SandsAmp?
N.B. I know sans is the French preposition for without.
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And @Barney wins the internet today.
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Definitely not a new player here, but 38mm nut width for me, all the way. Anyone else can keep all the wide nuts, no problem here.
Also, I prefer a 9.5” fretboard radius on my basses.
C profile neck. Check.
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42-43mm nut, 9.5" fretboard and a modern-C shape, not too thin. Something like a normal Precision Bass.
While this is’t about bass guitars it is about 6s string guitar’s. My favorite neck shape is the Fender reissue SRV Strat neck. It’s a deep “U” shape, after I got used to it it’s become my favorite.
Oh I’m there too. Love geeking it out on a ‘75 jazz. The other day I was playing this song and just really putting on my inner Marcus 
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Just a really fine arrangement, orchestration and performance, @Al1885. Yes, sir.
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Same for me!
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Two things:
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@JoshFossgreen or whatever mods the site has (@Gio, maybe?), can you please merge this thread with the thread @MikeC mentions above (Neck radius, sizes, shapes, etc) to create an uber neck thread?
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I guess my tastes in necks have changed from my first post above. The neck on my Geddy Lee Jazz is very thin (Fender calls it a “thin C”), thinner than the Ibanez I mention. I think it’s actually too thin, and I find my hand getting sore with longer sessions… I think I’m squeezing the neck too much with my thumb because it’s so thin. By contrast, my Player Jazz neck (Fender calls it a “modern C”) - which is thicker than I used to prefer - feels amazing to me. I certainly wouldn’t consider it “thin”, but it definitely is not “thick” either. It’s super comfortable.
It’s amazing to me how tastes change over time. 
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I’m far more finicky about neck profiles on my guitars than my basses. For instance I do not like slim “D” neck profiles at all and don’t own any guitars with them. I much prefer Fender’s 50s soft “V” or the full rounded “C” profiles of 50s model Gibsons.
I’m less finicky on a bass probably because I’ve played so many different ones over the years. My '63 PBass had a huge chunky “U” neck while my '66 Jazz had a much thinner “C” profile but both had 7.25" radius fretboards. Over the years I’ve settled on rounded “C” profiles and while I prefer the width and depth of most 1.625-1.675 necks I also play 1.50" necks as well. Basically Fender PBass and JBass type profiles with a 9.50" or 12" radius.
My favorite neck is the one on my Matt Freeman PBass. I’ve never measured it to see how much if differs from other PBasses it just does. It’s a bit deeper and more full feeling than other 70s PBasses I’ve played and different from the neck on my G&L M2000 which is also has a PBass width and depth. Maybe that’s one reason why that particular bass has become so popular in the used marketplace.
My ABG has a 43mm nut width and an ‘easy to play’ neck (no idea what that is) whereas my Jazz bass has a 38mm nut and a slim C. Both play well IMO so I guess I haven’t yet developed a strong opinion either way. I find the 32” scale length on the ABG compared to the 34” scale on the JB causes me more trouble when i switch between the two than the width, or thickness. I think they are both 9.5” fretboard radius. I’d loved to get a P bass as some point as well.
i haven’t followed this thread and i don’t want to look back through it, but i kind of agree with scott here (talking about the neck on the strandberg) that experimenting with neck design should be a more looked at thing.
My bass instructor is a multi-instrumentalist and has the regular guitar version of what Scott talks about in that video. The neck is, in fact, pretty awesome.
I tend to agree with you although I also believe there’s been just as much experimentation with neck profiles and dimensions on bass necks as with guitar necks if not more since bassist tend to be less rooted in traditional specs than bassists who are generally far more open minded about change.
For instance fanned fretted necks appear to be far more popular and accepted on basses than on guitars at the moment. Basses offer more choice of scale length and at least an equal if not greater number of specs as far as width, depth, and profile as do guitars. But they still have to fit the hands that play them.
I’m more traditional in my needs at the moment but as time goes by I hope to have an opportunity to play some of the more modern designs like Standbergs and Dingwalls. The fanned fret idea and non traditional profile intrigues me.
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