One piece neck through...

[cnltb]

I seem to remember seeing an couple but just can't remember where, and who made them.
A neck through bass with a one piece neck( plus finger board, of course.)
Maybe anyone here might be able to help me out here?

Also; has anyone her any experience with one piece neck neckthrough instruments?

Thanks

 

[hhenry]

I have a Hohner B-bass that I believe is one piece neck through. Could be wrong, though.

 

[ClassicJazz]

Carvin makes them. Their neck through basses the standard is one piece. Then you can opt for a multi-piece neck if you want.

I've had a number of Carvin's with single piece necks, no issues at all.

 

[Johnny Crab]

There seem to be some versions of Greco's Ric-clone that are one piece thru the body.

 

[mmbongo]

Definitely Carvin.

 

[mongo2]

Just an historical note, the 1935-ish Audiovox #736 electric bass had it's neck and body carved from one piece of walnut.

 

[madbassplaya]

Why would you want a 1 piece neck thru?

 

[Derek Balonek]

I believe a few Ritters are one piece.

 

[darkstorm]

Carvins makes them. They atre in my experience weak necks that are prone to truss rod problems, at least with the 5string basses. Diff better to get multipeice either 3 or 5 peice neck for better strength and stability imo. Id never own a 1 peicew neck thru bass again. The carvin like that i had had bad neck that could not be straightened due to weak one peice neck. And read too many reviews about them with same issue to ever trust them again.

 

[cnltb]

Thanks very much for the in put!
It is basses with one piece necks, built as neck-throughs I am after. Not one piece basses-Just in case I didn't communicate that as clearly as I should have.

 

[Sbociol]

I've owned a Carvin BB75,a 4 string ESP Horizon II and a Hohner The Jack Custom 5 that had a one-piece neck through and I currently own a 5 string ESP Horizon II...never had any problem from it, I guess it just depends on the quality of the bass itself and of the woods used.

 

[harrybosch]

I owned an Elrick 6 that had a 1 piece maple neck with a wenge fingerboard. It was very stable, had two truss rods with graphite and sounded great. I prefer the tone of 1 piece necks, they are less compressed and for me have a better attack.

 

[sloppy_phil]

i believe rickenbackers have always been a one pice neck thru construction. it gives a bass serious sustain

 

[jim777]

My Carvin BB75 has a one piece neck, and it's awesome.

 

[Rip Topaz]

The bass in my icon was a one piece neck-through. When I built it, I added purpleheart to the section of the neck where it ran through the body. Interesting look.

Oops, wrong icon. Here it is.