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]

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]

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!

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