thebrig Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Has anyone had any experience of Hosco replacement necks? I'm looking for a Jazz bass maple neck and the Hosco's are available for £219 and are supposed to be a very accurate copy of a Fender neck, but I could also buy a Genuine Fender MIM neck for not a lot more, so I was wondering how the Hosco compares to a Fender MIM neck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 The Fender neck comes with fitted nut and satin finish. I don't know about any difference in postage costs, but would need checking, too. Other than that, I doubt that there's much in it, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: The Fender neck comes with fitted nut and satin finish. I don't know about any difference in postage costs, but would need checking, too. Other than that, I doubt that there's much in it, really. Thanks for the reply Dad, its for a self-build and I'm going to reshape the headstock to a 51/tele shape, so I'm not too bothered about how its finished, I'm really wondering about build quality and playability. 🙂 The main concern I've got with the Fender neck is that the tuner holes are pre-drilled and might not match the tuners I have already purchased. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 If you're sure of the Hosco tuner holes, I'd go for that one, then, and pocket the price difference. They have a good enough reputation, I'd suggest, to reckon that the quality and playability are on a par with the MIM stuff. Our Eldest is a luthier, so we don't buy-in necks, so no more experience than that; sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 https://www.dv247.com/en_GB/GBP/Fender-1951-Precision-Bass-Neck/art-BAS0010486-000?campaign=GShopping/GB&ProgramUUID=5G_AqJarZwoAAAFl0FZyjI8V&gclid=CjwKCAjw1K75BRAEEiwAd41h1LL1hRLjyBMzhTXy2HTOxyYYnW6fz4pSvKFWKyCbWUh6Xy79t9yJJRoCM18QAvD_BwE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Oh, jazz width. Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 10 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: Oh, jazz width. Sorry also depends on heel shape with a '51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 32 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: also depends on heel shape with a '51 Well. Yes. But someone with the skills and tools to reshape a headstock wouldn’t struggle to adjust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: Well. Yes. But someone with the skills and tools to reshape a headstock wouldn’t struggle to adjust The neck pocket is a round heel as per standard Fender dimensions, I could certainly round off the heel of the neck but I was wondering whether the rest of the neck heel would fit, width, depth, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 I’d do some measurements first. I fitted a Tele neck to a P body a few years ago. I can’t remember how I did it now. Thing I squared the heel pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 34 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: I’d do some measurements first. I fitted a Tele neck to a P body a few years ago. I can’t remember how I did it now. Thing I squared the heel pocket. I've just compared the templates of a 51/tele neck and a jazz neck and it can be done, but I much prefer the 38mm nut on a jazz which is the reason for I chose a body with a rounded neck pocket, nearly all square heeled necks have a nut width that varies between 42mm and 44mm which I find to wide for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappindabass Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Hosco necks are.superb, I have 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 14 minutes ago, Slappindabass said: Hosco necks are.superb, I have 2. Thanks for the heads up, I ordered one about an hour ago 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 The thing I can never work out, and it would be expensive to find out, is how good are some of these different aftermarket necks... as good a Harley Benton, as good as a Squier, or a mex fender, or USA or Sadowsky or where... reason is that I’ve built a few bitsas before, and it’s always a good way to sink a lot of dosh into a project, only to find the neck feels ok ish, and not as nice as other basses I might have ... so the bitsa doesn’t get played and the whole thing gets sold ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 12 hours ago, LukeFRC said: The thing I can never work out, and it would be expensive to find out, is how good are some of these different aftermarket necks... as good a Harley Benton, as good as a Squier, or a mex fender, or USA or Sadowsky or where... reason is that I’ve built a few bitsas before, and it’s always a good way to sink a lot of dosh into a project, only to find the neck feels ok ish, and not as nice as other basses I might have ... so the bitsa doesn’t get played and the whole thing gets sold ... Over the past ten years or so, I've owned a couple of 70's Fenders, three American Standards, an American 60th Anniversary precision, and a couple of Fender Roadworns, they all had great necks but the only two basses I use now are my two self-builds where one has a Mighty Mite neck installed, and the other has a Squier VM neck installed, they both feel nice and play great for me. 🙂 But you could be right with my latest build, I've not tried a Hosco neck before so its a bit of a gamble, and if it doesn't feel right to me, then it could end up getting sold. 😐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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