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Fender Basses made in Mexico
- Thread starter Giles Isaac
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What funny is calling a small home maybe inch deep which isn’t seen or affect playability “brutal”the bass will play, it will sound good and THAT is all that matters. If an unseen hole bothers you this much then either return it or sell it.
Players for Ethical Treatment of Basses doesn't roll off the tongue very well but somebody oughta call 'em.
My guess that it's used to hang the instrument while spraying the finish.
Looks like a perfect hole for a wooden dowell pin.
Looks like a perfect hole for a wooden dowell pin.
More importantly, someone stole your f#&#!@& pickguard!
No, in most cases, the body is held by a piece of wood fastened through the screw holes in the neck pocket. In any case, there’s paint on the inside of the hole, so it was obviously not used for that.
This thread is almost an exact duplicate of the below one from 2006. Even has a put yer weed in it comment
Mysterious hole in MIM Jazz Bass body
Mysterious hole in MIM Jazz Bass body
They are template positioning holes. You can find the holes on US models from around 2005 to 2010-ish. The originally would fill in the hole on US models but stopped doing that. The CNC machines that were used in the US were shipped to Mexico along with the templates and the US production got new CNC's and a new production flow that no longer needed the template positioning holes. Here's a video were you can see the hole being used:
And here is a screenshot where you can see the index "thingy" on the template. (Not sure of the technical name obviously.)
And here is a screenshot where you can see the index "thingy" on the template. (Not sure of the technical name obviously.)
^^^ This...It's just for positioning and they are using a different CNC to the US and Japan.
Those holes are put in there to indicate "cut-outs", which are typically wholesaled to retailers as non-returnable items, meaning that the store cannot send them back to the distributor for a refund; the reason for the holes is simply to clearly mark the guitar as non-returnable. The marking also serves to prevent the retailer from attempting to sell the discounted guitar at the original full price. Besides the use by means of a discounted item, the cut-out method is also commonly used by manufacturers on guitars that were sent out for promotional use. This prevents them from being returned via the retail channel for a refund.
Nah, I can't back that up. Here's the real story:
Fender Crop Circles (CNC holes) explain please…
The hole is part of the road worn look. Remember how these holes would get worn in on heavily used basses, then people would put on a new pickguard to cover it up? Really gives you that mojo.
It’s where Fender puts the mojo.
Unfortunately, now that you’ve removed the pick guard, you’ve let the mojo out
It’ll never be the same
Unfortunately, now that you’ve removed the pick guard, you’ve let the mojo out
It’ll never be the same
That’s for a wood DNA sample so the bass can be identified if it’s kidnapped.
