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08-17-2009, 01:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Maryland | | | What 5 string bass has the best feeling/playing neck?
Marcus Miller 5 hands down, not even a contest but I have not been playing that long and I'm sure you guys have some other suggestions.
(I guess the original question should have read, What 5 string bass has the best feeling/playing neck (To YOU)?
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08-17-2009, 01:28 PM
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Exar went out of business, so... | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | Everybody has different size and shape of hands, different playing technique, and different preferences.
I'd say the best one is my Jackson Concert V Pro, but nobody would believe me.  |
08-17-2009, 01:29 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Levy's Leathers Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto/Niagara Falls, Ontario | | | I don't like many 5ers, but I could play the a lakland 55-02 till the cows come home. |
08-17-2009, 01:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arkansas | | | Someone's going to say it, so I'll say it for them..
SX, by a long shot...
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08-17-2009, 01:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Evansville, Indiana | | | Lakland for me, with the old Tobias asymmetrical in a fairly distant second. Everybody's mileage may vary.... |
08-17-2009, 01:41 PM
|  | Rigorously Tested by Angry Laboratory Robots | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NC. Residential Tourist | | | It all depends on what type of bass ... Custom, Boutique, or Mainstream (ie. Fender, Peavey, Ibanez)?
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Custom: Garz (the most comfortable necks I've ever played)
Boutique: Elrick, Pedulla Rapture
Mainstream: Peavey TL and Cirrus series basses |
08-17-2009, 01:42 PM
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I'm biased though but in my opinion it's the truth!
Peace
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08-17-2009, 01:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY | | | My Nordy vJ5 has one of, if not the best 5 string neck I've ever played. |
08-17-2009, 01:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chula Vista, California | | | What Bongo said.
For me, it's F-Bass, Kinal, or Dingwall. I've even had a couple nice Carvins...
Never was fussy about the Fender fivers.
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08-17-2009, 01:44 PM
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08-17-2009, 01:48 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: La Mesa (San Diego area), Cali | | | It is obviously the:
Lawrencelaklandfenderdingwallfoderaseimtdibanezros coestingraysterlingmoduluszonSXelrickalembicyourmi lagemayvarybass!
Don't y'all know ANYTHING?
Dan K.
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08-17-2009, 01:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NJ | | | Bongo, Zon Sonus, Lakland 55-94
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08-17-2009, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by jackall237  Someone's going to say it, so I'll say it for them..
SX, by a long shot... | I'm sure he was being facetious, and SX's take a lot of crap from people on these forums, but I love my SX 5'er. Not saying it's better than everything out there, not saying it's worse, but it fits my hands well. Considering the complete subjectivity of this question, that's my final answer and I'm sticking to it.
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08-17-2009, 01:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | | The neck on my Cliff Bordwell Perfomance 5 was one of my favorites. The neck on my Skyline DJ5 is pretty nice too, but entirely different.
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08-17-2009, 01:58 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit | | | The best feeling 5er neck I've played is a Lakland. I still love my SR5. Though the neck is a bit chunky, I still like the feel of it. The string spacing is a bit on the narrow side. |
08-17-2009, 02:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: LOS ANGELES, CA | | My Nordy vJ5 is my favorite neck to date!  Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony G My Nordy vJ5 has one of, if not the best 5 string neck I've ever played. | |
08-17-2009, 02:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: League City, Tx | | | Carvin Bunny Brunel model BB75. 19mm at the bridge but thin front to back with an asymmetrical cut (thinner on the G string side). Best feeling 5'er neck for me.
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08-17-2009, 02:15 PM
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08-17-2009, 02:42 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: PA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Knowlton It is obviously the:
Lawrencelaklandfenderdingwallfoderaseimtdibanezros coestingraysterlingmoduluszonSXelrickalembicyourmi lagemayvarybass!
Don't y'all know ANYTHING?
Dan K. | Nice!
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08-17-2009, 02:50 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | | I'm split. I love Pete Skjold's necks. He's got this way of finishing a neck that just seems perfect to me. Also, Lakland has a great shape. The 55-94's are hard to beat. I also love the way Nino shaped my Valenti J5. So smooth and extremely playable. It's a toss up but Skjold beats them out by a nose IMO. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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