I like basses with skinny necks. I'm looking to get one with humbuckers. I have a warrick rockbass streamer with humbuckers but the neck is just a bit too thick for me. What brands have skinny necks and available in humbuckers models?
Fender Jazz basses (especially the Geddy Lee) have thin necks. I prefer the jazz neck over the Ibanez mainly because I find the string spacing on the Ibanez too close imho.
I thought Stingray's had fat necks? Fatter than a Sterling anyway. I always heard the annology that a Stingray neck is like a P and a Sterling is like a J. Anyway, I'd recommend a Sterling, as well as a Cirrus.
I like some narrow/skinny necks. My personal favorites are G&Ls with #6 or #8 necks (1.5" wide at the nut). You could find an L-2000 with a #6 or #8 neck and have humbuckers with one. The Schecter C-4 has a very skinny neck as well, narrower than 1.5" at the nut according to the BP shootout. EMG HZ humbuckers, I believe. I've found my Steinberger Spirit XZ-2db to have an acceptably skinny neck for me as well, but it sits a little different and has taken some modification to get to work for me. EMG Select humbuckers on those. Rumors have a dual HB Musicman Sterling coming this summer. That would be a sweet combination of skinny neck and dual humbuckers.
Isn't EB/MM introducing a double-humbucker Sterling this year? If the rumour is true, that's your ticket!
Just what I was thinking. Its more than a rumor. Sterling Ball himself told us this at the EB forums.
Actually....what measurements define skinny? Are we talking nut width or measuring the back of the neck to the top of the fret board?
Ibanez SRX sreies or wait for the dual HH Sterling. If your budget allows I would wait for the Sterling. I own an Ibanez SRX and I like it alot but I'm pretty confident that the Sterling would be much more versatle.