thevintagebassist

Here are measurements my tech took of the OLP neck pocket which had the SR5 neck. thr neck pocket looks relatively unmolested but it looks like there may have been some light sanding done to one side which is common even for installing on a Matching UsA model. Will endeavor to get measurements on an SR5 neck pocket. Apologies for the delay here and hopefully this is still helpful to everyone.

I can take a stab at measurements but in the meantime if it helps, earlier this year I bought a Tony Levin OLP that had a Status SR5 neck attached to it. I bought the bass to use the neck for a Stingray 5 installation more in that later. as for the OLP body, there might have been some light sanding done to get the neck in the pocket but it seemed to fit with no modifications and I played in tune. Of course the OLP is a 4 bolt neck system to the neck was drilled differently. My tech ended up installing the neck in a Ray35 which was a perfect fit. Notably I had sold the OLP body and later the same buyer bought the Ray35 neck to install on the OLP body. Never heard back from the buyer so I assume all went well. In short, it seems the 22 fret necks were fairly interchangeable across the three models (SR5, Ray35 and Tony Levin OLP).

Thanks for this. My options would be Peek composite fingerboard and Luminlay side dots. Thank you!

Not really. I got the sense that was up in the air. Ideally a synthetic board would be the way to go so as to prevent seasonal movement. What is standard and what are some options? Thanks.

Sign me up for the SR5 classic neck pls. I trust it is no problem shipping to the US?