As far as I remember the old Mosrite Basses had the thinnest neck Iv'e ever run into.
A little too thin for me though!
A little too thin for me though!
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What bass has the thinest neck?
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The ibanez soundgears are supremely thin and narrow.. the higher the number on soundgear... the slimmer the neck.. as in the sr800s and up are slimmer than sr 400s etc... the 400s are still pretty little though... but the 800s and up... whoa.. too small for me to play without cramping.
Mike
Mike
Mosrite, definately. Not only are they super narrow at the nut, they pretty much do not taper at all. I constantly had my fingers going right over the edge on the E string side anytime I wasn't paying close attention the one time I played one for more than a minute. Not too many of these around though. No one used them AFAIK, except for the late Dave Alexander of the original Stooges, who at least has one lying next to him in the centrespread picture on their immortal second LP, Funhouse. Nice bottomy tone on there, which he got running through a Marshall stack of some sort. I guess there were somewhat fewer choices for bass players in 1970. Personally, I dunno why he didn't just get a used Fender Jazz. In 1970 that'd likely be a nice early to mid 60's one. Certainly ought to have sounded better than any Mosrite.
The thinest neck I ever played was probably an Ibanez Soundgear.
The most playable for me is the good ol' Jazz Bass.
In the 5-string dept., my Godin is quite comfortable.
The most playable for me is the good ol' Jazz Bass.
In the 5-string dept., my Godin is quite comfortable.
Well - everybody is talking about two things simultaneously :
That is - neck width across the neck - and thickness of the neck from the back of the neck to the front of the fingeboard.
I would say that of the hundreds of basses I've played - the narrowest necks were on Ibanez Soundgears - which was very bad from my point of view, as there was no room to get your fingers in between the strings and this made it impossible to use some techniques - like the pop in slap/pop - impossible to pull between the strings!
The thinnest neck (back to front - not width) was also coincidentally the widest, neck I have ever played - it was on a Ken Smith 6-string in the Bass centre in Wapping, London.
That is - neck width across the neck - and thickness of the neck from the back of the neck to the front of the fingeboard.
I would say that of the hundreds of basses I've played - the narrowest necks were on Ibanez Soundgears - which was very bad from my point of view, as there was no room to get your fingers in between the strings and this made it impossible to use some techniques - like the pop in slap/pop - impossible to pull between the strings!
The thinnest neck (back to front - not width) was also coincidentally the widest, neck I have ever played - it was on a Ken Smith 6-string in the Bass centre in Wapping, London.
I saw a video on Vh1 classic by an 80's hair metal band called D.A.D., and their bassist was playing a two string. I've never seen a bass neck smaller than that.
Of My basses; Haven't measured anything-stricty by feel...
thin - Cort Curbow 4
narrow -Gibson Ripper
thick - Fender Jazz Bass Special
wide -Copley 5-string
Best Of Breed - Alembic Orion
(IMO)
There was a no-name Fender Copy I played, many years ago,that a neck so thin I could feel it bend as I played it. That, my friends, really sucked. It felt as though it was made of balsa wood. I can't remember the name, may have been a Teisco Del Ray model. It had gold sparkle foil in the pickups to fake inlaid. (may have been a kid's instrument).
thin - Cort Curbow 4
narrow -Gibson Ripper
thick - Fender Jazz Bass Special
wide -Copley 5-string
Best Of Breed - Alembic Orion
(IMO)
There was a no-name Fender Copy I played, many years ago,that a neck so thin I could feel it bend as I played it. That, my friends, really sucked. It felt as though it was made of balsa wood. I can't remember the name, may have been a Teisco Del Ray model. It had gold sparkle foil in the pickups to fake inlaid. (may have been a kid's instrument).
No one's mentioned a Zon neck yet? As for thinnest, see the neck shapes section of the Basslab website. They have one that is basically a fingerboard.
in spite all these nice guitars, i'd like to mention the lower-priced peavey fury. i played one at a local music store and felt as though i might snap the neck. extremely small all round. at the 12th, feels like about fourth or fifth on my current bass. personaly tho, i'm not much for the thin necks. gotta have something you can feel.
Originally posted by lbanks
There was a no-name Fender Copy I played, many years ago,that a neck so thin I could feel it bend as I played it. That, my friends, really sucked. It felt as though it was made of balsa wood. I can't remember the name, may have been a Teisco Del Ray model. It had gold sparkle foil in the pickups to fake inlaid. (may have been a kid's instrument).
Gold sparkle foil in the pickups? Doesn't sound like a Teisco...at least any Teisco/Silvertone/Kent/All the other funky Japanese guitars that came from the same factory under different names (lol) that I know of....... It's probably a kid's instrument, but why do people give Teiscos sucha bad rap? IMHO my Teisco has to be one of the best basses I've ever played (thats why I bought it). Too bad I'm not crazy for that "Rick sound" or I'd have bought this Silvertone for $100 that sounded like a much more expensive bass. The body had to be no larger than a shoebox (no joking) and the old lipstick-style pickups, but man, did that thing crank out TONE! Even through a small combo amp you could get some serious bass out of the thing, not to mention a whole lot of serious classy high-end.
Strange but true..... there's my daily 2 cents 
The thinnest neck I've ever played was on a Fender Performer. Super-thin.
Thinner than my Hamer Cruise.
Danelectro necks are pretty thin, too.
Thinner than my Hamer Cruise.
Danelectro necks are pretty thin, too.
a geddy lee jazz
or sound gear ibanez
or a bass uke
steve
My first two thoughts as well.
Historically, Hagstroms, a Swedish maker of basses and guitars, made the fastest, thinnest, neck in the world, as far as mass production instruments.
In fact, they were so thin and fast, they had big problems with them arriving warped in the US for awhile, even though they were fine instruments. One of my first guitarists, as a teenager, had a Hag 12-string and a rival bassist had a Hag. The necks were so thin and fast, you found yourself slipping off of them until you got used to them.
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+1 I owned the middle bass shown in that picture. Very narrow and thin. It is also a medium scale.
Historically, Hagstroms, a Swedish maker of basses and guitars, made the fastest, thinnest, neck in the world, as far as mass production instruments.
In fact, they were so thin and fast, they had big problems with them arriving warped in the US for awhile, even though they were fine instruments. One of my first guitarists, as a teenager, had a Hag 12-string and a rival bassist had a Hag. The necks were so thin and fast, you found yourself slipping off of them until you got used to them.
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I have played the les paul style hagstrom bass pictured, and it actually had a pretty fat neck, didnt play very well either.
