Baritone or Bass VI with wide neck

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Baritone or Bass VI with wide neck

Post by Jaga » Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:33 am

Hi all!

I'm trying to find out if there are available some guitar with 28-30'' scale necks that have 1-7/8'' nut width? Of course, if it is offset, it is better.

I know that Warmoth does not have such necks, unfortunately. The thing is that my main instrument is electric bass, but I would like to play guitar sometimes. Usual guitars have too small necks for me both in scale and in width. Warmoth have some superwide necks with regular scale, but I would like to go with baritone experience. Their Bass VI necks don't have superwide option.

I wonder, if someone is aware of an instrument with such a neck.

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Re: Baritone or Bass VI with wide neck

Post by Jaga » Wed Dec 27, 2017 3:12 am

No one had such experience?
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Re: Baritone or Bass VI with wide neck

Post by mcjt » Wed Dec 27, 2017 8:47 am

Indeed, no-one seems to have tried it.
But USACG can do superwide for you.

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Re: Baritone or Bass VI with wide neck

Post by Jaga » Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:19 pm

Unfortunately, they can only make the 28” scale with a 1-11/16” nut width and the 30” with 1.650”.

However, before starting this "custom" project, I need to try some real guitars with at least just wide necks. Do you know some serial models of guitars with superwide neck (scale doesn't matter)?
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Re: Baritone or Bass VI with wide neck

Post by karmablock » Thu Jan 11, 2018 5:51 pm

The warmoth baritone neck is wide but I don't recall the dimensions.

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Re: Baritone or Bass VI with wide neck

Post by Stereordinary » Thu Jan 11, 2018 6:02 pm

I made a handful of Bass VI copies with 1-11/16” nut width. It was always my opinion that the narrow nut was the Achilles heel of the Bass VI.
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Re: Baritone or Bass VI with wide neck

Post by niksureal » Thu Jan 11, 2018 6:11 pm

if you can get your hands on a shergold marathon 6, thatd probably get you pretty close. bass VI with fairly wide nut.
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Re: Baritone or Bass VI with wide neck

Post by N0_Camping4U » Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:12 am

Stereordinary wrote:
Thu Jan 11, 2018 6:02 pm
I made a handful of Bass VI copies with 1-11/16” nut width. It was always my opinion that the narrow nut was the Achilles heel of the Bass VI.
I don't disagree with you, but what makes you feel that way?
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Re: Baritone or Bass VI with wide neck

Post by Stereordinary » Sun Jan 14, 2018 2:37 pm

I just have large hands, and six big strings crammed on to a 1.5" nut width feels really cramped to me.
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