Question Lined fretless neck value?

[phat5]

Long time no post..... I recently found "the one" (I can post about it later) so I've been selling off all my extra parts, basses and restoration projects. What I have left is a lined fretless SR4 neck in birdseye. I'm on the fence on selling it or keeping it, what would be a fair price for it? Thanks in advance for your input gentlemen.

 

[MarkF786]

I think it would depend on some details:

- Was this a factory neck, or a custom modification?
- If custom, who did the work?
- What's the condition of the neck?
- Are SR necks universal across SR bodies?

 

[phat5]

It is a factory un-modified neck. Pulled it off the original body and mounted it to an sr4 body that was 5 years younger, nice tight fit. Neck is in very clean condition, no dings/nicks or gouges in the fb.

 

[MarkF786]

Maybe ask over on TalkBass as well, as between the two forums you'd probably gather some interest, and valuation would likely vary widely by the individual.

I'd love to get a lined fretless neck, but I'd tend to want something more "matching" to my newer StingRay Special 4. I did notice that Music Man offers a lined fretless option if using the "design your own" feature of their website - though obviously, they'd never sell just the neck alone, so minimum cost is around $2600.

 

[Golem]

I think it would depend on some details:

- Was this a factory neck, or a custom modification?
- If custom, who did the work?
- What's the condition of the neck?
- Are SR necks universal across SR bodies?

All the 6-bolt SR4 necks are swappable, altho you hafta be a bit handy with the shimming. Ive swapped a few myself. Shimming is tedious, but its not rocket science.

4-bolt and 6-bolt are inter-swappable as to the neck socket, but you hafta deal with some fairly minor wood working concerning differences in truss rod access and the hole patterns.