MikeB Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 hey guys, gonna make a bass neck thru for my next project, and i have the wood, its sipo (sp?) mahogany, top notch stuff, but i want to know a rough figure for the thickness at the nut (a fast neck) and at the 12th and 19th fret. if anyone know, please post here have only made a guitar neck before. also, i know this has been mentioned before, but for a defined and tight response what density of wood for the body should be used? medium/high? is a 34" scale the common bass? i have large hands, and like a tight low end btw... so is this appropriate? its gonna be a 4 or 5 stringer, in standard tuning fyi. thanks alot Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted June 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 also may i add... what is a common thickness for a bass guitarbody? i know they are thinner than guitar ones. have read something like 1 1/4" before,but this seems thin. is 1 1/5" okay? pleasde advise! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted June 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrock Posted June 8, 2004 Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 also may i add... what is a common thickness for a bass guitarbody? i know they are thinner than guitar ones. have read something like 1 1/4" before,but this seems thin. is 1 1/5" okay? pleasde advise! Mike 1 1/5" is thinner than 1 1/4" Not sure about the real question, sorry dude. But what I can tell you is that I went to see a gig a while back and the bassest had the thinest neck I'd seen. It was thinner than the one on my strat so I think it can be done. Must have been one hell of a strong truss rod. Good luck anyway, have you thought of taking some vernier callipers to the guitar shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted June 8, 2004 Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 Here Goes: A J bass neck is 1 1/2 at the nut, a p bass is 1 11/16. The J bass neck is preferred 3 to 1 over the p bass neck, according to Warmoth. I personally prefer the P bass neck. Thickness: .800" at the 1st fret, .850" at the 12th. (these are what Warmoth uses) The neck pocket specs for a J or P bass cannot be better put than by Warmoth itself: I don't have time right now, but this afternoon I can throw up some specs from my 1987 G&L SB-1 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted June 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 thanks man! as far as the 1 1/5 thing goes i think i meant 1 7/8! i like the wider nut, so i will be going with the P bass style! thanks alot ski! also could you post the thickness of the body as a reference? Thanks Mike PS my calipers are lost and broken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehardcrew Posted June 8, 2004 Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 I don't know if you can really say that bass bodies are thinner than guitar. It really varies from builder to builder. One of the thinnest I know of are 1 1/4", ala Carl Thompson and I'm sure many others. Most bass body thickness' are either 1 1/2" or 1 3/4". I have heard of 2" thick, ala Wish bass and other sadists/masochists out there. I guess it would be determined by not just your preference, but how deep you need your cavities to be for electronics, input jack location, pickups, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted June 8, 2004 Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 My G&L is 1.75" with finish, and it's a smallish body, but heavy as hell! Dunno why, though.... My custom bass is also 1.75" because it was modeled of the G&L, and it is a good weight and size. Of course, I have heard that thicker=more sustain. My basses sustain like mad as is, so 1.75" isn't too thin, at any rate. My $.02 is go for whatever you're comfortable with. Anywhere from 1 1/2 to 2" will be just fine. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted June 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 neato thanks guys. im thinkin 1 1/2" ish perhaps. my plank is about 1 7/8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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