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Double humbucker neck-through / set necks?

#23
MisterMagician said:
Just checked, they don't let you do double humbuckers anymore.
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Actually I just looked, because I thought they had discontinued them, but they still make their MM pickups. They'd probably build you a bass with them if you contacted them about it, but it might end up being an option 50 (I think that's their terminology), meaning you wouldn't be able to return it.

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dabbler said:
That Brice (a Rondomusic house brand) is one of my favs (mine is slightly modded), not necessarily because of the neck-thru, but because of the 37 inch B string! It's a wonderful thing!


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Douglas, another Rondomusic house brand, had some neckthrus too:

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Wish they could bring these back.
It does appear you got in early, as I did.

:)
 
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#30
gstaats said:
They aren't that hard to DIY. A MM-style pickup can be routed over a jazz pickup. I did it to a kiesel bass - love the dual humbuckers enough to do that. I wire mine with the ability to have each pickup series/parrallel/single coil. Great tonal options. Killer tone.

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That's badass
 
#31
Usually when I think of double humbucker neck through, I think of ESP. But I also don't really like the double humbucker thing much tbh. I love humbuckers, but generally only in the bridge position, or something in the middle. A neck humbucker is usually too fat for me, so if I were given a double humbucker bass, I would probably favor the bridge quite a bit.
 
#32
vindibona1 said:
I don't know what to say about this. I've had three neck through basses and a bunch of bolt-on basses and I don't see any disadvantage to the bolt-on. But I recently purchased a Carvin fretless neck-thru, but couldn't lower strings enough and sadly had to returned the bass. OTOH, I have a Fender (USA) and Sandberg that could stand a minor shimming to lower the action more on the outer strings.

I might also add that in acoustic guitars, Taylor has been a juggernaut and industry leader for 20 years with it's bolt-on NT neck which not only hasn't been a disadvantage, but extremely helpful when a neck can be shimmed rather than sanding a bone/plastic saddle. in contrast, my 1972 Martin D35 needed a very costly neck reset.

But I have to think that when done well there are some sonic advantages to neck-thru or glued on necks. But again, that has potential disadvantages that if not executed properly are not resolvable.
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One disadvantage of bolt ons that I can think of, is that you can't get as smooth a transition from neck to body. Neck throughs can be really smooth, because you don't have to worry about screws sitting in the correct position. By far my biggest gripe about Fender basses, and similar more traditional bolt on designs, are the hard edges and the blocky design of the neck joint.
 
#33
MisterMagician said:
I suppose I should be clear when I say "humbucker," I mean not soapbars or bigger j-pickups but the musicman, g&l style ones with expose poles.
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Well, all StingRay HH models have double humbuckers like you describe.
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A great many Foderas also have this pickup configuration. Several examples:
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Also plenty of Wal basses, F Basses, some Elricks, some Wyns, some MTDs, the odd Carl Thompson, and probably plenty of others (Marleaux? Warrior?).
 
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Let's see;
Neck thrus?
- Carvin/Kiesel (I have a Carvin LB-20; neck thru with HB-50's)
- Gibson Thunderbird (of course)
-Schecter (my Stiletto Studio Fretless)
- Serek Sacramento (mine has twin Guild BS-1's)
- Alembic - if single coil pickups with a hum canceling slave coil counts...
Set necks?
- Hofner (my German 500/2 Club bass)
- Gretsch (the Filtertrons may sound like single coils, but they're not...)
- most non-Hofner violin basses; and
- Gibson (again)
I would add Alembic here, but they dropped their only set neck bass - the Epic - some years ago. But, if you have the coin, they'll still build you one. Their pickups, though? Same as above in "neck-thru"...
I'm sure there are others, but... I only know about the ones that I can get left handed; otherwise? Meh...:whistle:
 
#36
MisterMagician said:
This is a very underserved market as of late. Much more common 10-20 years ago, but I'm shocked it's just not really a thing anymore. Never really popular because it's just more cost-effective to do bolt-ons and rip off Fender.

I know there was the Ibanez SRX, and the Warwick $$ NT (still angry I didn't buy one for $900 10 years ago because they are pushing $4000 now), but what is another example of this kind of bass?

I really can't think of any.
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Spector's Euro 5 string basses have NT construction and soapbar humbuckers.
 
#39
Maruszcyk will make you one, based on one of their models that can be configured as NT. Many other preferences can be specified, e.g. woods and finishes, fingerboard radius, hardware. The Frog, Paddock, and Sputnik appear to be the choices available, but maybe they'll make other models NT or SN if you ask. Home | Public Peace Customshop
 
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