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11-16-2010, 11:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland, USA | | | Do you prefer a chunky or slim neck?
When I play my Lakland or Geddy, I think, "I love this fast neck".
Then, when I play my P or Spector, I think, "My left hand seriously missed a big chunk of wood".
So, I have no preference. What's yours?
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11-16-2010, 11:58 PM
| | | | I like slimmer necks. My Hondo II has the slimmest neck of all the basses I own, and it feels the most comfortable. I can play it for hours without any cramping. My bronze series Warlock's neck feels too chunky and really hurts to play even after 15 minutes. My neck through NJ series Warlock is slightly thicker than the Hondo's and it's comfortable, but still cramps every now and then around the hour and half mark. |
11-16-2010, 11:59 PM
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11-17-2010, 12:01 AM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | wide and flat for me. Plenty of width across the board and as little front to back thickness as possible. |
11-17-2010, 12:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA, Washington | | | I always thought I was a slim neck person because I have small hands and I like to play technical music, but P necks are a lot more comfortable to me. |
11-17-2010, 12:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Ghent, Belgium | | | Slim necks for me. Jazz, T-Bird, Soundgear ... those fit my hand. I've given up on 5-strings, just didn't work (ergonomically).
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11-17-2010, 12:12 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Norway | | | Slim.
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11-17-2010, 12:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | For basses, as thin as possible.
For guitars, thin, but not too thin. Those Wizard contour Ibanezes are ridiculous.  |
11-17-2010, 12:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: South TX | | | I'm with James
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Originally Posted by James Hart  wide and flat for me. Plenty of width across the board and as little front to back thickness as possible. | Wide with wide spacing.... mhm 
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11-17-2010, 12:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Portland, OR | | | I loves me a nice, chunky P neck. I have a CIJ P and it's okay, but the Classic 50s is near-perfect.
But I also have an MIM Fender Deluxe Zone, which has a super-skinny Jazz neck, and whenever I play that one, it just feels like I'm home.
-jb
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11-17-2010, 12:20 AM
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Independent Contractor to Bass San Diego | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | | Slim, à la Lakland. I had a really nice Stingray 5. I had to get rid of it. I called it "the club."
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11-17-2010, 12:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Portland oregon | | | J bass or p bass neck... As long as its tapered i dont care. A epiphone t bird neck sucked i sold the bass for that reason
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11-17-2010, 12:21 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chester, Pa.,USA | | | Funny enough the most comfortable neck out of the four basses I own (Fender MIA Jazz, Squier VM J + VM P, and SX P) belongs to the SX P, wide, thick, AND flat (15 3/4" radius). Go figure.
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11-17-2010, 12:22 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | | Slim, but I can adapt to just about anything if the tone is there and the bass is sexy.
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11-17-2010, 12:24 AM
| | | | More chunk for funk, please...
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11-17-2010, 01:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: cincinnati | | | whatever an OLP 5 string is. that, some J's and the lakland 5 string neck. those are all nice.
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11-17-2010, 03:03 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: London, UK. | | | Slim necks with vintage frets for me.
Saying that, i love a 5 string. Must be the string spacing.
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11-17-2010, 03:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Milano Italy | | | '57 P neck = perfect neck
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11-17-2010, 03:08 AM
| | | | wide and not too thin here.
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11-17-2010, 03:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: newcastle upon tyne (UK) | | huge old school P for me i love wide 5'ers too
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