Jazz Basses with P necks?

[steve_rolfeca]

Just wondering how many people buck the trend, and put P-bass necks on their Jazz bodies...

I just scored a fretted Precision neck, in trade for the fretless neck off my Jazz. I'm really loving the beefy feel in my hand, and the extra room to maneuver. I can get a more expressive vibrato than I could with the old pencil neck...

 

[shackled]

That's definitely bucking the trend. Most do the opposite.

 

[steve_rolfeca]

True, but it seems really logical to me.

One size does not fit all. At 6' 2", 230lb and size 13 shoes, it's not like I need skinny necks on my basses to solve a reach problem.

Maybe it's just my big meat hooks, but I hate pencil necks.

I don't know if it's the extra lumber in the neck, or simply that my big fingers have more room for vibrato, shakes and bends, etc. Whatever it is, I find that I get a bigger, more expressive tone when I play basses with wider spacing at the nut.

My favourite P-bass was an early 2000's AVRI '62. 1.75" at the nut for only 4 strings. It felt like slipping on a favourite pair of carpet slippers!

And it's not like the Squire CV Precision is a baseball bat. It's only a fraction wider and deeper than the VM Jazz neck...

 

[suggs137]

Yea, gotta love the beefy feel. I put a p neck on my jazz and I don't regret it