Paddy Morris Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Hi Does anyone own a 3/4 1950 Stentor, and can they tell me if it has an Eb or D neck? I currently have an Eb for rockabilly and a D for jazz and swing. And frankly it's doing my head in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 My Stentor 1950 is currently having a new bridge fitted so I can't check it, sorry. My Stentor Conservatoire however has an Eb neck. I'm not sure they would make the 1950's any differently (can't be certain) but can check when I get it back on Friday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petebassist Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 (edited) I used to have a Stentor 1950 and it had an Eb neck. I've not seen any 1950s with a D neck. Was a great gigging bass BTW - relatively smaller bodied and light! Edited June 30, 2022 by petebassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Funnily enough, I've just got mine back and it had a D neck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I have a Stentor Student Bass - is that a 1950? It also appears to have a D neck, unless I'm doing it wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, pete.young said: I have a Stentor Student Bass - is that a 1950? It also appears to have a D neck, unless I'm doing it wrong. If you are Pete, then I am too! I tried the Conservatoire and the 1950 and they both definitely are different. The Conservatoire is Eb and the 1950 is D. I was blissfully ignorant that there was any difference at all in DB necks until I researched in more detail after Paddy’s post. I miss those days of innocence 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petebassist Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Sounds like they come in both necks. My 1950 was definitely an Eb, because when I got my new Eastman I realized it was a D, which feels a lot more natural to play TBH, but maybe if you're more of a jazzer an Eb makes more sense? Either way I doubt it would take long to mentally adjust to a different neck. I can see how switching between the two regularly though would be a pain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Morris Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 13 hours ago, petebassist said: Sounds like they come in both necks. My 1950 was definitely an Eb, because when I got my new Eastman I realized it was a D, which feels a lot more natural to play TBH, but maybe if you're more of a jazzer an Eb makes more sense? Either way I doubt it would take long to mentally adjust to a different neck. I can see how switching between the two regularly though would be a pain. Same here. I got an Eastman for jazz and swing. It's a lovely, warm instrument and Neil Heppleston set it up with a lovely action for me. But the difference in the string length between the 2 basses means my intonation is screwed when I switch between them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Paddy Morris said: Same here. I got an Eastman for jazz and swing. It's a lovely, warm instrument and Neil Heppleston set it up with a lovely action for me. But the difference in the string length between the 2 basses means my intonation is screwed when I switch between them. I can see that being problematic. I'm keeping the Conservatoire and selling the 1950 so at least I won't have that problem 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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