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62 Fender Jazz Bass Re Issue Explosion

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bluzzy8

Jan 26, 2008
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I have owned many pre CBS Fender basses but I don't need to get into the whole divorce thing:bawl: So I purchased a 62 Re Issue from E Bay a while ago and I was quite happy with the bass. I was fussy in trying to keep the bass as pristine as possible.Well I was putting the bass on when the strap at the tail popped off and it hit the ceramic floor.Damn! I said here comes a dent.Well surprize suprize.The paint had exploded and there was an approximate 3"dia chip.Now I know it is a Nito Cellulose finish but the poly undercoat is scary:spit: Plastics! So if you want to strip one of these babies?All you do is drop it or start a small chip and you can probably strip it bare and not pay someone to do it.Then get a good paint job.The xtra weight on this bass is quite alot with the added Plastcs! Well food for thought:cool:

In The Pocket!;)
 
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Caca de Kick said:
That's why I love strap locks. No failures in 20yrs of using them.
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I used to love them too, until I broke one at a gig. Lucky for me, my bass wasn't damaged, but since then, I just use a rubber washer over the strap. It works just as well, and I don't have to worry about tightening the locks, or stripping the strap pin holes. The only downside is that the strap is always attached.
 
#7
Be thankful it's not the neck, which is what these MIJ 62 RIs are famous for.

My first bass guitar, 2nd day: the strap came off at the horn and it broke the neck. Good thing I did not pay much for it. Later I realized it was a POS early MIJ P-bass knockoff, so not a big loss but that sucks when you're 14 :)

These necks alone can go for $300. Bodies can be had for much much cheaper.
 
#8
DannyG said:
I used to love them too, until I broke one at a gig. Lucky for me, my bass wasn't damaged, but since then, I just use a rubber washer over the strap. It works just as well, and I don't have to worry about tightening the locks, or stripping the strap pin holes. The only downside is that the strap is always attached.
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Sounds like you had Schallers....

A couple things I don't like about Schallers; the screws are always smaller than the OEM strap button screws, so yes they will have a loosening problem. And the nut typically loosens from the lock assembly unless you loctite it in place, and let's face it, many musicians don't know about loctite.
 
#9
Strap locks can wear out, then fail. That's exactly what happened with my Electroline.

The top one failed, headstock hit the deck, ruined the faux-tort veneer and a tuner. I got off cheap, could have been much worse.

Never again, can't trust 'em!
 
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Caca de Kick said:
Sounds like you had Schallers....

A couple things I don't like about Schallers; the screws are always smaller than the OEM strap button screws, so yes they will have a loosening problem. And the nut typically loosens from the lock assembly unless you loctite it in place, and let's face it, many musicians don't know about loctite.
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Yep, I was using the Schaller's. :(

I actually did think about using loctite, or teflon tape on the nuts, but my main gripe with the Schaller's (aside from the time I had one break on me) was the darn strap pin holes getting stripped, and then having to stuff toothpicks in the holes to keep the screws in.
 

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