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Yes, double action and adjustment is at the headstock using an allen key.

I'm not sure what the point of a none option would be when not participating is an option.

I hope so and it's the neck I'm best equipped to develop but it depends on demand.

Yes, blocks are available for a £30 upcharge, 22 fret fingerboard is no charge. I haven't overlooked this interest. As mentioned, I'm personally tempted by a SR5 neck. The neck off my preEB could be used for the other mold. This is very feasible but I have to avoid being stretched in too many directions at once right now. So if the jazz bass necks don't go ahead, maybe we will try SR5 and SR4 to see what broader interest there might be.

If I had a template to follow, preferably in CAD I could do it. But again I'm reluctant to offer guarantees about fit when fractions of a millimetre matter so much. Yes, it's possible. I'm going to make fretless and 22 fret fingerboards a no-charge option for this batch just to say thanks for your support and trust.

Yes, it's possible. I'm going to make fretless and 22 fret fingerboards a no-charge option for this batch just to say thanks for your support and trust.

Timescale depends on how long it takes to reach the minimum order quantity, fabrication will take a month after the orders are recieved. The heel can't been pre-drilled because the location of the holes depend very much on where the holes in the body are located and different basses may have holes that are out by a fraction of a millimetre - which matters when it comes to the neck. However, inserts and neck bolts will be included. Drilling the holes is relatively straight forward if you have brad pointed drill bits, clamps and a drill press. Just install the neck in the body pocket, make sure it's a good fit against the longer side of the neck pocket and mark the holes by putting a drill bit or something pointy and the same diameter as the holes. Then just twist so the end makes a mark in the heel and then transfer the neck to a drill press, clamp it securely and drill out the mark with a brad pointed drill bit that almost matches the diameter of the inserts. Then screw the inserts until flush, add a blob of superglue to each and install the neck in the body.

Lined or unlined?

Lined or unlined?

Possible yes, may be able to accommodate it in a batch of five at no extra charge.

It probably depends on royalties. I can't say how but up in the Hope Valley, I met someone who was part of a mega famous eighties pop trio and now lives a very modest but extremely care free life off the royalties he made with Stock Aitken and Waterman...making rather good guitars. Ex-Thompson Twin (and Kiwi) Alannah Stewart became an artist and purchased an old warehouse building in Southwark as her studio/residence and shared office space. It was up for sale in 2024 for 3.65 million quid. Meanwhile her ex husband and ex-Twin Tom lives on Waiheke Island in NZ. I think Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals) ended up not far away on the Coromandel Peninsula too.

Hey, if you're interested in ordering a 4 string Jazz bass graphite neck, a 30% deposit will be needed first (PM Kiwi about payment details). I'll add your name below once your order is confirmed and when there are 5-10 deposits then fabrication can begin. Any concerns, questions or issues, feel free to PM me. Scale Length: 34" Neck Profile Shape: C Frets: 20 Jumbo frets (.108" x .045") Material: Graphite composite (monocoque construction) Finish: Matt polyurethane Frets: Stainless steel (levelled and crowned) Fretboard Radius: Compound 9.5" Fingerboard: PEEK (high performance, durable composite matrix), fretless and 21 fret fingerboards will be FOC for the first five orders after that a £30 upcharge. Inlays: Dots, mother of pearl or luminay, MOP blocks available for a £30 upcharge, Nut: Graphtec TUSQ 38mm wide Heel Width: 63.5mm (2.5") Heel Shape: Rounded Tuning Peg Holes: 17.46mm (11/16") bushing-hole diameter (TBC) 14.28mm (9/16") post-hole diameter (TBC) Truss Rod: Double action, headstock adjustment Neck Thickness: 22.6mm (0.89") at first fret 25.1mm (0.99") at twelfth fret NB: Dimensions are consistent with Fender Licensed necks offered by Allparts but are not Fender licensed products or in anyway associated with Fender Music Corp. obviously. There may be fractions of a millimetre difference due to manufacturing tolerances. All rights to trademarks belong to their respective owners etc. Specifications subject to change without notice due to continual, ongoing improvements. Confirmed order list for Jazz necks batch 1 1) @Rich77 - 20 fret PEEK fb, standard dots on front, luminay side dots 2) @Phaedrus01 - 21 fret PEEK fb, standard dots on front, luminay side dots 3) @HeadlessBassist - 20 fret PEEK fb, standard dots on front, luminay side dots 4) @Blartfactor10 - 21 fret PEEK fb, standard dots on front, luminay side dots 5)

Hey, if you're interested in ordering a 4 string P bass graphite neck, a 30% deposit will be needed first (PM Kiwi about payment details). I'll add your name below once your order is confirmed and when there are 5-10 deposits then fabrication can begin. Any concerns, questions or issues, feel free to PM me. Scale Length: 34" Neck Profile Shape: C Frets: 20 Jumbo frets Material: Graphite composite (monocoque construction) Finish: Matt polyurethane Frets: Stainless steel (levelled and crowned) - lined and unlined fretless is available FOC for the first five orders. After this it will be a £30 upcharge Fingerboard: PEEK (high performance, durable composite matrix), 9.5" radius, 21 fret extension available. Inlays: Dots, mother of pearl or luminay, MOP blocks available for a £30 upcharge Nut: Graphtec TUSQ 42mm wide Heel Width: 63.5mm (2.5") Heel Shape: Rounded Tuning Peg Holes: 17.46mm (11/16") bushing-hole diameter (TBC) 14.28mm (9/16") post-hole diameter (TBC) Truss Rod : Dual action, headstock adjustment Neck Thickness: 23 mm at first fret 25.6 mm at twelfth fret NB: Dimensions are consistent with Fender Licensed necks offered by Allparts but are not Fender licensed products or in anyway associated with Fender Music Corp. obviously. There may be fractions of a millimetre difference due to manufacturing tolerances. All rights to trademarks belong to their respective owners etc. Specifications likely to change without notice due to ongoing continual improvement. Confirmed order slots for batch 1: 1) Bluemoon 2) 3) 4) 5)

Yes, a 13-15 degree tilt should possible technically people often find reassurance in things that are normal even if they are sub optimal. I wouldn't want the neck to look like it had a broken headstock. I toyed many years ago with a latching idea to secure necks to bodies but the devil is in the detail, especially high precision tolerances. Carbon composite might not work as well as milled aluminium. How would you deal with differences in string alignment? If it's relying on greater rigidity to reduce the pull of the neck on the string, it might have some similarities to Vigier's 90/10 system as well. My Pentabuzz has steel rods to achieve a similar outcome (whippy necks make the poly coating on the fingerboard crack) and maybe the neck on my Alembic is over engineering enough to achieve the same outcome. There's a delicate balance to achieve with graphite necks though, if they are too stiff, they can become brittle sounding without a fingerboard that dampens any unpleasant frequencies. I suspect prices have been pushed up by fetishisation amongst collectors. The same thing is happening to MM Cutlass basses from 1983-84 and Modulus Basstar necked basses from late seventies early eighties. I'm not sure about Gibson's circumstances but I do remember the moulds for Steinberger stuff were sold off and Ed Roman got his hands on them at one point for his LSR series of instruments. I wonder whether the tooling up costs for manufacturing vs unknown demand might have not been an attractive enough proposition for them? Fantastic sounding basses though, oozing warmth and depth - it's no surprise Reggae players favoured them. And the HAZ Labs eq was nifty as well - frequency centres and Q were absolutely spot on. Probably! 😄 An all composite bass would be very satisfying to work on but would definitely be overreaching at this point in time. Obviously I'm not going to copy other manufacturers of graphite necked instruments either, I have too respect for what they've achieved. OK as Richard Branson said, 'screw it, let's do it'. I'd like to put a feeler for P bass or J bass out there and see what genuine level of interest there is. Anyone interested in a p bass neck click here, like wise in a jazz bass go here. Dimensions will be the same as currently available on Fender(tm) licensed products, so obviously check compatibility with your own instrument but as far as I'm aware 2.5" is a standard Fender bass heel width. First neck to reach 5 orders or more will be fabricated first. If both hit five or more then I'll see if arrangements can be made to increase capacity temporarily. If either or both fail to reach the minimum order inside 30 days then I'll refund deposits.

@Wolverinebass @binky_bass @itu @HeadlessBassist @nige1968 you voted for another brand but I can't see any brand names in your follow up posts. Would you like to share what brands/models you were thinking of?

I agree that these are all great opportunities and I have others to explore as well. Branding is also in the works but generating some traction though initial sales is perhaps the most important priority to demonstrate the products are trustworthy...and if there are issues, least learn how far off we are and make some adjustments before committing fully to launching 'a brand'. Normally big US companies like PRS would use their endorsers for feedback and product development because out there in the big wide internet land every concievable opinion is available on what works and sometimes these opinions are based as much on YT videos, speculation and echo chambers as much as real life touring experience. I don't have access to that level of support, however... 1) I can listen to opinions of regular folks on here who share my interest in graphite necks. In my experience, BCers seem more likely to be grounded than the interweb at large. 2) Folks on here are probably a little more representative of the people who might buy these necks too. 3) I'm very comfortable with a more consultative approach thanks to stints working in local govt (and, IIRC a consultative approach worked for Rob Chapman too so why not explore it as an approach.) 4) It's something I'm genuinely passionate about and interested in! A well made graphite neck (like the one in my Alembic) offers effortless playability, confidence and a sense of control over notes that I don't find on offer as much with wooden necks. But there are pitfalls to avoid too, as history shows us.

I'm hoping to be guided by what people want then offer that up. So the details will ideally be whatever people are used to in the standard instrument they are upgrading. BTW in the poll a completely custom option is also technically feasible but there are no scales of economy in the production process.

PEEK is a very modern, durable, high performance composite matrix unlike phenolic resin, aka Bakerlite by those who were around in the fifties. The other thing some of us discovered over the years of bass buying is that phenolic can be fairly tricky to mix. I've had a number of basses, with necks all made by the same company, where the phenolic resin fingerboards didn't cure stiff enough. PEEK and wood avoid this issue entirely. If you vote in the poll, it'll help show me where preferences lie.

Someone I know with inside knowledge says it's sepsis.

For high volune mass manufacturing metal moulds are durable, but fibreglass moulds ca be used as well for shorter runs. And there are other options for very limited batches.

Regular BCers will already know how enthusiastic I am about graphite necked basses, having owned examples by all the major manufacturers since the late seventies. Since Status and Moses stopped making graphite necks, noone seems to be stepping in for the after market, so for the last three months I've been working on potential ways to keep offering aftermarket graphite necks to guitar and bass playing enthusiasts. I'm at the point now where the the technical side of feasibility has been worked out as you'll see in the ad I have for five prototype headless necks here. So the next question to answer is about commercial feasibility and I was hoping BC'ers might be able to help me decide where to focus next. I did have lined up SR5 and SR4 necks, specifically for preEB and EB Classic instruments. (I'm still planning to install a prototype neck on my SR5 Classic and finally get the 5 string Cutlass bass I've always lusted after.) But what if there was demand from other owners...? Yamaha BB owners for example? Or Modulus owners? Or Sire? Or maybe something else? From a purely commercial perspective, I know there is a limit to how much people will pay for an aftermarket neck and there are bottom line overheads that can't be ignored either. And you'll already be aware that making molds can be a labour intensive task. So pricing has to somehow fit between those two constraints and generate sufficient volume to sustain operations. So if I was to look at offering another kind of after market neck - where should I focus? Have a look at the poll and hit the option that you would buy for yourself.

We've had four reports on three separate posts withn three hours on this thread, which I think has to be a record. If not, then its definitely a long time since things have kicked off this much. Polite request: We don't have to agree on everything but can everyone keep the comments to constructive criticism rather than platforms from which to jump off into other agendas? Better, yet, just say you didn't like something and leave it at that...or even focus on the stuff you did like. Thanks in advance.

You have a serial number?!

Gear4Music has bought out some stock and IP from PMT but not assets or liabilities. Any PMT customers with unfulfilled orders seem set to lose their money which seems a little rough. https://www.gear4music.com/us/en/information/PMT https://musictech.com/news/gear/pmt-closes-all-stores-sells-stock-gear4music/