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12-25-2012, 07:25 PM
| | | | There's a hole in my Mexican J Bass
Heya. Just ripped the pickguard off my MIM Fender Jazz Bass a few minutes ago and found a curious dimple in the body just to the left of the neck pickup. Why's that there?
If I had to guess, I'd say it's because the factory makes a stock body, and the hole is there to add a feature that may be present in some models but not in others.
What do you guys think?  |
12-25-2012, 07:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canadia | | | Guide hole for the pin router? |
12-25-2012, 07:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Boston, MA, USA | | | No, that is some manufacturing artifact. I think it's for the router guidance? Something like that. |
12-25-2012, 07:34 PM
| | | | There's no feature on any other model instrument that Fender makes that would make use of this hole in the body.
It is most likely there for the CNC machine to serve as some sort of an indexing feature to allow consistent production.
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12-25-2012, 07:43 PM
| | | | That makes some sense. Thanks guys/gals |
12-25-2012, 07:43 PM
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12-25-2012, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Ric5  Your bass has a bunghole ... heheheheh ... |  |
12-25-2012, 09:07 PM
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12-25-2012, 09:10 PM
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12-25-2012, 09:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Fairfax, VA | | | Fender puts that hole there to annoy us all, they do it with their American Standards as well. Totally ruining the complete appeal of their sunburst finishes (under the pickguard is where the colors all come together, it's gorgeous) except for that CNC index hole eyesore. Such a shame.
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12-26-2012, 10:08 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Pennsylvania | | | I've got the same hole on my MIM J bass. I would have to agree with Phendyr Loon's explanation. |
12-26-2012, 10:16 AM
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12-26-2012, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by pacojas stash box, of course! | Naw,
You can not fit enough in it to make it worth taking out all the screws and then trying to put them back in after you did your stash.
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12-26-2012, 10:46 AM
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12-26-2012, 10:54 AM
| | | | Booger stash box?? |
12-26-2012, 10:56 AM
| | | | When I read the title, all I could think of was "...dear Liza, dear Liza...." |
12-26-2012, 11:52 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | It's not a bug, it's a feature. Supposed to be there.
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12-26-2012, 12:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Willow Street, PA | | I'm a step away from living with it and taking the guard off my MIA P. I love the look without the guard, except for that dang hole!!  |
12-26-2012, 12:19 PM
| | | | That bass actually does look pretty good w/out the pickguard,, maybe some white pup covers? |
12-26-2012, 12:19 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fredonia, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by hdracer Naw,
You can not fit enough in it to make it worth taking out all the screws and then trying to put them back in after you did your stash. | depending on what kind of stash we're talking about... in the 60's (and of course in many cases nowadays) that could have come in handy 
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