What is the Best Neck?

LanOsb133 · #1 11-13-2012, 02:53 PM

So now that I have your attention... What is your personal favorite neck configuration and why? Fretted or Fretless?

Personally I love an All maple neck. It just looks so right and so purty. I honestly hate the look of a rosewood fingerboard/maple neck, but really love the look of an all rosewood neck/fingerboard. Sadly I have only played one neck like that (Was a Stringray 5 at GC and it sounded quite delicious)

P.S. Bonus points for those who make me GAS for a Rosewood/Maple neck through pictures of a sexy bass.

P.S.S. I don't want arguing about which configuration is better. Everyone has their personal choice as to which is better and lets leave it at that. (Because obviously Maple/Maple is the best

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Silver Blues · #2 11-13-2012, 02:58 PM

Typically a fairly thin maple/rosewood with very small frets is my favorite, but that's by no means verbatim for every bass I like. Nut width doesn't so much matter to me, I'm playing exclusively 1 11/16" P-size necks now but I've played others like that I hate and Jazz-width necks I love and hate. Blocks and binding is always welcome too. I like really thick all maple guitar necks though (my Hanson is heaven to me.)

--Silvie

jay tay · #3 11-13-2012, 03:11 PM

Giraffe...

My preference is a very thin Maple neck, with a rose wood slab, unlined fretless, and with a huge nut width. Ideally the maple and rose wood will be quite figured (just for aesthetic reasons), the finish will be satin (for speed), and a nice soft head angle. Two trus rods, with access at the headstock.

xxx666 · #4 11-13-2012, 03:12 PM

Avoid rednecks

LanOsb133 · #5 11-13-2012, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxx666

Avoid rednecks

I literally laughed for a good minute there... Possibly the greatest answer to any question ever asked.

F-Clef-Jef · #6 11-13-2012, 03:20 PM

Composite graphite with a phenolic fingerboard, jumbo frets, tuners on the body...
Steinberger!
Okay, maybe not.
I love my Warmoth maple/rosewood jazz neck. Just slightly chunkier than a Fender jazz neck.

tylerwylie · #7 11-13-2012, 04:04 PM

My fretless has a Dymondwood fingerboard and maple neck. Love the tone of that fingerboard.

Catbuster · #8 11-13-2012, 04:07 PM

All maple recent Mexi Jazz profile with bright frets and a satin finish. Man is that nice.

**cfsporn** · #9 11-13-2012, 04:07 PM

I would love to play an all ebony unlined fretless neck. Preferably one that is on the thicker side, but ebony necks are rare enough all ready.

**TinIndian** · #10 11-13-2012, 04:19 PM

One word. Wenge.

boristhespider9 · #11 11-13-2012, 04:30 PM

Lakland USA Bob Glaub with Joe Osborn neck. East Indian Rosewood and Birdseye Maple dots. If this doesn't make you like Rosewood fretboards on a Maple neck, nothing will. And yes, that's quartersawn maple.

With its USA Joe Osborn brother with the same type of neck:

Technotitclan · #12 11-13-2012, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by TinIndian

One word. Wenge.

Hell yeah, All day.

Though a guilty pleasure of mine is an unlined fretless burl maple board with tiger maple neck with some crazy amount of lacquer.

dmusic148 · #13 11-13-2012, 04:33 PM

Any neck that doesn't require 75 truss rod adjustments per year.

Atalante · #14 11-13-2012, 04:34 PM

Fretted with no laquier. And FAT. Like the one on Warwicks or old Precisions. Dark woods.

Dubista · #15 11-13-2012, 04:34 PM

I'm a huge Maple Neck, Rosewood Fretboard combination fanboy. I like them finished like on my AV62 P. I just can't get with maple unless it's finished ala the Stingray Classic. I just find that on my SR gets really funky, but I still rock it.

TechJunky · #16 11-13-2012, 04:36 PM

I'm a biased Warwick lover, so Ovangkol with Wenge fretboard wins it for me (yes I've played the Wenge necks, and I still prefer Ovangkol).

That out of the way, I also love ebony boards with no markers of any sort and 1 1/2" nut. And tuners on both sides (ie 2+2, 3+1, 3+2, 4+1, etc). Also either oil or satin finish, no poly or gloss necks for me.

conebeckham · #17 11-13-2012, 04:40 PM

I played a bass with a laminate maple/pau ferro/purpleheart neck, and a pau ferro (or was it purpleheart?) board, that was way cool......can't recall what bass it was, though...Rudy's Music Stop, mid -90's, though....

Clef_de_fa · #18 11-13-2012, 04:46 PM

I don't care that much for that as long as it matchs the color of the bass...

So I have 2 Maple/rosewood , 1 walnut/maple, 2 maple/ebony ( a fretless and a DB )

scubaduba · #19 11-13-2012, 04:55 PM

Small frets on ebony over maple.

placedesjardins · #20 11-13-2012, 05:03 PM

My friend had a Fender Precision Bass. It had a gloss black painted neck and headstock with a rosewood fretboard. I thought it was cool.