That Pau Ferro looks good; most look washed-out.
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Fender 2018 MIM Player Series
- Thread starter OllyW
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That Pau Ferro looks good; most look washed-out.
Nothing wrong with your eye, the trussrod hole is definately off-center.
Yup. Looks off to me. Probably would return it. Found this when looking into your issue:
"This is a neat innovation by Jackson- an offset truss rod placement. Why is this necessary? It's because this guitar's neck sports an asymmetrical neck profile; it's thicker on the bass side, thinner on the treble side. You won't be seeing this in the shops any time soon as it's currently limited to the Custom Shop models."
It's hard to tell with the strings on, just measuring it from your picture it seems OK to me. The way the nut's cut, string thickness differences and a slight angle could all be contributing to an optical illusion. Take a pic with a ruler across it and the strings off to silence the doubters
It's hard to tell with the strings on, just measuring it from your picture it seems OK to me. The way the nut's cut, string thickness differences and a slight angle could all be contributing to an optical illusion. Take a pic with a ruler across it and the strings off to silence the doubters
That's straight on from the top. The only reason it appears to be "an optical illusion" is because your mind wants to auto correct the image to where the truss rod hole is in the center so then it looks like its angled. I can tell you its one of the weirder things I have seen on a modern production instrument.
Yeah, that's off.
And Pau Ferro can really be all over the map. I was checking out various colors of this bass on Sweetwater, and one of the fretboards looked as dark as the most vintage dark rosewood.
And Pau Ferro can really be all over the map. I was checking out various colors of this bass on Sweetwater, and one of the fretboards looked as dark as the most vintage dark rosewood.
My silence shall commence
Except to agree that it is very odd, what with CNC machines. Anyone else seen a Player like that?
Even without the jacked up truss rod I’d probably bring it back. I have tried over and over to love jazz basses because of the look and the playability but I just can’t love that tone. I’m just a p bass guy I guess.
Don’t get me wrong. I’ve gigged and owned lots of jazz basses. I think they’re great but I’m definitely more of a p bass guy. It’s about the mids I guess.
I'm really trying to love this Sage Green P. It's not bad but there's just something about it that doesn't do for me like a Jazz bass. A set of D'Addario Chromes arrived for it on yesterday. I'm contemplating whether I should put them on....
I like the Dunlop Flats. You might like chromes but I always found them sticky and clanky
