Semi-acoustic neck width

[SICbass]

Hi All,

 

I have an Eastwood Classic 4, a Harley benton Beatbass and even a real Hofner Violin Bass (on loan).

They all sound great, but have that typical, short-scale narrow neck. I can work with it, but it is a bit of a drag.

This week, I finally played an Epihone Jack Casady and immediately... I was home. It is SO much more comfortable to play with the wider string spacing, but as many people say, more like a precision bass sound, than the typical semi-acoustic thump.

 

I've tried looking at the spec of various basses on Thomann, and they generally just talk about scale length and nut width, which doesn't answer the question. Most are 41,5mm - 43 mm nut width, but the Jack Casady has the same nut width, so that clearly doesn't help assess the string width higher up the neck.

 

My question: Can anyone tell me of other semi-acoustic basses with a similarly wide neck, that are more typical soundwise?

 

Cheers,

Paul

[Len_derby]

My Yamaha Bex has a 40mm nut and a 12th fret of 55mm.

[BigRedX]

I don't know about the 4-string version, but my 5-string MiK Warwick Star Bass II had similar neck specs to my favourite 5-string basses.

[SICbass]

54 minutes ago, Len_derby said:

My Yamaha Bex has a 40mm nut and a 12th fret of 55mm.

 

Oooh that Bex pretty. Oh god no, GAS attack. Thanks for the tip.

[pete.young]

My Epiphone Century Deluxe is 42mm at the nut and 56mm at the 12th fret. It's fairly deep too. String spacing is 18mm at the bridge.