JB4 necks - £480

[HeadlessBassist]

2 hours ago, Phaedrus01 said:

I'm happy to do whatever is easier for you/the others

 

Ditto. if it keeps it cheap for the herd, then so be it.

 

Herd. Aurok. See what I did there..?

[Kiwi]

That's great, thanks guys.

[tta]

how much do they weigh?  

[Kiwi]

I will let you know when they are ready to ship. I plan on recording the individual weights and adding them to the product information anyway.

[Kiwi]

This evening I started to inspect the necks in person.  This is #2, your neck @Phaedrus01 .  I'm going to be sending an individual video or two to everyone on the order list in private just to check in and so we can confirm shipping details and final balance.  Hopefully I can send away towards the end of neckt (aha) week as I need to find individual shipping boxes. 

 

 

 

[Phaedrus01]

Can't wait, looks great!

[joe_geezer]

How do these compare to the old Status replacement necks?

[Kiwi]

12 hours ago, joe_geezer said:

How do these compare to the old Status replacement necks?

In terms of sound?   It's a little difficult to be objective.  I have too much respect for Rob and the Status team to be drawn into direct comparisons, they have made some fantastic necks. So maybe a batch 1 customer can make a comment after they have installed their neck. 

What I can say though is our neck construction is inspired by more heavily by Steinberger.  We like the solid full sound of Steinberger necks, the even string response and snappy attack which isn't too aggressive.  However the end result can also depend very much on the body wood.  So if you wanted to aim for a timbre with more mids, go for a softer wood like light weight mahogany or sapele, alder or basswood.  Lightweight swamp ash might be growly as well but it also brings snappy highs.  Also set your action as low as possible to reduce string tension.