Happy Jack Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 I've had a few Precisions with Jazz necks (and loved them, especially my Duck Dunn) and I've seen plenty more over the years. Has anyone ever - even once - come across a Jazz fitted with a Precision neck? In truth I can't imagine why anyone would do such a thing, but that may just be a failure of my imagination! Quote
Cuzzie Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 Don’t ask me the exact dimensions all around, but you’ll see in the white bass that it’s a bit chunkier The MarloweDK red bass has a nut width of 37mm, ‘Jon Snow’ is more like 40mm, 39 at a push. The whole profile is bigger. It actually suits the Haüssel pick ups which are mid beefy and about as close as a jazz neck could sound to a split coil P solo’d. I didn’t order it, just found this good looking custome bass lurking and had to have it. Jon is also a bit heavier than DK Quote
Happy Jack Posted July 14, 2018 Author Posted July 14, 2018 43 minutes ago, Cuzzie said: I hope you flipped round the nut on the white one. 1 Quote
Cuzzie Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 Pretty sure the genius legends at sandberg did that! Alrhough I did have to file it a bit to plop those 1954 LaBella original flatwounds ropes on it just now Quote
el borracho Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 2 hours ago, Happy Jack said: I've had a few Precisions with Jazz necks (and loved them, especially my Duck Dunn) and I've seen plenty more over the years. Has anyone ever - even once - come across a Jazz fitted with a Precision neck? In truth I can't imagine why anyone would do such a thing, but that may just be a failure of my imagination! I've got one. It's a fretless that I never played (because it's fretless!) so I stuck a spare Mighty Mite P neck that I had lying around on it. Plays OK but I've never really used it since swapping the necks as I just prefer Precisions. Quote
Lozz196 Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Happy Jack said: I've had a few Precisions with Jazz necks (and loved them, especially my Duck Dunn) and I've seen plenty more over the years. Has anyone ever - even once - come across a Jazz fitted with a Precision neck? In truth I can't imagine why anyone would do such a thing, but that may just be a failure of my imagination! I`ve not done it - yet. But for me I find my fingers falling over each other on a Jazz neck,I almost find them too easy to play, so prefer the chunkiness of a Precision. The real answer is to become a better player and be equally competent on both but as I prefer a Precision neck at some point I`ll get round to doing this. 1 Quote
discreet Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: I`ve not done it - yet. But for me I find my fingers falling over each other on a Jazz neck,I almost find them too easy to play, so prefer the chunkiness of a Precision. The real answer is to become a better player and be equally competent on both but as I prefer a Precision neck at some point I`ll get round to doing this. This. I like Jazz basses and the sound they make, but don't get on with the piddling pencil-necks. So a Jazz with a P neck would make perfect sense. In fact, as soon as I get some more bass tokens, my bitsa Jazz will be sporting a lovely Northwest Guitars P Neck. So there. Northwest tell me that their P neck is only an ounce or two heavier than their J neck and the heel width isn't an issue, so... PS: It's still going to be sporting a Fender J decal... you know, just for geometry, balance... and any other crap I can make up. Edited July 14, 2018 by discreet Quote
Happy Jack Posted July 14, 2018 Author Posted July 14, 2018 Get a waterslide made up saying Pre-Jazz ... Quote
Bridgehouse Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 29 minutes ago, Happy Jack said: Get a waterslide made up saying Pre-Jazz ... Shurly “Jazzcision” no? Quote
discreet Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 31 minutes ago, Happy Jack said: Get a waterslide made up saying Pre-Jazz ... No. 2 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said: Shurly “Jazzcision” no? No. Quote
Bridgehouse Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 Just now, discreet said: No. No. No imagination, you lot.. Quote
discreet Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 Just now, Bridgehouse said: No imagination, you lot.. No. Quote
BreadBin Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 I am not a fan of Jazz profile necks, but love the body and pickups. I have an Allen Eden Jazz which has a P neck, and will be making another bitsa soon with a P neck as well - all black hardware and a black guard on a natural wood body. Quote
Bridgehouse Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 Just now, discreet said: No. I got nothing... Quote
discreet Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said: I got nothing... Yes. Quote
Cuzzie Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 I suppose for Frank a Fender is until you decide ESP is better Quote
bassmayhem Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 I had a Mighty Mite Jazz Bass once. It had a solid koa body and a maple P-bass neck. It felt very... convincing. I sold it many years ago to a friend who equipped it with a 70's Jazz neck, but the beauty got stolen a few years ago... 😥 Quote
Grangur Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 I've got a bass with jazz pups and a precision width neck. It's a Warwick Corvette. Quote
ead Posted July 14, 2018 Posted July 14, 2018 Squier Silver Series J and P basses share a common neck with a 40mm nut width. Quote
Jono Bolton Posted July 17, 2018 Posted July 17, 2018 The Fender Mark Hoppus Precision has a Precision neck on a Jazz body, but then it has a P Bass pickup so probably doesn't count. Quote
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