Lined Fretless musicman stingray neck. Wenge board. Reduced to £220. £350 Surrey

[reggieboomboom]

Hi chaps,

 

Up for grabs is my custom made fretless neck for a stingray/sterling.

It was built in Italy and was a very difficult process to get it here. But the project has been abandoned so its up for sale.

 

The neck is made from a lovely dark wood called niangon. The fretboard is made from wenge. It's really well made and brand new. 

 

The neck is slightly longer than my stock stingray neck and appears to be 1 fret more. The base of the neck block is about 3-4mm wider than they stingrays aswell and 3-4mm taller. So a small amount of work Is needed to make it fit. 

 

The headstock has a slightly smaller size then standard rays but exactly the same shape, and actually looks better than the stock ray. 

 

With import duty and hipshots it owes me a chunk. But willing to let it go to someone who can see it through to being on a body. 

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2023 by reggieboomboom
Reduced to £220 without tuners.

[reggieboomboom]

[Beedster]

The sort of part that rather than attaching to a bass you already have makes you want to buy it and then buy the rest of the parts! Beautiful piece of bass architecture there 

[Owen]

6 hours ago, Beedster said:

The sort of part that rather than attaching to a bass you already have makes you want to buy it and then buy the rest of the parts! Beautiful piece of bass architecture there 

I thought that was just me. 

[reggieboomboom]

I agree, I think you should 😀. The same company do make bodies to suit the neck, in the pre Ernie shape. It was no easy task dealing with them in Italian but the quality was worth it. I can send a link if anyone wants to do it

[Beedster]

Here we go.....

 

@reggieboomboom could you provide precise dimensions for the heel, I have a body that might suit this neck very nicely  

 

Cheers

 

Chris

 

@Owen what were the chances eh  

[reggieboomboom]

Hi mate, I will have a measure up when I get back mate. 

[reggieboomboom]

My plan originally was to shave the heel by 1.5mm either side and 3mm off the back which would allow the fretboard to overhang the pocket in the body which would close up gaps. But I don't have anytime at the moment.

[reggieboomboom]

On 17/03/2023 at 07:53, Beedster said:

Here we go.....

 

@reggieboomboom could you provide precise dimensions for the heel, I have a body that might suit this neck very nicely  

 

Cheers

 

Chris

 

@Owen what were the chances eh  

Morning mate, so the heel width at its widest is 64mm, middle Is 62mm and top of heel 60mm. 

[reggieboomboom]

Depth of the heel from the top of fretboard to back of heel is 27mm. 

[Beedster]

Thanks mate, what’s the length of the heel?

[reggieboomboom]

As you look down on it as if it was on a bass. The peak of radius at the back of heel to edge of heel 115mm on the top side, bottom side is 120mm. 

[reggieboomboom]

Daylight shot shows how lovely the grain is

[Beedster]

Many thanks @reggieboomboom, I'll do some measurements myself 👍

[reggieboomboom]

If you want the neck without the tuners I can reduce to £280

[Beedster]

Sadly this isn’t going to work for me, which is a shame as it’s a killer neck. Good luck with the sale 👍

[reggieboomboom]

Reduced briefly as something has caught my eye. 

[songofthewind]

What is the nut width?

 

[reggieboomboom]

It's 42mm edge to edge bud.

[briansbrew]

On 17/03/2023 at 07:43, reggieboomboom said:

I agree, I think you should 😀. The same company do make bodies to suit the neck, in the pre Ernie shape. It was no easy task dealing with them in Italian but the quality was worth it. I can send a link if anyone wants to do it

Hi Chris, can you send me the link please

[reggieboomboom]

Hi Brian. 

Ebay for some reason won't share the link. But screenshot below. He says he no longer ships to the UK. But I'm sure if you message he will. We had all sorts of issues getting the neck to the UK. In the end it was because he never sent me a link to pay customs! 

[briansbrew]

On 07/06/2023 at 13:18, reggieboomboom said:

Hi Brian. 

Ebay for some reason won't share the link. But screenshot below. He says he no longer ships to the UK. But I'm sure if you message he will. We had all sorts of issues getting the neck to the UK. In the end it was because he never sent me a link to pay customs! 

Thanks Chris, I will give it a go...