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Fender Flea Road Worn Jazz Bass Club

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starjag

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I will post pics soon. But I'm in serious love with the Fender Flea Road Worn Jazz Bass. I have two of them.

One of them is a Franken Flea bass that originally came with a warped neck and was later replaced with a MIM Player Series neck with Pau Ferro fretboard.

Pics coming soon.

So who's claiming #2 in this new club?
 
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FB_IMG_1580293153866.jpg FB_IMG_1580293181736.jpg FB_IMG_1580293199977.jpg I shall ! Bought mine in 2017 great bass love the neck
 
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starjag said:
Legit indeed Mr. 510. Only plugging in that lovely bass would make that picture more legit. Lucky #3.

Were you able to try a few Flea basses that day? Curious about the consistency between one bass and the other?
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It was the only one they had, floor demo model. Much better than the Lakeland and others at the same price.
 
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Count me in. Such a great bass, especially after I made a few mods.
Replaced the VTVT with a VVT. CTS Pots, roadworn plate, etc.
Fully conductive grounding paint shielded the cavities.
Added the bridge ground strip to the bridge pickup.
Added the tug bar.
"Antiqued" a Hipshot D tuner with Etchant for a great match to the roadworn tuners.
Aguilar 60's pickups.
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Sweet!

Curious if CTS pots are available in the stacked configuration? I do like the VTVT stacked configuration.

How the Aguilar pickups compare to the stock ones? I've considered the Duncan Apollo ones for something humbucking, but so far don't really feel the need to mod.

DJJazzV said:
Count me in. Such a great bass, especially after I made a few mods.
Replaced the VTVT with a VVT. CTS Pots, roadworn plate, etc.
Fully conductive grounding paint shielded the cavities.
Added the bridge ground strip to the bridge pickup.
Added the tug bar.
"Antiqued" a Hipshot D tuner with Etchant for a great match to the roadworn tuners.
Aguilar 60's pickups.
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Did some checking...

Pure Vintage '64 Jazz Bass single-coil pickups in the Flea passive Jazz
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Vintage-style single-coil Jazz Bass pickups in the Classic 60's and non-flea Road Worn Jazzes.

They don't sound the same, that's for sure!
 
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I've found a few good videos online. Will try later to post the actual links. It's key to use a capo to keep the strings in place once you loosen them up. And the pressing on the neck to expose the truss rod. You don't need to have the full neck out, just enough of an angle to reach the truss road. The capo is key, so remember this even if the video doesn't use a capo.

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Hi i need to adjust the truss rod anybody had any experience with these yet cheers
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starjag said:
This one... What is the right way to adjust a truss rod at the heel?
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starjag said:
I've found a few good videos online. Will try later to post the actual links. It's key to use a capo to keep the strings in place once you loosen them up. And the pressing on the neck to expose the truss rod. You don't need to have the full neck out, just enough of an angle to reach the truss road. The capo is key, so remember this even if the video doesn't use a capo.
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Thanks mate its a scary thing to attempt first time cheers
 
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