{"id":8334,"date":"2016-02-03T12:28:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T17:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=8334"},"modified":"2016-02-03T19:54:56","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T00:54:56","slug":"what-does-a-bass-with-an-aluminum-neck-sound-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/article\/what-does-a-bass-with-an-aluminum-neck-sound-like.html","title":{"rendered":"What does a bass with an aluminum neck sound like?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note to those across the pond: In America and Canada, we spell this metal as aluminum<\/em>, and in America pronounce it as in uh-loo-mih-numm<\/em>. Yes, we know in other parts of the world it is spelled as aluminium<\/em> and spoken as al-you-minn-ee-uhm<\/em> or sometimes al-you-mih-neeyum<\/em>. We don’t say or spell it that way. Deal with it.<\/p>\n

Moving on… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

YouTube user Thinkitis posted a video recently of a Kramer DMZ 5000 featuring an aluminum neck. <\/p>\n

Over the course of Kramer’s early history, aluminum necks were produced for almost a full decade from 1976 to 1985. The “fork” headstock shape is very intentional not just for style but also for sustain reasons. It is ordinarily (but not always) true that wood inlays in the neck matches the body finish. The reason the wood is present in the neck is because of what Kramer called a “T” neck construction. The aluminum portion was forged to be shaped like a letter T, and the rest was literally filled in with wood inlays.<\/p>\n

For the DMZ series specifically, that came into existence in 1979 and is named as such because of the use of DiMarzio pickups. Only the 5000 model has a P\/J pickup configuration. The 4001 model had a P-Bass style pickup. The 4000 model, an oddball design to be sure, featured a miniature pick guard in the middle of the instrument that housed a P-Bass style pickup.<\/p>\n

So, what does it sound like? Check it out:<\/p>\n