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06-30-2012, 05:22 PM
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Show me some of your SX basses! I have been wanting to buy one for along time now, just haven't pulled the trigger. |
06-30-2012, 06:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Land of Lakland | | | Pull the trigger!! |
06-30-2012, 06:03 PM
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06-30-2012, 06:09 PM
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SX: Ursa2 6, 3 SJB75C 4+1, 3 SJB62, 2 SJB57, SPJ62, 2 SB301, Douglas:WVEB, WOB826, WPB955(fretless), 2 WPB980 (4 & 5),Yamaha BB404, Fullerton Ventura NT, Brice Z6, Squire Deluxe Jazz V
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06-30-2012, 06:18 PM
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Now you're just showing off. Lol.
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06-30-2012, 06:21 PM
| | | | Idk witch one to get, I like p basses but I like the thought of having the smaller jazz bass neck. How much do they differ with sx? |
06-30-2012, 06:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Willow Street, PA | | | The SX P-bass does NOT have a P-bass neck. Not even close. It's closer to a Jazz, probably somewhere in between the two. Definitely thinner than a Fender P. |
06-30-2012, 06:27 PM
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06-30-2012, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Rip Topaz  The SX P-bass does NOT have a P-bass neck. Not even close. It's closer to a Jazz, probably somewhere in between the two. Definitely thinner than a Fender P. | ok great! P bass it will be. Thanks so much man. |
06-30-2012, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by wilfred
ok great! P bass it will be. Thanks so much man.
| Make sure you don't form an opinion on it before you change the stock strings and set it up. Makes all the difference!! |
06-30-2012, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Rip Topaz The SX P-bass does NOT have a P-bass neck. Not even close. It's closer to a Jazz, probably somewhere in between the two. Definitely thinner than a Fender P. | Not mine. My Ursa 1 had a standard P-bass 1 5/8 inch neck width at the nut, and was fairly thick top to bottom. Not even close to a 1 1/2 inches Jazz type neck.
Here it is (or rather was, I sold it to a friend who wanted to start bass, but I made him promise if he ever wanted to sell it to get another bass, I would get first crack at it): 
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06-30-2012, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Rip Topaz Make sure you don't form an opinion on it before you change the stock strings and set it up. Makes all the difference!! | Oh no worries I always set up my basses pretty much as soon as I get them in my hands. I already have some fender bass strings that I have been saving for when I buy my new bass. |
06-30-2012, 06:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Frederick, MD | | | The measurements are listed in each instrument's description. The P basses look to be a slight bit wider than the J, but not by much. Personally, I like a wider neck, but am really gassing for a J. I'm holding out for a 5 string tho. Hopefully some will show up soon. |
06-30-2012, 06:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Willow Street, PA | | | Either way, I think you'll like it. Besides, with all the talk about how fat P necks are, I've got tiny little hands and no problems at all playing them. I've actually got three different P-basses right now, one an MIA Fender, and all three are faster necks than any of my other basses, and yes they are a bit fatter. |
06-30-2012, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by C.Linton Not mine. My Ursa 1 had a standard P-bass 1 5/8 inch neck width at the nut, and was fairly thick top to bottom. Not even close to a 1 1/2 inches Jazz type neck.
Here it is (or rather was, I sold it to a friend who wanted to start bass, but I made him promise if he ever wanted to sell it to get another bass, I would get first crack at it): | its not that I don't like or dig a pbass neck I really do like them, i just didn't know if the sx pbass necks were any thicker?
Beautiful bass BTW. |
06-30-2012, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by C.Linton Not mine. My Ursa 1 had a standard P-bass 1 5/8 inch neck width at the nut, and was fairly thick top to bottom. Not even close to a 1 1/2 inches Jazz type neck.... | that's how my Ursa 1 is also...i do think it is a slightly more comfortable (for me anyway) shaped profile than the old headstock styles..
I noticed with the Douglas Pieces, they changed the neck specs from a nice chunky neck to a jazz style neck..
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06-30-2012, 07:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Lafayette, La | | With the Audere jz3 this thing kills.  |
06-30-2012, 07:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Lafayette, La | | | Btw does anybody know the tuner hole size? That's the only thing i dont like about sx. The tuners are pretty crappy. |
06-30-2012, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ModulusQ5-122 Btw does anybody know the tuner hole size? That's the only thing i dont like about sx. The tuners are pretty crappy. | The chrome plating is a little cheesy, but i never had any more trouble out of SX tuners than any other...if they seem sloppy, you can take them apart and give that little plate with teflon on it inside the tuner a slight bend, and they should tighten up and hold tune fine...but to answer your question, any of the standard full size tuners out there should fit the hole in the headstock...i can't remember the dimensions tho.
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06-30-2012, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by wilfred its not that I don't like or dig a pbass neck I really do like them, i just didn't know if the sx pbass necks were any thicker?
Beautiful bass BTW. | Well, the 1 5/8" width is only 1/8 of an inch more than a Jazz neck after all, it's not that much.
As far as the neck thickness overall goes I didn't measure that but it seems thicker than usual, but I can tell you I found it extremely comfortable to play, even more than my '08 MIA Fender Jazz! (I kid you not). I guess I'm just more suited to playing a thicker neck.
Oh, and I agree about it being a beautiful bass. It's one reason I want it back if the guy ever sells it. (besides having good tone and a comfortable neck to boot.)
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