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neck thru basses
- Thread starter dlmarquez
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That's news to me..
Neck thru construction has always been Rickenbackers claim to fame, and it's a feature that distinguished them from Fender and Gibson from the very beginning
I'm not a Rick specialist. Thought most Ricks were set-neck and neck-thrus was rare. Sorry.
No they're not. Spectors are great but they're not the only neck-thru out there, and nobody would ever say a Spector could replace a Ric or a Tobias.
Me, I'm firmly in the bolt-on camp...sustain and ring is overrated IMHO compared to fatness and punch. But I do have a couple neck-thrus, and I can't say they bother me.
Me, I'm firmly in the bolt-on camp...sustain and ring is overrated IMHO compared to fatness and punch. But I do have a couple neck-thrus, and I can't say they bother me.
^^ +1
I find Spector euro neck through has better finish and nice neck that can go really really low action compare to Stingray, Pedulla, or MIA, MIJ, MIM fenders
and i love the emg sound
I find Spector euro neck through has better finish and nice neck that can go really really low action compare to Stingray, Pedulla, or MIA, MIJ, MIM fenders
and i love the emg sound
That's surely just for their guitars. The 4001s and 4003s are definitely all neck-thru.
Are you looking in a price range? Is there anything else you're looking for in your NT fretless? It's just that the array of choices is too large without something to narrow it down.
I think i saw once a Prototype/Custom Shop Fender made for the bassist of Alien Ant Farm that was neck through, as soon as i find the thread i´ll post it
And to the OP...my blue beast of a Spector is a Neck-Through
Peavey Unity Series from the 80's and 90's are neck through and a great deal on the Used market. Even Fender has made some neck throughs. Some of the Fender HeartField DR series from the early nineties are also neck through as was the Fender Heartfield Prophecy III from the same period. If you can find these they are great basses that are usually fairly inexpensive.
Most Ric basses, especially the most popular ones, are neck-through. The first Yamaha BB-series (1200 or 2000? I don't recall) were also neck-through*.
The Heartsfields sold by Fender were made by Fuji Gen Gaki, the same factory that made the Ibanez instruments at the time. All Japanese-made Fenders in that mid to late '80's era were Fuji Gen Gaki production. There aren't many examples of Fender-branded basses with neck-through, and I can't think of any production models.
John
*According to Tom Wheeler's "American Guitars", the very earliest of these along with the SA-2000 and SG-2000 guitars were built by Alembic. A friend of mine bought a new Yamaha BB- bass as a dealer around 1977 or so. It was from the first batch that came into the store he owned, and the all three of them were exquisite instruments. The ones from later batches were stunningly excellent instruments, but none of the later ones were just plain exceptional.
The Heartsfields sold by Fender were made by Fuji Gen Gaki, the same factory that made the Ibanez instruments at the time. All Japanese-made Fenders in that mid to late '80's era were Fuji Gen Gaki production. There aren't many examples of Fender-branded basses with neck-through, and I can't think of any production models.
John
*According to Tom Wheeler's "American Guitars", the very earliest of these along with the SA-2000 and SG-2000 guitars were built by Alembic. A friend of mine bought a new Yamaha BB- bass as a dealer around 1977 or so. It was from the first batch that came into the store he owned, and the all three of them were exquisite instruments. The ones from later batches were stunningly excellent instruments, but none of the later ones were just plain exceptional.
That's a Heartsfield, although I don't remember Fender Heartsfield hiring Jens Ritter to design bodiesI remember that Fender. You're right. Found it:
I remember that Fender. You're right. Found it:
Every time I see this I think he looks like he really, really has to go to the bathroom.
FWIW I have neck throughs and I have bolt ons and I really don't think it makes much difference in the tone, the sustain or anything else. It does make it easier to access the upper frets. Then again, I don't hear much difference between maple and rosewood fretboads, vintage and badass bridges, alder and swamp ash bodies, etc. Maybe I just don't hear all that well.
That's a Heartsfield, although I don't remember Fender Heartsfield hiring Jens Ritter to design bodies
That's incorrect. That bass is a neck-thru Fender Custom Shop made for Tye Zamora and had a price tag of something around 7K. This is a DR. Heartfield. A totally different instrument. And much cheaper.
You're kidding me...$7000 for that bass? Geez, who knew that being a one-hit wonder with someone else's song paid the bass player so well where he can waste money like that!
As for thinking it was a Heartfield, honest mistake...has a lot more in common with Heartfield than Fender.
As for thinking it was a Heartfield, honest mistake...has a lot more in common with Heartfield than Fender.
