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Hi all

 

So the neck on my Cort GB75JH needs to be replaced (fused truss rod, slight kink too).

These basses are not hugely expensive, so I really don't want to pay the near £300 that I've seen for them from some places.... nor do I want a cheap piece of pine.

I've seen an option for buying another Cort 5, same scale length... I might just do that... but...

So, is there anywhere in the UK where I can get a good (and I understand the subjectivity of that word) replacement neck without breaking the bank.

I'd prefer a rosewood (or any other darkwood) fingerboard, but at this stage, beggars can't be choosers.

 

Any help and guidance would be great!!!!

 

Kind regards,

Julian aka Glassmoon

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A local and new-ish luthier might do it for you for less than £300, but it is a significant piece of work to make a neck to fit a potentially oddly shaped neck pocket in a less common scale length. The price of a refret alone tends to start at around £180. Add in materials and time - I don't know that anyone is going to make much money from it at £300.

 

I'd be buying this in your shoes, then list the loaded body on eBay and see what you get!

https://www.jimmyegypt.com/cort-gb35-jj-5-string-bass-black

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50 minutes ago, glassmoon said:

Oh wow @MichaelDean: that is perfect!!!!!  Almost the same bass.  Man, what a find - thank you so, so much!!!!!

As a bonus Jatoba, as this one's fretboard is made of, is nearly as hard and stiff as Ebony, way stiffer than Rosewood, and quite a bit harder too, and both way harder and way stiffer than Maple, which should increase the neck stiffness and stability compared to what you got now.

 

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18 hours ago, glassmoon said:

the neck on my Cort GB35JH 

 

Which bass do you have?  You've written GB35JH, which I think doesn't exist, but you've linked to the GB75JH.  So I guess you probably have a GB75JH; but perhaps you have a GB35A which is an older "3" series and does have the "JH" pickup configuration?

 

 

2 hours ago, glassmoon said:

I checked out the Cort GB35-JJ on the Cort website, and it's 35" scale

 

Cort's webpage for the GB35JJ says 34".

 

If you have the older-series bass, I saw there is GB35J on cashconverters at £150.

 

The scale lengths:
GB75JH: 35"
GB35JJ: 34"
GB35A: 34"
GB35J: 34"

 

I don't know if the neck of the older basses (35A and 35J) fits on the bodies of the newer basses (75JH and 35JJ).

 

 

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Yeah, I've corrected that stupid typo. Thanks @jrixn1for pointing that out.

I have the GB-75JH, the 35" scale bass. So I'm in trouble looking for a relatively inexpensive option... 

 

So on that note... Do Status still make replacement necks I wonder? Or is there a better option elsewhere? 

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