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]

14 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 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.

[LawrenceH]

Really intriguing project you've got here. Echoing the question on weight of the jazz necks (and how much an ebony/rosewood board would impact that).

 

Also interested in how you perceive the timbre comparing different fretboard materials. I like the way all-maple necks can appear to sound/feel a little compressed.

[Kiwi]

31 minutes ago, LawrenceH said:

Really intriguing project you've got here. Echoing the question on weight of the jazz necks (and how much an ebony/rosewood board would impact that).

 

Also interested in how you perceive the timbre comparing different fretboard materials. I like the way all-maple necks can appear to sound/feel a little compressed.

Hey there, thanks for asking.   I'm going to be honest and say that the solid resin core necks don't offer any weight saving vs wood.  I can make them lighter but then they become more resonant which means they might not sound as good...or they will need more R&D to offer lightweight and stay sounding fat.

Fingerboards typically affect the metallic sounds in string attack, like fret noise, say 1.2Khz and above depending on other materials. If your standard for timbre is a maple neck then you could try a maple fingerboard on our necks and make sure the body has a significant proportion of maple (ideally softer maple) in it.  Then you might still preserve some of those compressed qualities but with the advantages of graphite.   

 

EDIT: The best sounding bass I own is all maple - the Spector NS5CR.  It's warm but not woofy, it's bright but not brittle and there is a little compression to the highs.  So I totally get where you're coming from.

[LawrenceH]

Thanks that's useful and that description of your Spector is bang on how I hear/feel it.

 

Do you have an actual figure, or range of figures, for that weight? Been experimenting recently and found very modest differences can be significant when it comes to neck dive on a light body.

 

For reference my current jazz neck minus hardware weighs about 780g, has that slightly chunky 70s profile.