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I've had multiple bass tuned to a low B, and the best is the US Jazz bass I have with graphite re-inforced neck, with the low B strung through the body (I've tried through body and through bridge low Bs in nickel and steel from .125-.135, settled on .130 steel). It's also able to be set up with next to no relief and a pretty low action yet still has a lot of balls to it, the neck is super stable.
The only non re-inforced/non-multi laminate neck low B's I've personally thought were good are on MM Stingrays. No idea what factor is contributing there other than the overall build quality seems excellent on Music Man instruments.
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I'm going to guess that because the neck shape is narrower, but also thicker, that shape is stronger. Got to be harder to bend a thick bit of wood than a skinny one, no matter how wide the skinny one is.
My Marleaux has the best B I've ever played irrespective of price - even a £12,000 Fodera I tried in a shop. The neck is 3 parts maple with wenge strips. No other reinforcement. Big slab of ebony for the fretboard.
It's amazing.
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If you don't have the necessary files I'd get this done by a tech. A correctly cut nut is important for both playability and intonation
I think this plus the fact it's a heel adjust truss rod (as cutting out at the headstock is theoretically a weaker design due to the wood being thinner there)
I'd love to try one with a Status neck one day too but that's not a cheap experiment.
A new neck through Marleaux Consat Custom would be about £4000 (mine is a bolt on), and I can't see any quality difference. Far cheaper rent in the German hills though!
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The feel of the oil and waxed finished MM neck is so nice though. If I trusted myself not to screw it up I'd do it to all my guitars.
I've decided I prefer 4 strings tuned to B so no longer have a 5. The neck on the Jazz is about as guitarist friendly as it gets, though I can play pretty much any 4 string neck fairly comfortably. I don't really use the extra range on a 5 so have decided to go for comfort and availability (and bought a set of Stew Mac nut files)
The extra string makes it possible for some moves to be executed across the fingerboard rather than up and down it. My experience has been that access to more notes within easy reach of the current fretting hand position makes for less inventive playing.
It is a popular misconception that lower notes somehow make for a deeper sound. If you want "deep", a professional quality, alder-bodied Precision Bass with flat wound strings will answer the brief. Jamerson, early McVie, Henderson, Shannon, Clayton. Yadda, yadda.
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