Who else likes wide but thin necks?
 

I like P spacing with Jazz neck thickness. It gives you plenty of room to work with and room for slapping, yet the thinness allows you to get your thumb in the back of the neck comfortably. What kind of basses have necks like this?

'60s Rickenbackers! :bassist:

My Martin Keith Elfin 5 fretless fills the bill, too. :cool:

Wide and flat, Baby! Love 'em! '83 P-basses, 80s G&Ls and Stingrays! Bring 'em on!

Lakland fivers are wide and flat with compound radius. Love 'em!

I used to go wide/flat but have since gone wide at bridge, tightish at nut(1.5" for a 4)& flat/paper-thin front-to-back. I had Chris make my Stambaugh 6er neck as thin as he dared- it's so sweet

I spent some time before rehearsal fiddling with an Am. Special P bass today. The absolute perfect neck for me - 1.625 at the nut, and THIN! If I had the money, I'd hire a luthier to make a 24 fret neck with the same dimensions as the Am. Special for my Jazz 24. The Jazz is 1.5 at the nut and about as thick front-to-back as a standard P bass, so it's not optimal for my preferences.

The best neck in the world is my Fender VS '62 P bass (Fullerton) with a neck that's a full 1.75" wide and very thin front-to-back. The reason I don't like most Jazz-style necks isn't that the neck is so narrow at the nut ('though the Geddy Lee I owned certainly was too narrow to ever feel close to comfortable) but because they're too deep front-to-back. It pushes the thumb further from the rest of the hand and alters the angle for my hand at the back.

John

'96 Zon 5/1, graphite neck with no trussrod (and never needed) 1.85" wide but very shallow and so comfortable. Makes the 99-54 feel cramped in comparison!

60s Ps, lakland bob glaub.

Early 80's G&L's, usually 1-5/8 to 1-11/16 wide, but flat and thin around the back. Ricks from 1963 to early 1973, too. 1983-84 Fender Precision Elites had a really nice, flat neck, although a little wide.

Bump

Okay,,apologies,, but im compelled to respond. (not trolling, i promise)

I actually prefer narrow, baseball bat necks (i.e., Gibson EB2). \

For some bizzarro reason these seem much easier to play. Maybe because it forces me to keep my thumb on the back of the neck instead of wrapping it around. Dunno, really.

My 2002 Precision has an 'A' neck. Thin but kinda wide. The Precision V has a wide neck. Like both but also dug the club like neck profile of the '74 I had for a spell.

Just couldn't get the action where I wanted it, worn frets.

Chapman Stick. :D

TBH, I have a hard time telling the difference. I just play them and really don't spend much time thinking about it. I know my basses all feel a bit different to me but after 5 minutes I get "used" to them. Then I tweak the EQ a tad to get my signature sound and Play the **** out of them.:cool:

Heartfield DR-5. Flat & wide. I love it!

I'm normally a 1-1/2 kinda guy, but I have to say my '83 G&L SB-2 and 2001 Zon 4/2 have wonderful 1-5/8 shallow necks that please me to no end! I can easily jump from my Sterling to either of those and be perfectly comfortable. Plus my lines pour out differently, so all the better.

I find the opposite! I cramp up if I keep my thumb on the back of the neck with a baseball bat. I find the baseball fats force me to wrap it around.

I can play on just about any kind of neck, but I prefer relatively narrow and thick necks. Sometimes I like to hit a note on the E with my thumb and a thick neck makes the job more comfortable.

Yes, I get it. My Jazz is arguably too delicate-feeling. Plus....I prefer the strings to be more parallel.

My P feels much better, really. It probably has the 1.65" nut. Not terribly wide, but not Jazz width. The neck is definitely thin. Not quite as thin as an Ibanez, but thin. This bass practically plays itself.