I have had a few things go really really wrong in my life....so absent for a time.
But, you could not get rid of me that easy. Moo ah ha ha.
I only have one J Bass here with me.....
"Jazzmine" is her name.
https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ead.php?t=8119
From reading other build diaries and trawling the internet I have come to discern that the kit necks are closer to the standard P Bass neck, in both taper to the nut and thickness of wood on the neck behind the fingerboard.
My only other thinner neck is the Yamaha TRBX 304 I have in Candy Red.
https://au.yamaha.com/en/products/mu...300series.html
The internet says I need a 38mm at the nut neck for a J Bass. Okay I reckon the kit necks can do that. But the J Bass necks are also supposed to be thinner through the fingerboard into the neck. My only concern is how deep we have to sand off the back before we hit truss rod.
I found some measurements on a Bass site. They seem to indicate a thinning of the neck from the 12th fret through to the nut. So effectively a narrowing of the neck and a thinning of the back of the neck.
I was wondering if anybody has played with the idea of getting some genuine #BIG F# measurements and trying to trim a kit neck down to meet them. The other difference will be a top access truss rod nut as opposed to a bottom of the neck one on a real J Bass.
Will this effect the stability of the neck and maybe cause a catastrophic outcome?
I really like the finish I can get on the raw Ash body Basses and this one really tickles my fancy with a Maple neck and fingerboard.
https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...ash-body-copy/
I am really wanting to make this happen....and have the money put aside for after Xmas. I was wondering if anybody else has tried to change the kit necks into anything close to a J Bass?
Ideas, concerns, hopes and dreams will be richly received. Thank You.
Very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to you all.