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Custom graphite basses???

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Funk

Dec 23, 2008
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#1
Does anyone know of any builders that make custom basses with graphite necks/bodies? The company I have found the most interest in is Status basses, but I am unsure how far they can customize their product.
 
#3
definitely check out BOGART BASSES
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they play like a dream, they are very sturdy and well balanced, and the owner of the company is a great guy. if you tell him exactly what you're looking for, he surely will come up with a model that will suit you.
 
#8
Rob Green at Status will make you practically anything you want, as long as it's based on one of their current designs - They're only a small company and it's not economical for them to reset the jigs and the CNC milling machine to make one off specials, but you can usually order any options you like based on S2, Series 3, Stealth, Streamline, KingBass, T-Bass, Entwistle B2, or Vintage models. The bolt-on necks are very good too, whether you're having a Status body, or attaching them to a Stingray or Jazz, etc. But at the end of the day there's nothing like a through-neck Status. You'll never look back.

Give them a call - Rob and Dawn will be only too pleased to discuss what sort of bass you'd like to order.

Martin Simms at Enfield has also started doing graphite shelled necks/bodies - The Enfield basses are also well worth a look. I love mine.
 
#9
Basslab. Amazing and will make whatever you desire, out of a proprietary composite. My Soul V weighs 5 lbs, is hollow from bridge to nut and sounds like 100 metric tons :-)
 
#10
My Steinberger composite neck has a 2 degree pitch on the sides perpendicular to the fingerboard, presumably so it could be popped out of the mold, which made cutting a neck pocket in a new wood body a real PITA. Are the modulus and Status necks a drop-in fit for traditional p or j style bodies, or do they have to be shimmed?
 
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Gilmourisgod said:
My Steinberger composite neck has a 2 degree pitch on the sides perpendicular to the fingerboard, presumably so it could be popped out of the mold, which made cutting a neck pocket in a new wood body a real PITA. Are the modulus and Status necks a drop-in fit for traditional p or j style bodies, or do they have to be shimmed?
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They're usually a straight fit, but I'm sure someone will have had to make a neck shim somewhere along the line. The one thing you do have to do is line up and drill the holes for the bolts yourself, as the bolt holes on any two basses are not necessarily in the exact same place. There are always variables.
 

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