Musicman Stingray 5 necks - £480, if you are interested in securing a slot in the first batch of 5, sign up here. Free fretless and luminay side dots options for the first five orders!

[Kiwi]

Modelled on the Classic 5 neck on my own bass.  Can do either a slimmer version (borrowing from a very comfortable Steinberger 5 string neck) or original flavour depending on interest. 

 

But @Woodinblack and @crazycloud indicated interest.  I'll take up an order slot myself if four deposits are recieved.

 

Dimensions (Classic 5 spec unless stated otherwise):

Nut width: 44.1mm
Neck depth at nut: 20.5mm  (Steinberger profile: 19.3mm)
12th fret width: 60.9mm (Steinberger profile: 60.4mm)
Neck depth at 12th fret: 23.8mm (Steinberger profile: 22mm)
Heel thickness: 28.3mm 

Width at 21st fret: 69mm  
Neck pocket length: 72.5mm

Fingerboard radius 11" (EB spec)

Tuner holes (for open back tuners):
  17.46mm (11/16") bushing-hole diameter (TBC)

  14.28mm (9/16") post-hole diameter (TBC)

 

Necks come with: 
PEEK fingerboard with either MOP or luminay side dots.  Fretted, lined or unlined fretless are no charge for the first five orders.

Fingerboard inlays: MOP dots, blocks are a 30 upcharge.
TUSQ nuts installed but not slotted (slotting requires a string gauge to be assumed)
21 stainless steel frets (levelled to a straight neck)
Double action truss rods (headstock adjustment)

M4x40 neck bolts and inserts will be supplied.  (NB the necks don't come pre-drilled because neck bolt locations vary from bass to bass, the inserts must be used)
Tuner holes are drilled ( TBC) but screw holes for tuners are not (again, because different tuner designs have different hole locations)

[tauzero]

Do you know how the neck profile compares with a SUB Ray5?

[Woodinblack]

Certainly interested on the narrowest nut that people are happy to go for

[Kiwi]

10 hours ago, tauzero said:

Do you know how the neck profile compares with a SUB Ray5?

Can you provide SUB neck measurements?  Nut width and depth, width and depth at 12th fret and at the heel plus heel length?  I suspect there might be differences to discourage neck swapping between models but I can compare your measurements (if you have them) to my bass and we can both take a view.

[tauzero]

8 hours ago, Kiwi said:

Can you provide SUB neck measurements?  Nut width and depth, width and depth at 12th fret and at the heel plus heel length?  I suspect there might be differences to discourage neck swapping between models but I can compare your measurements (if you have them) to my bass and we can both take a view.

 

I'll sort out the measurements.

[tauzero]

Nut width 45mm. Width at 12th fret 61.5mm. Width at 22nd fret 69mm.

Depth at 1st fret 21.8mm. Depth at 12th fret 23.6. Heel thickness c 27.8mm.

[Kiwi]

2 hours ago, tauzero said:

Nut width 45mm. Width at 12th fret 61.5mm. Width at 22nd fret 69mm.

Depth at 1st fret 21.8mm. Depth at 12th fret 23.6. Heel thickness c 27.8mm.

 

OK, do you have neck pocket length?  My Classic 5 is:
Nut width: 44.1mm
Neck depth at nut: 20.5mm
12th fret width: 60.9mm
Neck depth at 12th fret: 23.8mm
Heel thickness: 28.3mm

Width at 21st fret: 69mm <- this might be incompatible with your SUB5 neck if it has a 22 fret neck heel.
Neck pocket length: 72.5mm

 

FWIW the Steinberger 5 string neck  for comparison is: 

Nut width: 44.1mm
Neck depth at nut: 19.3mm
12th fret width: 60.4mm
Neck depth at 12th fret: 22mm
Heel thickness: 26.6mm

Width at 24th fret: 69.1mm 
Neck pocket length: 77.5mm (estimated)

[obi 2 kenobi]

Hi, do you know if the classic 5 measurements match to a SR5? Do they have the same number of frets?

Thanks

[Kiwi]

36 minutes ago, obi 2 kenobi said:

Hi, do you know if the classic 5 measurements match to a SR5? Do they have the same number of frets?

Thanks

I'm not able to comment at the moment unfortunately.  Maybe someone else on here might be able to chip in?

[tauzero]

Neck pocket - 93mm long

Distance from 12th fret to end of heel pocket - c 203mm

[crazycloud]

On 19/07/2025 at 23:36, Kiwi said:

But @Woodinblack and @crazycloud indicated interest.

Definitely interested, definitely broke at the moment due to my car needing some exxy repairs right now.

My friend has a 5 axis CNC on the way and we've been sketching some body ideas over the weekend.

I also saw some headless 5 necks. Perhaps some of the children may need to be sold off for medical experimentation...

[Kiwi]

5 hours ago, crazycloud said:

I also saw some headless 5 necks. Perhaps some of the children may need to be sold off for medical experimentation...

"I'm sorry my little loves..."

 

13 hours ago, tauzero said:

Distance from 12th fret to end of heel pocket - c 203mm

Classic 5: 186mm
Steinberger 5: 225mm

Do you agree that the SUB5 and Classic 5 necks might not be interchangable?

 

I've updated the spec to mention fingerboard options and some measurements