Shockwave Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) I have a Rosewood fingerboard 3 band stingray that I genuinely love. It is lightweight and a great player. I am addicted to midrange growl and I am after the most consistently growly tone where I don't necessarily have to dig in to get it. I usually prefer maple fingerboards for tone as well. Will the characteristics of a graphite neck help me achieve something closer to what I want? I have had statii basses with graphite necks. But never liked the tone of status basses. (Not a fan of the pickups) Cheers! Edited September 6, 2015 by Shockwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I have have a status where I installed Seymour quarter pounders in it, and it sounds brilliant. Far better than it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Forget the graphite neck and buy a Warwick Thumb bass or Corvette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Check out this video: http://youtu.be/mFVcVg_nbBc A few different MM type basses there, the Status necked Stingray sounds very growly compared to the others - but that Alusonic eats them all for breakfast! Not sure of the exact specs of out but from another of his videos I saw it has an Aguilar OPB-1 pre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 OBBM has a Status neck on his Stingray 5, ask him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 The Alusonic sounds brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimryan Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Ive got a status neck fitted on two of my basses, my precision and my sterling sub (John East pre and Delano pickup). On both basses they sound and feel great. Fantastic clarity and tons of mids and bright biting high end. If I could afford to, if have one on all my basses. [URL=http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/jimryan88/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps4ajvtwzg.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii527/jimryan88/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps4ajvtwzg.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/jimryan88/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsbltwbvu7.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii527/jimryan88/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsbltwbvu7.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1258.photobucket.com/user/jimryan88/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsnpwmfclq.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1258.photobucket.com/albums/ii527/jimryan88/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsnpwmfclq.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I agree about the Alusonic - sounds fabulous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassjim Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 i did this years ago when rob first made the necks. It went on a 5 string. I sent the bass to him cause he said he would fit it........ First time round my bass came back with the original wood neck on cause Rob hadn't counted the amount of frets on a five string. He'd kindly rearranged the bridge and tension so the intonation was out and I had to re- tweak the neck. (fair enough the neck but the bridge?? So I get a call that the right neck is now done and off the bass goes. Before i ventured into this I discussed with Rob what it was I was looking for which was : A very stable neck that would help the D and G strings have more presence and apart from that exactly the same neck only in Graphite plus no difference to the sound. When the bass comes back once again Rob has kindly set the bridge saddles in a straight line and raised the action really high so already I have work to do. The neck is actually the Status contour on the back which is great if you like that and even better if you knew that was going to happen. Sound wise it didnt make the D and G any louder through "even responce across the neck" as this was more of a pick up problem. The bass lost a lot of warmth sound wise. Stupidly I called to have a gripe about the above and was told by Rob : " why on earth did you put the graphite neck on if you didnt want the sound to change and of course the necks a different shape. All basses leave here with the bridge set up like that. Actually, when you are earning the sort of money Pino Pallidino is I will take your opinion more seriously but until then I' not interested in what you have to say". Ok so I wont be bothering with a Status bass then. Since then, all that time ago, my money went on several Overwaters and several GB basses before I found out what I was looking for all these years was in a Fender Jazz. Just thought I'd share that experience with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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