WOW! what a difference!

Indiana Mike · #1 10-15-2011, 11:28 PM

Just had to post my excitement . I have a fender classic '60s jazz bass that I had grown to hate . Being a vintage re-issue it has a 7.25 radius ,vintage bridge etc...

I had to have the action way high to get a buzz free performance form the bass. I was sick of it! I took it in to a friend of mine and had him perform a string change and setup. I can change my own strings and usually set up a bass to my liking. However it was not the case with this bass soooooo ...

What did we find? had to recut the nut , add a spacer under the truss rod nut ,
and...
^5 loose frets that had raised. It was only noticeable when checking with a fret rocker tool ...We re-glued them and he ever so gently removed a small amount of metal on a couple of frets. they were frets 19,17,16,15 & 14 .

The difference it made?

I was able to take my action from 9/64ths and moderate relief to 5/64ths bass side and 4/64ths, treble side and a nearly flat fretboard. Maybe a shade lower...

I will start paying more attention to this ...

I am so geekin right now .

Epidrake · #2 10-15-2011, 11:30 PM

That's a lot of frets to have issues with. Glad you were able to have it fixed! Enjoy

Indiana Mike · #3 10-15-2011, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Epidrake

That's a lot of frets to have issues with. Glad you were able to have it fixed! Enjoy

They weren't falling out or anything extreme , just raised in areas . He felt the neck was allowed to dry out or it was some of Fenders awesome factory handy work. the rest of the neck appers solid and normal so I go with the later...

Metania · #4 10-27-2011, 03:47 PM

Hi guys! I have a 60s Classic from last year. Now I'm aware that all passive Jazzies have a personal hum :-) but mine doesn't hum - it YELLS at me!!! The bass itself is perfect playing, and sounds very badass Jacoish and so on, but the very loud hum is driving me nutters! I play through a T.C.ELECTRONIC BG500 2x10" combo amp, which is a very useful and reliable amp, and I have no REAL loud humming bothering me from i..e my Fender PB or other Fenders and the rest of my basses! Any suggestions? Do I have to wrap "Jazzie" in copper shielding tape? Or?