Most comfortable neck EVER?...

[beatdatthang]

I’m a big fan of 1.5” nut widths, thin necks front to back, and have minimal finish (oil or raw are my favorites). Of my basses, my Ibby SR 500 neck is great (very thin front to back and raw).

My absolute favorite is my EBMM Big Al 4 SSS which is the same as an EBMM Sterling neck. Just a little thicker than the Ibby but perfectly comfy and the oil and wax finish is heavenly. I truly believe that EBMM might make the best necks on the market.

I’ve got a Warmoth Jazz neck in roasted maple with an ebony board and the “slim taper” profile on order for a project which I’m hoping will be perfect for me. I’m really stoked about it.

I think the neck feel makes the bass as much as any other characteristic. Neck feel is 1, tone is 1a to me.

 

[grillman]

That, in Silver, was my first bass guitar! It sounded and felt good. Eventually, it made way for a MusicMan.

That is way better than my first bass haha
A MusicMan after this seems like the natural choice. The Musicman style pickup sounds way better than the Jazz style on that particular bass IMHO.

 

[bobyoung53]

I played a dot and bound 66 jazz once, was perfect. The vintera jazz basses are also perfect.

I had a 66 J neck with inlays, was the nicest neck I've ever owned, had it on a 68 CAR P bass. I still own a 65 EB-3 that has a really nice neck too.

 

[BassNugget]

That is way better than my first bass haha
A MusicMan after this seems like the natural choice. The Musicman style pickup sounds way better than the Jazz style on that particular bass IMHO.

True. And for me, the MusicMan neck on my Stingray is, for me, the nicest neck. It was back when EBMM was using Birchwood-Casey gunstock oil and beeswax on the necks. It still smells like gunstock oil. Plus, it is flame maple.

 

[Thegrandwazoo]

Ernie Ball Music Man Sterling. Not the Sterling Classic, they have a glossy finish and vintage-style small radius fingerboard that I don't personally get along with. Every one I've ever laid hands on has been identical, and each has been my favorite bass neck ever. They're screaming fast, super smooth, feel rock-solid, the frets are just the right size (and their fretwork is always impeccable), radius (11") just right, I just love every single thing about them.

The 80s Japanese Fender Jazz Bass Special necks (when relieved of their annoying gummy finish) are also mighty fine, and the handful of US Lakland and G&L basses with J-style necks that I've played have been nearly equals to the Sterling. I would imagine any oil/wax-finished maple Jazz-ish neck with a moderate radius and well-dressed medium-jumbo frets (if it has frets at all, of course) would be workable for me.

Honorable mention goes to the older Warwick Thumb BO necks (the fast, skinny ones, not the humongous later ones), despite the super-flat radius, it's the second best-feeling bass I've ever owned and the one I regret getting rid of (got poor and it got used less than my other basses at the time) the most.

Obviously, everyone's different, those are just my preferences.

 

[Thegrandwazoo]

For a 4-string, the necks on the Reverend Rumblefish basses were the best I ever played.
On a 5, my Roscoe fretless can't be beat.

The Rumblefish neck IS a good one. I recorded with one once.

 

[Resonance129]

Of the basses I own, it would be a very close tie between the Squier CV 70's precision and my Warwick Streamer LX.
Both fairly wide and chunky. I can play thinner, narrower necks, but the chunky ones just FEEL good.

 

[CGremlin]

For me it's the neck on my '87 Ibanez RB-800. It's about as wide as a Geddy Lee, and the depth and fretboard curvature is just perfect for me. Plus, it has aluminum fret markers, which is kinda cool.

 

[dslapster64]

Has to be the Fender Marcus 5 string. Nothing like it. Also the old Tobias Basses. Ken Smiths too.

 

[The mind train]

View attachment 3741063 If you took all the factors into consideration... profile, finish, nut width, fretboard edge, etc, which one hits a home run for you? I thought about this and I nominate my American Performer Jazz. The neck is as close to perfect (for MY hands) as I've ever played but I know everyone has different fingers and preferences. What bass neck does it for YOU?

Two in my collection.
1. Fender precision deluxe 4 string

View attachment 3741063 If you took all the factors into consideration... profile, finish, nut width, fretboard edge, etc, which one hits a home run for you? I thought about this and I nominate my American Performer Jazz. The neck is as close to perfect (for MY hands) as I've ever played but I know everyone has different fingers and preferences. What bass neck does it for YOU?

Two from my collection
1. Fender precision deluxe 4 string
2. Ibanez SRX 530

 

[Boomer1965]

Like my Stingray 4 oiled neck, but love my Sandberg 4 neck.

 

[dannster]

I'd like to try a slightly chunkier jazz width neck.
I love the jazz width though.

 

[BasEd]

Sandberg Marlowedk 4 String with 37mm neck width and 15inch radius. The depth is just as important though. Having said you can get used to most necks within reason.

 

[marchone]

The best neck for me is the Telecaster Bass I've had since 1968. It's muscle memory I guess.

I tried a Spector for a couple of years to see what active electronics were all about. It took me awhile to get used to that neck.

It was OK, but my Tele felt like my own .. something ... I think.

 

[eeLALlen]

My early 1980s Hofner 500/1 - hands on!

 

[tcbacdoc]

The old Hagstrom bass with the (really) thin neck was pretty easy to play. Right now I am enjoying a Sterling Ray4 bass and a Squire Bronco bass. Both are easy to play and lots of fun.

 

[RICH HAGERTY]

Traded my '61 J bass in for a new 1965 Gibson EB3...best neck ever and I have two other J Basses too but nothing like the Gibson for ease of playing and much lighter too!
Rich

 

[Rilence]

Ibby SR Premiums

 

[johnbo5]

Sadowsky Will Lee 4 string for me.

 

[bassdude51]

The original baseball bat.
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DAMN NICE!