If I prefer neck thinner than Spector, what to try?

[M Sharp]

I have two Spector Rebops. One 5 string Euro I believe from the 90s, and a Rebop 5MM. I love them. But the more I play other basses, I find I prefer and am more comfortable with a thin neck and tighter string spacing.
I mostly play rock, hard rock, metal. I like bottom with mid-punch. Not a warm bottom like Jamerson.
I have been getting nice growl lately in my personal practicing
If I am considering a change, is the Sterling the way to go? Or should I test drive something else? I do prefer the 24 frets. But the neck and string spacing is more important.
I may even stay where I'm at at the end of the day.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[M Sharp]

Should have mentioned I also have an LTD B415. That feels very nice, but the quality and tone don't really hold up to the Spectors. I like 35" scale, but don't mind 34". It just feels small on me at first.

 

[M Sharp]

Anyone?

 

[BioDriver]

Spector US
Sterling
Ibanez SR
Warwick Germany (especially the late 90s models with the all wenge neck)
Fender Jazz 24

 

[Solarmist]

Go try an Ibby SR5; the 45mm nut w/19.5mm thickness @ the 1st fret neck is pure perfection, and they are active w/3-band EQs, Bart pu's plus a mid freq switch (SR505 models & up).

The SR505 & 605 are a really good buy.

 

[Baird6869]

MTD. Super thin and asymmetrical. I gigged a 535 and a USA Spector together for a while. Both sounded great but the MTD neck is to die for IMO.

 

[20db pad]

Spector's Doug Wimbish signature model has a much smaller, Jazz style neck. When Stuart Spector was carving the neck on Wimbish's original NS-2 back in the eighties, he was concerned about the neck being too thin but Doug insisted on it.

 

[awilkie84]

Spector's Doug Wimbish signature model has a much smaller, Jazz style neck. When Stuart Spector was carving the neck on Wimbish's original NS-2 back in the eighties, he was concerned about the neck being too thin but Doug insisted on it.

The Ian Hill neck is thinner, too. Personally, I've never found a Spector neck that feels like a baseball back...but I've played plenty of Fenders that did.

 

[jd56hawk]

Epiphone Thunderbird Pro IV.
Some people say the neck is too thin.

 

[GBassNorth]

Anyone?

The Spector Rex 5 Pro (made in Korea) bass has a very thin neck.

 

[M Sharp]

Thank you all so much.
Each responde will be researched and considered.

 

[MDBass]

Thank you all so much.
Each responde will be researched and considered.

Any of the US or Czech Spectors can be custom ordered with thin necks...the production models with thin necks are the Alex Webster, Doug Wimbish, and Ian Hill signature models (of the two four strings the Wimbish is thinner at the nut and the Hill is thinner front to back) and Rex Pro; they also all have 24 frets, which a Sterling does not, and the Sterling also has wider string spacing.

All of those Spector models are killer and definitely have the punch, growl, bottom and neck profile that you're looking for; if it's just the neck profile you're looking to change from the Rebop I'd check out those models before jumping ship to another brand with very different (though great in their own right) tones.

 

[ChristoMephisto]

Vintage Hagstroms have super slim necks.

 

[darrenmt]

I can only think of the 5 or 6 string Ibanez SR. Perhaps an old wenge neck Warwick. Everything else either has thicker necks or wider string spacing.

 

[mmbongo]

USA Spector
Carvin

 

[GBassNorth]

And don't forget, with the right funds Alembic will make a neck to any spec you want.

 

[sumgruuvz]

Any of the US or Czech Spectors can be custom ordered with thin necks...the production models with thin necks are the Alex Webster, Doug Wimbish, and Ian Hill signature models (of the two four strings the Wimbish is thinner at the nut and the Hill is thinner front to back) and Rex Pro; they also all have 24 frets, which a Sterling does not, and the Sterling also has wider string spacing.

All of those Spector models are killer and definitely have the punch, growl, bottom and neck profile that you're looking for; if it's just the neck profile you're looking to change from the Rebop I'd check out those models before jumping ship to another brand with very different (though great in their own right) tones.

You might want to note an ns-94/5 and ns2k4/5 also have the narrow string spacing and are not very thick front to back. If you can find one of those basses and upgrade the electronics, you pretty much have yourself a euro. All maple bodies and neck through. I shouldn't be telling my secrets about them, but they are fantastic basses and you can find them fairly cheap as well. I'll add a clip of mine so you can hear it upgraded. The description tells what I have done to her.

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

Narrow spacing? Ibanez.
Thinnest necks? Zon.

If you aren't happy with your spectors, you won't like an EBMM.

 

[Maxdusty]

Other than Ibanez, the one other bass I think that has narrow spacing and a pretty thin neck at that is the Fender MB5 (not the Squier version). This is a MIJ Fender but resembles an Ibanez. 1 3/4" nut. 5/8" string spacing.