Thin Taper Necks

[lavaxtris]

I love jazz basses, I love their thin taper necks, but i was disappointed when I ordered an SX jazz bass off of Rondo music and It had a very thick neck. I ended up sanding it down to a reasonable size, and weakened the neck a bit while doing so.

Now I'm looking again and I've decided to look for basses with thinner necks.

my question is:

what basses out there have thin taper necks? brands? models?

 

[Gyver]

Music Man Sterling

 

[GeoffByrne]

Yamaha BB series. Hohner B Bass. Westone Thunders. Cirrus (BXP) etc. Penty of 'em. Play a few & see what bites.....

 

[mmbongo]

Warwick Streamer Jazzman (best 4 string neck ever!)
ESP Surveyor
G&L JB
G&L L2000 with Jazz Neck option
Carvin SB4000

 

[screaminglucy]

Lakland necks are really.thin

 

[bmc]

Levinson Blade, but I don't think they're available in the USA. Thinner than a Geddy Lee. Made using woods, laquers, as old Fenders. Very narrow, flat neck. I believe it's a 9 or 10 inch radius.

 

[xaxxat]

Peavey

 

[Commreman]

Fender Geddy Lee Jazz.

 

[whoapower]

Ibanez, Ibanez, Ibanez.

 

[lug]

Original Jaguar.

 

[bassmanrocke]

Peavey Foundations, and they have pickups that sound similar to/better than(depending on who you talk to) jazz bass pickups.

 

[kcole4001]

On the cheaper side of things, the 4 string Squier VM Jazz has a very skinny neck.

 

[baskruit]

On the cheaper side of things, the 4 string Squier VM Jazz has a very skinny neck.

Yeah, the Squier JB that I have had a very thin neck. I replaced the neck with one from Warmoth but the original neck wasn't half bad.

 

[sharkwagon]

Peavey Foundations, and they have pickups that sound similar to/better than(depending on who you talk to) jazz bass pickups.

+1, he beat me to it.

 

[darkstorm]

All Ibanez SR basses, All Esp Ltd F and B series basses. As top of the list for very nice slim necks.

 

[Korladis]

My Peavey has a pretty thin neck.

Finding thin, tapered necks is easy.

I feel that thin necks with very little taper are quite a bit less common.

 

[grendle]

Ibanez sdgr necks are about as thin as they get.

 

[T-birdfan]

Dean Sledgehammer.