Sugru ‘D-stop’ on Eb neck

I have two basses, one with a D and one with an Eb - I would strongly advise against this or any other hang up about the two. It is FAR better to disengage the thumb in general and just have a sense of where D and Eb are - stop thinking about the heal altogether.
Have the thumb lightly floating to keep things stable, but not to squeeze or find notes.

 

Just think of the string and fingerboard and try to forget about the rest of the instrument - it is no rush, do it right and it will last longer.

 

The whole D vs Eb thing again? Just learn where the notes are and get over it. They aren’t on the back of the neck.
;-/

 

My E-half-flat neck would drive some of the people on this website crazy, wouldn't it?

 

Isn’t yours an E?

 

Not quite.

 

Here is my 2009 Condino removable neck bass with neck #3: an intentionally designed F (!!!!!) heel. It has a built in D stop "Adam's apple" that you can see at the top of the photo.


Open G > D (5th) > F (up a minor 3rd) > octave with your pinky with no shifting or thumb position presents some very interesting musical applications that I'm still working through, but very glad I built. When I shift to thumb position, I'm at the octave. As someone who grew up on a stratocaster, it makes a whole lot more sense. The first one I built with an F heel had no stop; it seemed like a half mile of space before I hit the heel- too much of a fretless P bass type of thing. Even on my custom neck fretless P bass, I have a little micro D heel. It is VERY helpful at midnight in a dimly lit crowded bar full of rowdy hipsters.

Crusty crusty old haters complain about it endlessly, but I don't build it for them; they can stick with their half scale three string church bass....

Jake- what about when I spin the bass and then flip it up vertical above & behind my neck. The notes on the back help!

 

I made this for a customer but honestly don’t see what the big deal is.