Single-Coil P Bass with Slim Neck

[DoctorZee]

Tried googling “SCPB blocks binding” to see what a slab with a Geddy neck would look like.

A really cool looking Lakland pops up, along with a bunch of regular split P’s.

Would love to see what you’d do with a Warmoth full build.

I can’t find that Lakland, but I bet it’s nice. I have a Geddy Lee neck on my PJ bass and love it, so that’s definitely an option I’d consider. Having blocks and binding would make me chuckle because it’s so anachronistic: like the ‘50s meet the ‘70s!

I got this Warmoth parts '54 P offa TalkBass a couple of years ago (see below) and it's pretty much what you're looking for with its standard contour TeleBass Jazz width neck. I'm not trying to sell it to you or anything as it's one of the best basses in my stable. However, you could easily do the same build. NOTE: the Nordstrand 51P4S hum cancelling pickup is the absolute bomb ... it's got the old school SCPB sound, is quiet as a church mouse and has excellent string to string balance with a 10" fingerboard radius Warmoth TeleBass w/Jazz width neck.

SOLD - Warmoth '54 Precision Relic

Beautiful! I didn’t know Warmoth could do a Jazz neck with Tele headstock. That would be perfect.

 

[J-Bassomatic]

I'd love to add a single-coil P Bass to my collection in the future, but I just don't love wide, chunky necks. I could do a Warmoth build or a neck swap, but I'm curious if there are any SCPBs out there with slimmer necks, and ideally 1.5" or 1.625" widths. Any suggestions?

Dude, I bought one of those Fender P-Bass Noir editions a couple years ago. The nut width was the usual P-Bass width but the neck was super thin front to back. I think they called it a 'Modern C'. This thing is the complete opposite of a fat neck. I LOVE it. Try one, you'll see. Sorry about the bad photo. Trust me, this neck is the opposite of fat.
FWIW I am a J Bass fan but I love this P neck and play it all the time.

 

[Yahboy]

Check the Mike Dirnt necks out. There is at least one thinner modern neck with the Tele shaped head. I recall seeing these a few years ago when I built a parts bass. I went with the 1.75" tall narrow fret one though.

Are you sure ???

All MD Sig P has his favourite thick neck even the discontinued Squier MD Sig P.

 

[Aidenn7]

squier parts bass

 

[Benko]

Fender Precision MIJ Okamoto Signature

 

[MattZilla]

Google dissapearified it for some reason. It’s post #2 in this old book "Official" Lakland Owners Club (part 7) Though it’s more of a “what would an L1K or T-45 look like with B&B?”

I agree about the anachronism. Good luck!

 

[Joris 55]

My Japanese Fender Precision has a really slim neck. Built in '89-'90 & most comfortable bass you can imagine.

 

[ric4682]

Not sure what your budget is, but I believe there was a Jay Turser that was a 51 P style. Not sure about the neck on it though.

 

[Shorelinegold]

Squier Classic Vibe '51 P?

 

[ric4682]

Not sure what your budget is, but I believe there was a Jay Turser that was a 51 P style. Not sure about the neck on it though.

A quick look through some pretty old threads tells me the neck is probably not huge on the Jay Turser. But still probably large than a J bass neck.

 

[jd56hawk]

Some may be able to tell the difference between the slim C neck on this and a Fender with a 1.625 nut, but the difference is negligible.

Still one of the best Squier basses made, I'd buy one if I found a blue one hanging up at Guitar Center or Sam Ash, and yes, as good as quite a few Fenders.

 

[kmon]

A Warmoth example, 1.5" nut. I like the specs on this, would want to try it and check for neck dive:

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[Chain_Lightning]

Dude you asked Any suggestions?... no disrespect meant just man up & put on your big boy pants Don’t nickel & Dime it to death...buy that single-coil P Bass & wood shed on that Bad Boy. I have seen kids learn to play & have fun with the p bass . You are letting time pass ya by. Come on you are a bass player get it done....Come the 2nd set of your gig you will be playing that axe with out giving it a 2nd though & having fun. give your self more credit. good Luck & enjoy that single-coil P Bass

 

[Hevy T]

I have one of the Walnut Squier P basses. The neck is a beautiful thing on it. It feels like a Geddy Lee neck but with a 1.65 nut width. Just get one of those and a single coil SD pickup and order a custom pickguard. You would be done for under 600 Im sure, and it would be a killer bass

 

[Williethump]

Putting a J width neck on a P-bass or clone is dead easy. I bought a $40 Kmise maple/maple neck to put on my Behringer P-clone and it was a perfect fit. Pretty pale maple too, though the frets are sharp edged. Of course finding a SCPB P-bass would be ideal. Good luck.

 

[LoTone]

This one is 1 5/8" plus a slim top of the fingerboard to back of the neck soft C profile: Invalid Link Removed

Classic Vibe Precision Bass® '50s

 

[electracoyote]

Some may be able to tell the difference between the slim C neck on this and a Fender with a 1.625 nut, but the difference is negligible.
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Still one of the best Squier basses made, I'd buy one if I found a blue one hanging up at Guitar Center or Sam Ash, and yes, as good as quite a few Fenders.

This is what I played for years in a country band. To be exact, the difference is between OP's 1.625 and around 1.65-1.68, depending on what year it was made. C profile. If you can feel that difference you have among the most sensitive hands on the planet. And yes, one of the nicest Squiers I've played, definitely in the overlap zone with the so-called "higher" Fender lines. You won't find my Lake Placid Blue specimen hanging in a shop anytime soon, maybe if you're patient one will pop up, but the White Blonde and 2-Tone Burst are very nice. $429 NIB, not bad considering Fender is really gouging us these days.

 

[Hano Rokpony]

I think Sire/Marcus Miller recently put some out. I got one of their J Basses and it's decent.

 

[jd56hawk]

This is what I played for years in a country band. To be exact, the difference is between OP's 1.625 and around 1.65-1.68, depending on what year it was made. C profile. If you can feel that difference you have among the most sensitive hands on the planet. And yes, one of the nicest Squiers I've played, definitely in the overlap zone with the so-called "higher" Fender lines. You won't find my Lake Placid Blue specimen hanging in a shop anytime soon, maybe if you're patient one will pop up, but the White Blonde and 2-Tone Burst are very nice. $429 NIB, not bad considering Fender is really gouging us these days.

Yes, I regret not buying an LPB one when I had the chance.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I'd love to add a single-coil P Bass to my collection in the future, but I just don't love wide, chunky necks. I could do a Warmoth build or a neck swap, but I'm curious if there are any SCPBs out there with slimmer necks, and ideally 1.5" or 1.625" widths. Any suggestions?

The (humbucker style) Squier VM I had was slim front-to-back so was very comfortable. I presume the necks on the SCPB were similar. It's not necessarily slim in the sense you suggested, but worth checking out. Not that I measured it, but it was definitely a bit wider than jazz-sized necks I have on everything else. I wish I'd kept mine :/. It reminded me a lot of the Squier JV and 84 MIJ Fender PBs I had in terms of neck feel, and possibly slightly nicer than the Fender, if not as good as the old Squier, although some of that may have been down to lacquer.