basses with NARROW necks?

[eric blank]

I am looking for a full or medium scale bass that has a narrow neck. I am referring to the width across fretboard, NOT the back profile.

In my case, I would consider the typical Fender / MusicMan width to be too much for me.... it could have a narrow nut width but it quickly tapers out as you move out the neck. I played a Gibson EB-0 that has exactly the kind of neck I like... very narrow all the way up to the heel. I just want to see if there are any other options, preferably full or medium scale, that I should consider before going for the EB-0. Help?

 

[thehangingmist]

ibanez SR basses

 

[BullHorn]

Agreed.

 

[Spleenface92]

Fender Perfomer.

 

[5string5fingers]

ibanez is king of small necks apart from the performer which I get sick just from looking at

 

[darkstorm]

Ibanez SR. ESP Ltd, Some of the bolt on schecters, some of the new BC Richs. Of these the Ibanez is gonna be the slimmist.

 

[Pilgrim]

Schecter Diamond series. Great basses, price is right.

 

[Steveaux]

Schecter Diamond series. Great basses, price is right.

^^This.^^

 

[mmbongo]

Steinberger. Very narrow spacing.

 

[bassplayerbob]

+1 on Ibanez. I recently own an SR600 and an SR535. Fast and slim all around. I'm more comfy on a Jazz neck so off they went..

 

[jackajesusfreak]

Old Peavey basses.

 

[elgranluis]

rickenbackers are pretty much the same width from the nut all the way to the last fret. They are a bit wider at the body, just like the ebo, but not like fenders where you can notice the difference in the first 5 frets or so.

The ebo has a pretty chunky neck, front to back, so you might end up not liking the ric, unless you get one from the "chunky neck era" (around 00-04 or so).

 

[IngerAlb]

Ibanez (SR, EDB, SRX); Cort (Artisan); Schecter (I personally owned only a Damien - the neck was very close to an Ibby SR); Spector (Legend); Luna (Andromeda) - to name just a few

 

[DeivoxCarnal]

Old Peavey basses.

+1 for this!

I used to own a Milestone II and IV and they had very Ibanez-like necks, which have the slimmest necks I've ever played.

 

[Growly Lytes]

P-Lyte has one of the best narrow necks... even thinner then some Jazzes, if it stays straight that is. They love humidity !!

 

[genstormbringer]

Peavey Fury a USA model is preferable.

 

[oldrookie]

Peavey Foundation is narrower, but hard to go wrong with either.

Narrowest neck I've owned was a Beatle-bass clone from Brice.

 

[Ubersheist]

Ibanez do tend to have very narrow and thin necks, as previously mentioned. I've yet to find any mass produced basses that are narrower.

If you can find a Telecaster bass, the necks are pretty narrow and thin. Also, some of the Dean basses have very narrow necks.

 

[Delta_Petra]

Ummm... a Jazz bass? That seems like an easy solution to miss.

 

[baileyboy]

Jazz.