Yeah, shell pink, white pickguard, maple fretboard, classic look. Looks good with rosewood (or whatever Thomann is using on the HB’s) too.
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certainly not real rosewood 
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No doubt 
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They use laurel wood.
The neck feels really wonderful, no issue here. Again, it’s not the Ibanez EHB neck, which I liked most. But it comes in 2nd place.
Also the 38mm width is good. I thought wider is better, but I was wrong.
I am looking forward to oiling the fretboard of Pink’s Hot, which should give it a little more character - and darkening the fretboard of Ronin, so it is in keeping with the overal dark mood of it…
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Final decision on mods for Pink’s Hot - everything is ordered and still waiting for it:
- Chrome Gotoh GB707 tuners which will be fitted with custom aluminium bushings
- Hipshot GB7 Bass Extender, also in chrome. Here I will take my black one and put a chrome peg on it (for cost reasons)
- Dimarzio DP126 pickups
- Neck volume pot, bridge volume put, tone pot with chrome Schaller ST-Style Knobs. All installed on the control plate. No pickup selection switch anymore.
- Drill new hole in body for output jack
- Cavities coated with copper tape
- Gotoh 404BO bridge
- Schaller S-Locks
- Silver foil/sheet for pickguard.
Ronin will be basically the same, but possibly with EMG GZR pickup…
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I definitely prefer wider. A lot of Yamahas are 40mm and that feels perfect to me.
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My other bass had also 40mm (or was it 42mm?) - I thought that would go well with my monstrously huge and generally clumsy hulk-like hands.
Rationally, 2mm cannot make a difference, but it has a more “elegant” feel to it, I can move over the strings much more smoothly. But sureley that must be subjective!?
Now the old neck feels sluggish and brute!
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38mm is a very very common size. In fact it is the most common, as it is the J-bass size. I have owned several instruments at 38mm; I just prefer 40. 42 is good too.
More important is the profile. I love Modern C and D profiles and deeply dislike U profiles, for example.
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Same here - didn’t know the D profile until I played the EHB. That felt … woooooooooooooow!
Pink’s Hot has also a D-profile, but not as flat as the EHB and also not as smooth.
But every day I play daa basss, it feels better. I was thinking about ways to get the EHB satin feel on my Pink’s Hot, but I need to restrain myself now
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It makes a big difference to me. 38 mm necks are quite tiring for me, I much prefer 41 to 43 mm necks. But it’s very personnal.
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But isn’t that strange? Can you explain?
It’s only a 0.5-1mm difference per string! And in terms of angle it is really miniscule…
How are we able to feel that???!
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It makes a major difference as it changes the position of the fretting hand.
Also less than 1 mm in the neck thickness makes a noticeable difference.
And also a small difference of radius (say 9,5" to 12") is very noticeable too.
A neck shape is something very precise !
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Can you get a little into the physics and biomechanic of it all?
Again, I feel the difference - but I don’t know if it’s real.
I find that hard to believe. It’s not that I don’t believe it - I just do not find a rational reasoning behind it…
Unfortunately I have not measured the Ibanez EHB neck, which was less thick than the neck current of the HB. The difference was substantial in terms of feel though…
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Absolutely. Profile and radius are huge, and agree, 38mm is “faster” but gets less comfortable for me than 40mm pretty fast.
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I’m just a guy playing guitar and bass, I’m not a physicist 
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Neck feel is the single most important criterion for me, and small changes matter a lot
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All understood. But is it objective or subjective? Science vs Voodoo
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Subjective. You are massively overthinking this for no gain - it doesn’t make sense to try and objectively measure a personal feel preference
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Understanding why things the way they are and how they work is for me the essence of EVERYTHING!
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