Just installed this for a colleague...
Aluminum Neck Onto Session Player's Fender Jazz Bass:
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Aluminati Brand.
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It sweetened the tone from jangly and bright to very smooth.
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I was not really expecting much from this $1,300.00 neck. However, im very familiar with this particular bass guitar and i have recorded with it.
This Geddy Lee Jazz Model has always had a very thin, bright, midrange tone that you could never dial out of it, no matter how hard you tried.
This neck totally changed that characteristic. The tone now is very smooth and fat with fantastic clarity.
The sustain is no better or worse, but that big, fat "thump" is just such a welcome change.
I am very surprised at this, because i generally view these kind of big investments as ridiculous, but i was totally wrong about this one...
This Geddy Lee Jazz Model has always had a very thin, bright, midrange tone that you could never dial out of it, no matter how hard you tried.
This neck totally changed that characteristic. The tone now is very smooth and fat with fantastic clarity.
The sustain is no better or worse, but that big, fat "thump" is just such a welcome change.
I am very surprised at this, because i generally view these kind of big investments as ridiculous, but i was totally wrong about this one...
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yes it is.
Very nice!
That’s pretty cool. I’ve been experimenting with carbon fiber…. Just simple things though. Switch plates and pick guards. Nothing like a fret board.
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The bass is owned by a local session player. It's a Geddy Lee Signature Model. The bass had never, ever sounded good and it hung unused in his studio for several years. The best way that I can explain this is, the bass had a very 'trebly' nature. it had a very pronounced 'jangle' or 'twang' and no matter what settings you dialed in, it never had any real low end 'thump' to its tone.
This neck changed all of that and made the bass useable. The entire tonal spectrum changed with the installation of this neck, even using the same brand and gauge of strings; RotoSound .105's. The tone now has a very clear and heavy 'thump' that is very clean.
The relief is .015" and is built into the neck. No adjustment is every necessary and there is no truss rod.
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Now, I really have to say this...in all honesty and candor.
This bass now sounds more like my $60.00 Ibanez Import, which I use on all my recordings. My session colleague is a very well-off and somewhat eclectic fellow, so dropping $1,300.00 on a bass neck is absolutely no issue for him. So, while this neck did indeed exceed all expectations, I have played many basses that sounded just as good for less than 1/3 of this amount...
But, when you have very wealthy friends in The Biz, you have to adjust your perspective accordingly.
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