Neck taper

[RussFM]

Something I thought about this week, is in my old punk band, I loved playing my Jazz, always really comfortable, but in my current (country) band, where I often play higher up the neck, I often get hand cramps during a gig, so I've taken to playing my Spector, which is much more comfortable higher up the neck. So i just compared the necks, and although the Jazz is slightly narrower at the nut, it's much wider at the end of the neck, where as the Spector is only slightly wider than it is at the nut. I guess that's why I prefer it when I'm playing higher up.

So... is this a common thing? I assume it is on all Fender-types? Are there basses with no taper at all? Not that there's much on the Spector, and I'm happy playing it, I'd just like to try out a couple of others and see what I might find more comfortable during a gig.

[hillbilly deluxe]

The only bass i had with no taper was an old Egmond,terrible.
What kind of Country do you play ?

[RussFM]

You mean there are different kinds of country!? It's not something I'd normally listen to to be honest, but I'm enjoying playing in the band, very different to what I've done previously.

There's three recent recordings up on our myspace though - [url="http://www.myspace.com/liberationworksuk"]http://www.myspace.com/liberationworksuk[/url]

[The Burpster]

I thought there was onlt 2 kinds of music......

Country and western.......


(circa Blues Brothers!)

[warwickhunt]

My 89 Streamer Stage I doesn't flare out or thicken up much as you go up the neck, my Zon is similar; from memory are Rics fairly slim? I suppose ultimately you need to look at string spacing at the bridge; a bass with skinny bridge spacing is going to have a narrower neck.

[henry norton]

Gibsons (and Epiphones) tend to have a narrower bridge and therefore a more linear spacing down the length of the neck.