Who Has Put a Jazz Neck on their P-Bass?

[zortation]

1966 J neck on a 1970 P Body



Holy Shnikeys. That's like the ultimate frankenbass.

[Mykk]

Originally Posted by Misterwogan

Would an MIM neck be of acceptable quality to put on an Am Std P?

Not in my opinion. It will fit and work, yes. But you can "feel" the difference between a MIM and a MIA neck.

[Figjam]

I have a couple. Love it!

[TinIndian]

I just built a P bass. Warmoth P body and an Allparts blocked and bound Jazz neck. Gigged it last Friday night and it was great!

[audioglenn]

I put a Jazz neck on a P bass and put a P neck on a Jazz bass. I did it just for the hell of it and they both work great! No problems at all.

[Bassbubble11]

I wish Fender offered P basses with Jazz necks. I know about the P-bass Specials (I own One). I wish I could buy a brand new American P with the option of a Jazz neck.

[Vince Klortho]

In the mid 70s it was an option on production basses. It was even listed in their price list. I don't know about later because that was the only time I ever looked at their price list.

[GreaserMatt]

Originally Posted by JCRob

I did the opposite: a P-neck in a Jazz body. It turned out great for me. Does that help??

Me too, LOL...

[lowphatbass]

I have a '75 P that came stock with a maple "A neck", basically a Jazz neck with dots instead of blocks. So, yes, Fender has been doing this for a long time. Last Sunday I put a rosewood MIJ '62 RI Precision neck on it. East meets West, 70's vs. 90's, fits like a glove.

[mystic38]

G&L SB-1

Originally Posted by Bassbubble11

I wish Fender offered P basses with Jazz necks. I know about the P-bass Specials (I own One). I wish I could buy a brand new American P with the option of a Jazz neck.

[fish slapper]

Originally Posted by Bassbubble11

I wish Fender offered P basses with Jazz necks. I know about the P-bass Specials (I own One). I wish I could buy a brand new American P with the option of a Jazz neck.

I'm pretty sure that if you went to a Fender dealer and ordered one, they could do it but it would probably cost you full list price.

[jsbarber]

Take a look at the Lakland Duck Dunn aka 44-64 Custom. That's exactly what it is. It comes in US made and the Asian made Skyline version.

http://www.lakland.com/44-64-custom.htm

Jim

[lavmonga]

Neck swap is easy, I have done it on all of my P basses. All work out well because I like the feel better.

[Mark Nye]

Absolutely. I recently put a 2011 American Special J neck on my 2003 USA Precision. Granted, just getting a new neck at all after 10 years of heavy gigging was a great improvement, but the 1.5" nut and the "slim C" shape have taken playing my trusty ol' Precision to a new level of pure joy. I love the J neck, but I greatly prefer the P sound, so there you have it.

Also, +1 on the Lakland 44-64 custom. Quite the awesome machine.

[oddgrowth]

Originally Posted by lowphatbass

I have a '75 P that came stock with a maple "A neck", basically a Jazz neck with dots instead of blocks. So, yes, Fender has been doing this for a long time.

'76 owner w/ "A" neck right here, 1-7/16" at the nut.
Mine has side marker dots where the frets are (instead of inbetween) indicating my neck started life as a fretless and someone actually had the neck fretted. Wierd, but the bass plays great.

[ggvicviper]

Ross Valory did, seems to have good results.

[Bassamatic]

That seems to be the ideal for me. I have been wanting a Duck Dunn Lakland for some time.
I also have a couple of P-Bass Specials that have the Jazz neck. Much preferred.

Late last year, I bought a C-V Squier P and then swapped necks here on TB for a VM Squier Jazz - bound and blocked. The result is fantastic! Maybe I don't need the Dunn after all.