Baseball neck

[lastminute]

I'm looking for a nice, thick (not necessarily wide) necked Precision, like one would find on the Dirnt signature or 51 reissue or Sting signature. In case your wondering, I don't want those said basses for my own reasons.

Any other Precisions fit the bill?


Edit: Extended to any basses with humbucker(s), passive.

 

[Tom Howland]

The Fender, 50's classic P-bass. ($579.00)

Has big, reissue style neck.

Or a vintage, 57 or 62 reissue P-bass. ($1400.00)

The Hoppus P-bass also has a nice neck, but not as wide, or big,
as the two above.

 

[king_biscuit]

The RI (American Vintage) necks are on the thin/wide side. The American Standard neck is closer to what you are looking for -- more narrow and thicker from front to back.

 

[EagleMoon]

SX P bass would be ideal. They have big thick necks, especially down towards the headstock.

 

[arjune]

I thought the Hoppus bass had a Jazz profile neck?

 

[lastminute]

I thought the Hoppus bass had a Jazz profile neck?

No, the only Jazz part of the Hoppus bass is the body. Everything else is pretty much Precision.

 

[JimB52]

Mid-70s P Basses seem to have pretty beefy necks.

 

[EagleMoon]

Mid-70s P Basses seem to have pretty beefy necks.

My 75 Precision didn't have a thick neck at all. About what today's P's have.

 

[lastminute]

Another question: which neck is better for big palms, the C or D neck?

 

[lastminute]

Anything else have a very fat neck? I'm extending the type of bass to any that has one or more humbuckers.

 

[EagleMoon]

Warwicks - most of them.

Wait...you said Precision. Well, a few of them have P pickups.

 

[tom once dead]

+1 to warwick. I love the string spacing, but the neck is about 2"thick

 

[StarscreamG1]

Taking notes on basses to stay away from LOL Ive got the fingers but have no like for thick baseball necks...guess that means my someday stumbling across a 78 burst Precision isn't worth stumbling across now, eh?

And yea what are the specific differences between the necks on Fender in regards to A D C etc? I know its got to do with width and thickness but what are the widths and thicknesses for each one?

 

[EagleMoon]

Here's an example:

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[RikBass]

My 69' P has the thickest neck i have ever played.

It feels weird for about 2 minutes then it becomes one of the best necks ever.

Play as many Ps as you can cause with new or old i have found great variance from bass to bass.

Good luck

 

[StarscreamG1]

Here's an example:

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Thats great!!!!! Looking at that pic and thinking on my basses, I'd say my Cowpoke has a D. I'd hazard a guess and say the foundations and the dyna has D as well. But I think the T40 would be more like C? The VMJ feels D to me. Of course I could be totally wrong in all of this so without specs to double check Im probably sounding dumb LOL I know That Jazz 5er felt like a big fat U...

 

[hectorjcm800]

Another question: which neck is better for big palms, the C or D neck?

I don't have big hands at all, but like the big, chunky-but-narrow "D" (am i right?) necks because they give good support to your palm, and being narrow, they aren't hard to play. I really dislike the "gap" between some thin-wide necks and my upper palm when playing.

 

[StarscreamG1]

Mmm I have no idea really about any of this but I would think for big palms one of the Vs might work out well or a C. And the more I look at the neck shapes I don't think my Dyna is a D? Its narrow and to me thin and seems more rounded in the back then the D. Same with the Foundation4. The Foundation5 is wide, flat and thin.

I understand what you mean about the gap but for me I don't like a lot of thickness in my necks. Width wise I can deal with some width as long as its not thick so I think a U neck is out for me. The D looks good and the medium V actually looks like it would be comfortable as long as its narrow.

 

[BananaKing]

For thick necks, one word....... Warmoth.

 

[StarscreamG1]

*note to self*, 'don't get a Warmoth'