Classic P-Bass body with a thin "Ibanez" neck?

The only thing I could think of would be to build a bass from parts, P body with a Geddy Lee neck. Geddy necks are super thin, but glossy. Im not sure what exists as a production model with a classic P shape and that thin of neck.

 

Old Ibanez lawsuit p bass, but the neck is more of a p spec neck as opposed to much thinner SR's.

That might be his only option. Perhaps he can acquire an SR neck and have someone like Warmoth rout a P for that neck? Sorry not more helpful, but I got nutin'.

 

A charvel model 1b or 2b will have a classic p bass shape but with a very fast neck. The headstocks are an aquired taste though.

 

Second the Charvel! Maybe some of those 80's basses would fit the bill too. I remember Ibanez had some basses during that time that had more Fender style bodies and that same headstock design as the Ibanez guitars. I'm thinking they were RG series or something like that.

 

^ Thought so.

Question : did he like the ibanez headstock or does he literally want the entire guitar looking Fenderish?

 

What about a Carvin? I've only ever played one, but it seemed like it had a pretty fast feeling neck.

 

Yeah the Geddy is thinner then a regular jazz neck. It has to be the thinnest production Fender neck ever made. If he specifically wants a Fender body shape with a Fender headstock and a thin neck I think thats the cheapest way that he could do without having a actual custom bass made.

Some luthier maybe able to take a SR neck and graft wood on to make it look like a Fender neck and then mount it on a Precision bass body, hid the sins of the neckpocket routing with a pickguard.

Then again he maybe able to have a Jazz neck shaved down.

 

Maybe look for an older Ibanez "Roadstar" or Stagestar Series bass... some of those had pretty Fender-ish looking bodies?

 

I think the closest you can get, with great quality, tone, and no mods would be the USA peavey fury basses. Very thin necks, great p-bass body and tone. Can be found very affordable as well, huge bonus.

 

Definitely have to agree here. US Peavey's are some of the best bargains to be had and this one seems to fit the bill to a T.

 

What about those Squier P- specials? P body, P/J pickups, and AFAIK a Jazz neck... Was there a Highway One version maybe?

 

I say Musicman Cutlass/Caprice. Aparently not that thin a neck profile as a Sterling but still Bongo-like which is thinner than your usual Stingray 4 string. Also EBMM construction is light years away from Fender IME.

 

Not as thin as an SR, maybe slightly thicker than a geddy. It has been a while since I had one, but I have a foundation which has a similar neck profile. Some furies had thinner necks than others. But they are among the fastest necks on a P style bass, perhaps similar to the p special, which has the jazz neck, almost geddy Lee style. Geddy Lee necks have changed over the years too. The thinnest being the origininal limited edition run of CIJ in 1998, though the CIJ production line through the 2000s was the same profile I believe.

Late 80s and early 90s fury you can't go wrong. Mid 90s they cheaped out on the pickups and electronics, but still a solid bass. I have been trying to regain one for a while with bad results because people are hyping the USA thing and asking too much.