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Baseball neck

#21
+1 on Warwick, they have beautiful think ovangkol U-shape necks. Which of course give a awesome sound. With a precision pu I can recomend a Streamer Stage I.
For humbuckers the $$ series (both streamer and corvette) are great and have a big variety of sounds. If you want a really extreame neck you should check out the Vamppyre bolt on.

PS: note that the neck threw basses from Warwick have a bit slimmer neck.
 
#22
the 57ri/classic 50s bass has a very THIN neck front to back, but wide "C" nut width.

the necks are so thin that my palm kinda floats over thre back side, where a 70s style neck, is a bit thicker and rounder and fills that space up and to me feels a alot more comfortable since i have somthing to hand onto.

I would check out a mij/cij 70s ri p-basses if your into a neck like this.

If you want very thin but wide check out the classic 50s/57 ri.

Really chunky, check out gibson.
 
#23
When I think of thick P bass necks, late 70's come to mind. Most, but not all that I"ve played from that era, have fairly big shouldered necks. Most similar to the U shpe in the pictures on the previous page. They're all going to be different, but that seems to be where I've encountered that chunkiest necks.
 
#24
I'm going to say no to Warwick.

Their necks are big profile-wise (front to back), but not wide at all. In fact, their nut width is slightly smaller than a jazz bass. I had to sell a Warwick of mine because the narrow neck width cramped my hand really bad, and contributed to some tendonitis I had. Their 5-strings, on the other hand, are gold!

One humbucker with a wide neck = Stingray.
 
#25
StarscreamG1 said:
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.
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Well, now after reading your post and looking at the profile diagrams, I guess I was talking more about seventies "U" and fifties "large V" profiles (kind of a mix between baseball neck and soft V neck). I also have a JD telecaster with the latter profile, and is one of the best fender necks I've ever tried.
 
#27
I know it's a 5 but the neck on my 55-01 is a big honkin' neck but somehow it's also a very comfortable piece of wood. I'm a 4 string P & J guy making the leap to 5's. (Got two, 1 strung B to G and the other strung E to C - which is a hoot to play).

My 55-01 has Nordstrand Big Splits which are soap bar lookin' but are actually 2 independant single coils in series for hum cancelling - like a p-bass pickup but with the pickups side by side instead of staggerd - very cool design.

Not a 4 but you might find one of those entertainling. Given the price in the used market - they are a fairly easy buy and flip if necessary with a minimum of sting.

Just a thought.
 
#29
I have several Warmoths and while they are a little thicker than some basses, they are very comfortable and the action is terrific. I suffer from SSFS (Short Stubby Finger Syndrome) and generally don't like thick necks and have never had luck with Warwicks and some olders Fenders. But the Warmoths play like butter, especially since I dress the frets to my liking for low action when I build the bass.


BananaKing said:
For thick necks, one word....... Warmoth.
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