neck decorations....

Discussion of newer designs, copies and reissue offset-waist instruments.
Post Reply

the best look for a neck is:

Clay Dots/no binding
16
39%
Pearl Dots/no binding
3
7%
Pearl Dots/with binding
9
22%
Pearl Blocks/with binding
10
24%
Black Blocks/black binding/maple cap neck
3
7%
 
Total votes: 41

User avatar
zhivago
Mods
Mods
Posts: 21926
Joined: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:18 am
Location: London, UK

neck decorations....

Post by zhivago » Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:24 am

any particular preference?

for years I was blocks+binding only.....nowadays, it's all clay dots and unbound brazilian rosewood for me :)
Resident Spartan.

User avatar
chrisjedijane
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 3322
Joined: Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:32 pm
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Contact:

Re: neck decorations....

Post by chrisjedijane » Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:33 am

I think the dots and binding is really nice - if it was an option on the AVRI's i'd get it.
"we lack the motion to move to the new beat"

User avatar
Coronado
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 63
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:31 pm
Location: Buenos Aires, Arg.

Re: neck decorations....

Post by Coronado » Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:54 am

Blocks and binding. Dots and binding would be my second option.

User avatar
mezcalhead
Admin
Admin
Posts: 11566
Joined: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:18 am
Location: Swampland

Re: neck decorations....

Post by mezcalhead » Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:19 am

I have a little thing about dots/binding right now .. but clay dots have never really been bettered IMHO.
Distance-crunching honcho with echo unit.

User avatar
lalalandstudios
Expat
Expat
Posts: 532
Joined: Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:41 am
Location: The City of Brotherly Love
Contact:

Re: neck decorations....

Post by lalalandstudios » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:31 pm

Although I like them all, I still always go back to clay dots - classic, simple, functional.

(Plus according to the amatuer hour experts over at that other site, you can take neck off that JM and put them on your $trat, saving the JM bodies for "firewood". No one will after know about your little headstock reshaping and redecalling experimentation - and who really cares what that 4 on the neck date stamp is for anyway. 2, 4 whatever.... Mojo to die for. Bell like tone. You know the drill)
I'm a reasonable man get off my case...

User avatar
Mad-Mike
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 1619
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:04 pm
Location: Somewhere
Contact:

Re: neck decorations....

Post by Mad-Mike » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:35 pm

1.) Blocks With Binding
2.) Dots With Binding
3.) Unlisted, Black dots, no binding, Maple Fretboard
It's Me

User avatar
Aug
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 333
Joined: Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:17 pm

Re: neck decorations....

Post by Aug » Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:00 pm

CLAY! CLAY!  ALL THE WAY!

YEAAAAAAAH CLAY!!!

User avatar
sookwinder
Mods
Mods
Posts: 11179
Joined: Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:47 pm
Location: Melbourne Australia

Re: neck decorations....

Post by sookwinder » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:08 pm

ok... if we are talking offsets only (JM, jag, bass VI)  then pearl blocks and binding on a  RW neck  is the way to go.

if it has to be a maple neck on a Jazz bass, then pearl blocks and binding also.

don't mind RW/Dots/binding as a second choice on offsets.

Dots alone (no binding) works for me only with strats
relaxing alternative to doing actual work ...

User avatar
fuzzjunkie
Expat
Expat
Posts: 7276
Joined: Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:32 am
Location: Seattle

Re: neck decorations....

Post by fuzzjunkie » Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:56 pm

clay, especially slab board clay!

the only time i like the blocks and binding is on a metallic coloured Jag, say CAR or LPB, then it's just over the top enough to be cool!
sleeping on a bed of fuzz and feedback

User avatar
SPudnik
Expat
Expat
Posts: 1918
Joined: Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:44 pm
Location: Parsec 351 R VA US

Re: neck decorations....

Post by SPudnik » Wed Oct 18, 2006 2:54 pm

Clay/no binding.
I like playing more than looking...

Besides, fret replacement on a bound neck involves a lot more labor.
Bass VI - A What?

User avatar
Aug
PAT. # 2.972.923
PAT. # 2.972.923
Posts: 333
Joined: Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:17 pm

Re: neck decorations....

Post by Aug » Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:19 pm

SPudnik wrote: Besides, fret replacement on a bound neck involves a lot more labor.
not really...

Post Reply