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5er with The Thinnest Neck?
- Thread starter Gare Boo
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While I don't have the actual measurements and don't have the bass in front of me, a Tune Bass has a super thin neck (in terms of thickness) in comparison to even an Ibanez SR bass. I have samples of both, and my Tune TWX bass is noticeably thinner. I happen to have a pic I took a while back comparing the body thickness to that of my EBMM SUB Ray as not only is the neck thin but so is the body. The Tune bass is on the right.
Thinnest front-to-back would probably be the Ibanez SR or Soundgear or whatever they were called at the time the particular bass was made. They're about the shallowest (a better decriptive term for me to describe that dimension) I've ever handled. Some other Japanese basses seem to tend to be similar.
Slimmest side-to-side would probably be Music Man in my experience. Those strings are too close together for me to even be able to effectively play them, but I'm a 4-string guy, so my opinion mostly doesn't matter.
Slimmest side-to-side would probably be Music Man in my experience. Those strings are too close together for me to even be able to effectively play them, but I'm a 4-string guy, so my opinion mostly doesn't matter.
wow that silver finish is beautiful but those are hard to find tho. Are u maybe planning to sell yours lol
I had a couple Warwicks from the 90s and they also had fairly thin necks. Do you happen to know how the newer ones comapre to the old ones? thank you
I had 2 SR5, neck fits the standard spaceing, about as thin as practical for my taste. Structurally it can only be so thin or warp.
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Unfortunately, I'm keeping mine but they do pop up from time to time. Actually a black one on Reverb. 5 String
TUNE TWX51 5-String Active Bass - 2005. Great Condition. Sounds Perfect ! | Mustorg | Reverb
To the best of my recollection, those Soundgear 5 strings have very thin and narrow necks.
Are you talking about "thin" or "narrow"?
Thin/thick = front to back.
Narrow/wide = nut width and string spacing at the bridge.
Some are, some aren't. Warwick nuts can tell you what years were which. My '90s (I think, bought used in about 2002) Thumb B.O. had one of the slimmer, faster necks I've ever played. My friend's 2005-ish Corvette's neck was like a yule log.
