Neck info on Stentor 1950 please

[Paddy Morris]

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.

[Old Horse Murphy]

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. 

[petebassist]

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

[Old Horse Murphy]

Funnily enough, I've just got mine back and it had a D neck! 

[pete.young]

I have a Stentor Student Bass - is that a 1950? It also appears to have a D neck, unless I'm doing it wrong.

[Old Horse Murphy]

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 😂

[petebassist]

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. 

[Paddy Morris]

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.

[Old Horse Murphy]

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 😂