Single cut´s long upper horn benefit?

[maturanesa]

Have you notice any real benefit in having that large upper horn "atached" to the neck at 13/12 fret??

Or is just another inaudible technicall/physic equation

[saxmachine777]

Well, purely from a practical perspective, you don't get a Fender-style bolt platform, so you avoid ever having that whoopidy-do around fret 17 that prevents you from really slamming the action on an instrument. That said, I think it's largely aesthetic.

[Bryan R. Tyler]

While it's possible that there's added sustain due to the increased neck attachment, I've never seen anything tonally that can be attributed directly to the singlecut horn. It's pretty much just for aesthetics.

[FunkyMan]

What's the best single cut bass for...

[conqr]

Read someplace (here I think) it adds stability/rigidity. Helps prevent that critical upper neck from ever 'moving'.

[KeithAlanK]

It's there to allow the bass to balance on a strap = no neck-dive.

[saustindavis]

Because it is teh bRo0tAlz!

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Originally Posted by KeithAlanK

It's there to allow the bass to balance on a strap = no neck-dive.

Every singlecut I've seen or played has the strap button located in pretty much the same location that the double cut version has.

[DLESSING]

+1 on sustain and stability of neck

[Fuzzbass]

Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

While it's possible that there's added sustain due to the increased neck attachment, I've never seen anything tonally that can be attributed directly to the singlecut horn. It's pretty much just for aesthetics.

+1

[esa372]

Originally Posted by KeithAlanK

It's there to allow the bass to balance on a strap = no neck-dive.

That's what I always thought (I've never played one, though...)

[Brad Johnson]

I've come across plenty of bolt-ons (including Fenders) that had ridiculously low action so IME that's not a nod towards a singlecut. And there are many bolt-on singlecuts. And non-SC neck through and setnecks.

It really depends on the particular execution, which is true of just about any bass design. There may be a structural benefit, there may be a sonic one, it may be purely esthetic.

[smperry]

Originally Posted by Brad Johnson

I've come across plenty of bolt-ons (including Fenders) that had ridiculously low action so IME that's not a nod towards a singlecut. And there are many bolt-on singlecuts. And non-SC neck through and setnecks.

It really depends on the particular execution, which is true of just about any bass design. There may be a structural benefit, there may be a sonic one, it may be purely esthetic.

+1.

[smperry]

Originally Posted by KeithAlanK

It's there to allow the bass to balance on a strap = no neck-dive.

The design itself doesn't affect neck "divability". The weight of the body relative to the headstock and the postion of the strap pins make all the difference, whether it's a double- or single-cut bass.