The Burpster Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Anyone any experience of Moses necks? [url="http://www.mosesgraphite.com/index.html"]http://www.mosesgraphite.com/index.html[/url] In lieu of PRS not being able to make me a fretless neck (without charging space-shot type fees) I'm toying with speccing a neck and ordering it from these..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I had one on my jaydee jazz bass. It was a bit of a disappointment as it wasn't very stiff and kept flexing with temperature changes, despite having a truss rod. I mated it to a swamp ash body which was also a big mistake as the combination didn't make for a particularly warm sounding instrument. You could try dropping a line to [url="http://www.fibersonixx.com"]Fibresonixx[/url] or Simon Farmer at [url="http://www.gusguitars.com/"]GUS Guitars [/url]as well. You will be looking at about 500 quid for a custom neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 Unfortunately the Moses website isn't very informative and the only comments I've seen about their necks on Talk Bass have been less than complimentary. The big problem with carbon-fibre construction is that they require a mould, so the set-up costs are much the same whether it's a one-off ore a massive production run. Having said that the Fibresonixx site looks interesting and might just be affordable. AFAIK all the necks that Simon at Gus makes are carbon-fibre skin over wood, which is different to the 'conventional' way that Status etc make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 In addition to Red's post, Simon can make necks using molds or the lay on method over a wooden or epoxy foam core. For one off necks, the lay on method is probably better. If you can't give him a core to use as a master then he will need to produce one for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Bugger.... Didnt want to and wasnt expceting to hear that...... May have to look at other options now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 best bet Bob is to get a custom laminated maple neck made with a nice, thick ebony fingerboard and graphite reinforcing. With that fingerboard and sufficiently rigid maple, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference for anything but slap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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