Does this bass neck look ok to buy?

[light blue bass]

Squier Jazz Bass Fretless Neck 2004 Crafted in China | Mustorg | Reverb
Here is the link.
Its a Squier Jazz Bass Fretless Neck 2004 Crafted in China. I want to put it on my squire p bass. Both are from the affinity series.

 

[BassChuck]

Looks like it's been used and the frets have been pulled. Not necessarily bad, but something you should be aware of. Fret pulling looks like a better than average job (it's not easy).

 

[Warpeg]

You will want to fill those fret slots. I used styrene strips when I did mine, but there are other methods out there.

 

[UNICORN BASS]

Hard pass from me, you could do better.

 

[cholyoke]

Saw that listing this morning.

From the ad: Frets holes patched with a Black hard plastic wood.

You'll have to saw out the crappy fill that doesn't completely fill the fret slots and replace with something better. At 49+ shipping, maybe it is a good learning experience to saw the junk out and replace with strips of wood/plastic. Or maybe not.

 

[light blue bass]

Saw that listing this morning.

From the ad: Frets holes patched with a Black hard plastic wood.

You'll have to saw out the crappy fill that doesn't completely fill the fret slots and replace with something better. At 49+ shipping, maybe it is a good learning experience to saw the junk out and replace with strips of wood/plastic. Or maybe not.

Have any tips on doing this? (filling the fret slots)
For the price, I'm fine with it being a learning experience.

 

[light blue bass]

Looks like it's been used and the frets have been pulled. Not necessarily bad, but something you should be aware of. Fret pulling looks like a better than average job (it's not easy).

So your saying the fret pulling does not look to bad?

 

[BassChuck]

So your saying the fret pulling does not look to bad?

To be totally correct, It's better than what I've done or can do. So yea.
The price is worth the gamble. Don't you think?

 

[abarson]

The only reason to buy this neck is to practice your luthier repair skills. There are really big chunks of wood missing along the edge of the fingerboard and gouges on the face from tools, obviously an artifact from very poorly removed frets. And @Warpeg is right about needing to clean out and properly fill the fret slots. If you're up to the task, it might be an interesting learning experience, but for a few bucks more you can get a new one on ebay.

 

[BoomBoomOGTL]

Well, somebody bought it today...

 

[cholyoke]

Have any tips on doing this? (filling the fret slots)
For the price, I'm fine with it being a learning experience.

If you are the one that bought it, good luck on your fretless adventure! If not, I'm sure there will be more bad defrets to learn repairs on in the future.

Everything I learned about pulling frets and filling came from this thread:

Defretting ?

And this how to that Dan Erlewine did for StewMac:

Dan Erlewine's Facebook fretless bass | stewmac.com

And making my own mistakes. I used a thin plastic sheet and super glue to fill the slots. The sheet filled most of the slots and the superglue holds it in place. I essentially did everything in the Erlewine how-to. It worked well.

 

[Hounddog409]

Squier Jazz Bass Fretless Neck 2004 Crafted in China | Mustorg | Reverb
Here is the link.
Its a Squier Jazz Bass Fretless Neck 2004 Crafted in China. I want to put it on my squire p bass. Both are from the affinity series.

Crafted????

 

[micguy]

Mighty Mite makes a fretless neck with an ebonol fingerboard that's relatively cheap. I have one - It's the only neck I have that isn't a Warmoth. It's a real bargain:

https://www.musiciansfriend.com/acc...ement-neck-with-a-fretless-ebonol-fingerboard

 

[Max Bogosity]

Mighty Mite makes a fretless neck with an ebonol fingerboard that's relatively cheap. I have one - It's the only neck I have that isn't a Warmoth. It's a real bargain:
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/acc...ement-neck-with-a-fretless-ebonol-fingerboard

I have one of these necks on a Squier Jaguar that I bought from somebody here years ago. It's actually very nice.

 

[InhumanResource]

You will want to fill those fret slots. I used styrene strips when I did mine, but there are other methods out there.

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At this price I would take a chance on one of those 60 dollar eBay necks instead. Some folks here have used them if I remember correctly.

 

[ole Jason]

Looks like firewood to me.

 

[light blue bass]

I bought and am up for the task! I think this is an experience to have. I started researching a lot today!.
Just wondering how good would it sound no work done though?... (I personally love the old look it has)
But will be repairing it.
Thanks for the info guys!
ill keep you updated.

 

[JZQuantum]

A serious NO. You can find a neck on ebay for the same price with frets that you can then defret it. Or just buy a fretless neck for the same price.

That neck has chunks of wood missing.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Squier Jazz Bass Fretless Neck 2004 Crafted in China | Mustorg | Reverb
Here is the link.
Its a Squier Jazz Bass Fretless Neck 2004 Crafted in China. I want to put it on my squire p bass. Both are from the affinity series.

It's not a fretless neck...and it's trashed as all hell. Dude completely destroyed this thing when he pulled his frets out. Just do the same thing. I bet you can do a whole lot better than he did

 

[light blue bass]

SO how do you think it would sound though. Putting aside the looks.