Factory Precision neck on a Jazz bass??

[Cole19]

The other day at a guitar store I saw an American Standard Jazz bass with a Maple Precision Neck on it. All the stickers and the lable on the headstock said Precision Bass but the body was a Jazz Bass. I asked a guy who worked there and he said Fender made it by mistake and told them to sell it as a collectors item. I dont really mind the bigger neck and its the same price as a normal American Standard Jazz but I wanted to hear your thoughts.

Has anyone ever heard of this happening?

Is there any major problems that could arise from the mis-matched neck and body?

[Kael]

My fretless is a Jazz that had a P neck on it up until about a week ago when I put a warmoth replacement neck on it. There are no issues with swapping out P and J necks. If you like or don't mind the chunkier neck, go for it. I'd try a talk them down some as that bass is effectively a factory second if what the stre is telling you is accurate.

PS: It is very common to have bassists who want a P bass with a J neck. Is it possible that Jazz is the result of someone scavenging two basses and selling off the remainders?

[spaz21387]

never heard of it happening. I would try and get them to drop the price since its mis matched

[Bongolation]

Originally Posted by Cole19

I asked a guy who worked there and he said Fender made it by mistake and told them to sell it as a collectors item.

Does anyone really believe that QC at FMIC is snoozing this badly?

[screaminglucy]

this sounds like someone switched the necks. the only problem would be the resale value would not be so good.

[Dark Horse]

Call me a skeptic, but I have serious doubts that it left the factory that way.

[A-Step-Towards]

As noted resale value is going to be hard. My guess someone who works there wanted a P bass but liked the jazz width so they switched necks, fender did not make a mistake like that , that guys answer was very stupid.

I perfer a P neck so i would dig it but i would want at least 25% off new price.

[JB73]

Originally Posted by Cole19

I asked a guy who worked there and he said Fender made it by mistake and told them to sell it as a collectors item.

My B.S.-ometer would have spiked when I heard that. Collector's item - come on!

Originally Posted by Kael

Is it possible that Jazz is the result of someone scavenging two basses and selling off the remainders?

This would be my guess, or at least something similar.

[p-time bass guy]

I'd agree with "lower resale value". Dont know of a P bass neck on anything other than a P or Tele. If you want a Jazz with a P neck. Do it yourself. If you decide to move to a different instrument, you can easily re-sell both again.

[ButtUglyJeff]

It sounds like a "Frankenbass" to me. It's most likely perfectly fine. But I wouldn't pay full price for it, because most likely it won't hold its value like a matched set would.

[vinxbass]

Sounds like a bunch of BS to me. Ask them to reduce the price.

[Webtroll]

+1 on the B.S. Swapping the necks is easy. Someone probably wanted a J neck on a P body and sold the leftover parts. I've played a J bass with a P neck before, nothing special or bad about it, just a bass. If you like the feel of the P neck and the sound of the J its perfect, otherwise its just mismatched parts. Even if it shipped from the factory like that, without matching serial #s on the neck and body nobody would even be able to prove, or disprove it. Now a factory P neck with a J decal would be interesting...

[One Drop]

Another vote here for pure BS.

[ondaone]

I have read that the Mark Hoppus signature model has a p-bass neck with a jazz body, it also has a p pick up though.

I think the shop busted a head stock off a jazz and dinged up a p-bass body put the rest of the good parts together sounds fairly resonable.

i dunno...

jim