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Revisit this: What 5-ers have SR5 neck dimensions?

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by Zapp, Apr 16, 2012.

  1. Apr 16, 2012 #1
    Zapp

    Zapp

    Sep 4, 2005
    Gruene Texas
    I sorta accidentally stirred this discussion awhile back on a different thread/subject: my left hand loves the Stingray 5 neck [I prefer to play 4 but sometimes others overrule me]... I currently only have a VMJ 5 string and just do not warm up to the neck profile on that one so I'm on the prowl.

    what other basses, preferably a J-type, have the same neck width and shape as the stingray 5? I was told I could get that on a Sadowsky NYC but if I heard another candidate I don't recall it - short of just going custom.

    suggestions?

    I'm not opposed to the Stingray but have had a sterling 4 and never really got the tone I like so sold it and that experience is stuck in my inner ear....
     
  2. Apr 16, 2012 #2
    georgestrings

    georgestrings Inactive

    Nov 5, 2005
    IME, Ibanez sr Series 5ers are pretty close, just a tiny bit smaller - but not by much... Schecter 5ers are too, except they're 35" scale instead of 34" scale like the EBMMs...


    - georgestrings
     
  3. Apr 18, 2012 #3
    lindseyp

    lindseyp

    Jun 19, 2003
    Home-STL; location-Hesse.
    I think Ibanez and Carvin are close to each other in neck feel, this from owning one of each simultaneously. Both necks are thinner than the EBMMSR5.
     
  4. Apr 18, 2012 #4
    Zapp

    Zapp

    Sep 4, 2005
    Gruene Texas
    i've played that ibby mahogany 5 string that is so ubiquitous and it doesn't feel like the stingray 5 to me.

    one of the sadowsky's, i think the american made one, has that dimension as an option, so I hear. but not the metro
     
  5. Apr 18, 2012 #5
    rake

    rake

    May 4, 2004
    Michigan
    You could also do a parts bass using a Moses SR5 neck.
     
  6. Apr 18, 2012 #6
    jasonbraatz

    jasonbraatz Supporting Member

    Oct 18, 2000
    Milwaukee, WI
    G&L's have the same nut width and string spacing as the SR5, but the tributes have a little thicker neck. I think the newer USA G&L's have slimmer necks than the tributes and older USA models.

    For a while Pedullas could be ordered with a 1.75" nut + 17.5mm spacing or a wider spacing.

    Zon's have a slim neck, little bit wider nut and 17mm spacing on most basses.

    I'm in the same boat as you - I love how the SR5 feels but don't like how it sounds. Honestly, it's a pain in the ass to try to find something that fits like an SR5 but isn't an SR5, which is why I started getting Stambaughs.