JosephMartyn Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Morning folks, I'm on the look out for a Satus carbon neck. Any condition! I'm even interested in broken ones or just photos of broken ones! I'm keen to find out what the inside looks like (hollow? Wood? Other corr material?) I've used carbon on other projects and have some left over...I could make something similar?! 😮😁 www.instagram.com/joseph.martyn.501 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxos10 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 You may want to post this in the Wanted section of the classifieds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephMartyn Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) Thanks @naxos10! Will do! (Sorry, I'm not on here often and still getting up to speed with all the threads! 🤣👍) Edited March 28, 2023 by JosephMartyn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 @jebroad was looking at doing something with carbon fibre. I don't know how far he got with it though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Klos are getting into the replacement graphite neck game, since Status are no longer making them. Reasonably priced too. https://klosguitars.com/products/carbon-fiber-bass-neck-and-pickguard-upgrade-50-deposit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) Status necks aren't made of carbon wrapped around a core material, but rather start out as an outer shell that was shaped in a compression mould by vacuuming it. The core material (foam) is added later and does nothing in terms of shaping or adding to the structural integrity / rigidity Here's a nice example of someone who made a (succesful!) attempt at building his own Status Streamline-inspired bass from scratch: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/headless-full-carbon-fiber-bass.1064945/ Edited March 28, 2023 by LeftyJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lidl e Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 I have a moses graphite neck on one of my mains i built. I feel like it's hollow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 My Status, Modulus Graphite Quantum, and Vigier necks have been hollow, except MG Genesis (carbon spine). The heel part may be filled with some material, like wood. That talkbass builder, Marko Ursin, has built many interesting basses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephMartyn Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, LeftyJ said: Status necks aren't made of carbon wrapped around a core material, but rather start out as an outer shell that was shaped in a compression mould by vacuuming it. The core material (foam) is added later and does nothing in terms of shaping or adding to the structural integrity / rigidity Here's a nice example of someone who made a (succesful!) attempt at building his own Status Streamline-inspired bass from scratch: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/headless-full-carbon-fiber-bass.1064945/ Great info! I've used both vacuuming and wet lay techniques on other projects, I'm leaning towards the wet lay at the moment rather than autoclave, mainly for keeping costs down...small steps when start the build I'll keep a log on my insta (www.instagram.com/joseph.martyn.501) Edited March 29, 2023 by JosephMartyn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 24 minutes ago, JosephMartyn said: when start the build I'll keep a log on my insta Can you post the log and images here too please? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephMartyn Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 15 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said: Can you post the log and images here too please? Will do 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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