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[quote name='lettsguitars' post='1139176' date='Feb 23 2011, 09:09 PM']warwick have similar neck thickness. check out their web site for neck dimensions. quite interesting if you're as sad as me. although i have heard someone complain about warwicks diving.[/quote] Had 2 Warwicks, both bolt ons and modern ovankol/wenge necks - a thumb 4 and a ash corvette 4. Wouldn't say they neck dove as such but they definitely hung horizontal as a preference.

[quote name='Ian2k' post='1139175' date='Feb 23 2011, 09:06 PM']The Status is headless I belive? What's the thickness of the neck like - I don't know how to technically describe it, but what I'm used to and like with the RBX is the neck thinness, so for example at fret 1, from fretboard to the back of the neck is around 2cm.[/quote] The streamline is headless yes. Neck profile....feels similar to a modern USA precision to me, quite slim front to back but the wider fretboard width of about 1.6" compared to 1.5" on a Jazz. I find it very playable and I almost exclusively played a Jazz for years.

[quote name='lettsguitars' post='1139128' date='Feb 23 2011, 08:40 PM']i repeat. the weight of the body is less effective than the actual design of the bass. i have a 5lb bass that balances perfectly. only 32" but 26 frets so not a short neck. the centre of gravity is the be all and end all. also helps if the right hand button isn't in the centre of the bass but slightly higher.[/quote] Not necessarily disagreeing with you but I once owned a Stingray on the lighter side of typical (about 8.5lbs) and that didn't balance as well as my current Ray4. As far as could tell the pin positions were exactly the same. Obviously the neck length, and body weight have some effect on the cog. On your 5lb special I guess you're using lightweight neck wood and tuners to ensure good balance?

Like you I don't have a great deal of love for basses with neck dive. At the minute the 2 Rays I have certainly aren't lightweights, the 4 stringer is about 9.5lb and the 5 a bit over 10, however the weight is in the body on both so they balance well. Due to this both are tolerable on gigs even tho I'm a lightweight mid 5 footer. I've had a couple of lightweight basses (7lb ish) an Overwater Perception and an Epi EBO. Due to the small light bodies on both they both suffered with neck dive and both ended up going. The only lightweight bass I've owned (and still own) that doesn't suffer from neck dive is my Status. Because of this it gets all the longer set gigs.

JT.....Dont get so excited..... It's not a Status but it does the job, It's acceptable for Jamnights and rough gigs. Is it worth £60..........IMHO, yes. Now........take a deep breath and give it up. You are achieving precisely nothing and expanding energy in order to do so. Just my 2p.

[quote name='icastle' post='1128603' date='Feb 15 2011, 05:14 PM']Yep. We do JJF as well - or rather the rest of the guys do. I've been playing something totally different for the last 4 years and they haven't noticed... [/quote] Think I play something different every time I 'have' to play JJF

Jim, I don't think there's that much difference in sound between maple and rw boards (ducks for cover), had both and in a dark room I'm buggered if I'd hear it. However I can understand personal preference, with me I prefer rw on a Ray because the oiled board on a modern EBMM can get caked up and takes some care. Now the finished ebmms of the 80s and early 90s I think are better as are pre ebs

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1125012' date='Feb 12 2011, 03:08 PM']I havent even quized them about it via Ebay, Do you think I should just to see what crap they come back with or to see if they ask someone to check it again? The fact they say its a green pcb and quote a part number suggests someone with the authority to mess there has looked and given that response though. Its a tricky price too because whats worth anything on it? Pre amp has been changed, Neck has frets added, Body has an extra route, Pickup is a Basslines one. The string tree is missing, So really its only the Pick guard, tuners and bridge (which even has the thumb turns missing) of any value from what I can see.[/quote] I keep toting with the idea of selling off a couple of basses (not the 30th this time tho Pete!) and picking up a decent pre eb but this sort of thing (and the minefield I went thru last year when looking for a nice old mid 70s Jazz) puts me off. Think I'll just stick with my 2006 pre-eb 'copy'.