaraBass · #2 07-18-2007, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by can you hear me

Hi guys,

Before reading on I'd like to inform everyone that I've searched TB extensively and could not find an answer to this question, mind you I did find the same question:P

After reading about and seeing some of the basses here I've decided the time is right to start my own build. I've been thinking about this for a while and have been researching like mad to see what I want to build.

I don't have any machinery so it will be a bits and pieces job. My first problem is finding a 24 fret neck for a 4-string. I've searched high and low. Moses make a Steinberger replacement but I would like a headstock. I have emailed them and I'm awaiting a response. I would like to try a J-shape neck. I also found a 34" scale fingerboard which I could glue onto a neck blank but I won't be able to cut and shape a blank myself.

Anyone here build necks? Or anyone have a suggestion as to where I could get one. I know Carvin make neck through necks but again don't know that I could shape one to a bolt-on.

Thanks

carvin also makes bolt-on necks...better yet, they make entire kits...

can you hear me · #3 07-18-2007, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by PilbaraBass

carvin also makes bolt-on necks...better yet, they make entire kits...

Thanks Pilbara, I'll have to double check but I thought all their bolt-ons were less that 24 frets. Saw the kits there as well, takes all the fun out of it

Still want to pick custom electronics.

PilbaraBass · #4 07-18-2007, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by can you hear me

Thanks Pilbara, I'll have to double check but I thought all their bolt-ons were less that 24 frets. Saw the kits there as well, takes all the fun out of it

Still want to pick custom electronics.

hmmm...you're right...
http://www.carvin.com/products/singl...er=BN4&CID=BKT

22 frets...

but the profile on Carvin necks are nice

and the prices are so good vs. the quality...

I personally don't mind 22 frets.

can you hear me · #5 07-18-2007, 05:15 AM

Yeh, my main bass is a stingray so I know I don't need 24 frets, hey, I probably don't need 6 frets, but I figure if I'm making a project I should go for what I really want. Then again I might use this as a leraning experience and if I like it invest in the tools to make my own neck.

DanielM · #6 07-18-2007, 05:33 AM

maybe warmoth can do you a 24 fret Jazz Bass neck? or seek the bay for a Jazz 24 neck. Fender have made 24 fret Jazz Basses so there must be a replacement neck out there.

Gone · #7 07-18-2007, 05:56 AM

www.warmoth.com
www.stewmac.com
www.allparts.com

try these places

Greg Johnsen · #8 07-18-2007, 07:10 AM

warmoth does make a 24 fret extension neck for $25 extra.

Greg

can you hear me · #9 07-19-2007, 04:37 AM

Thanks guys
Ive tried all those options. The Warmoth extension looks like it would limit playability but I'll probably have to settle for that with a 13 degree angled headstock so I can access teh trussrod from the top.

MNbassist · #10 07-19-2007, 11:27 AM

the warmoth neck is good stuff, I used it on my first bass and have yet to have a single playability problem, plus they have great customer service and a great selection of odds and ends that you may need

HARD HAT · #11 07-19-2007, 01:47 PM

Another option you might want to check into would be contacting Doug at Soulmate Guitars. I think his site is Soulmate Guitars.com. He will custom build you a neck to your specs including number of frets and neck and fingerboard wood selection within reason. Really nice necks and not much more than a Carvin neck, depending on options.