Bypass the idiots at CME, contact Fender re a warranty claim for anything that's not right? I would. Good luck.
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Fender James Jamerson 62 Precision - limited run?
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Bypass the idiots at CME, contact Fender re a warranty claim for anything that's not right? I would. Good luck.
LOL They "fired the customer"!? How many times did you return one?
MF would never do that, their very existence is based on returned items! C'mon CME, get with the program!
I will contact Fender Monday and maybe take to a nearby authorized custom shop repair dealer. Just need the nut filed and fretsprout taken care of.
Speaking of "firing the customer"...
GC should fire me and put me outta my misery. I've bought 9 basses off their used site in the past 10-12 years. Returned every one of them for having serious undisclosed problems.
Dear GC,
Please fire this customer (me) once and for all so I won't (can't) be tempted to waste time bargain hunting on your site anymore.
Sincerely,
Anon gear junky.
GC should fire me and put me outta my misery. I've bought 9 basses off their used site in the past 10-12 years. Returned every one of them for having serious undisclosed problems.
Dear GC,
Please fire this customer (me) once and for all so I won't (can't) be tempted to waste time bargain hunting on your site anymore.
Sincerely,
Anon gear junky.
I know GC gets a lot of flak sometimes but at least they return things no problem.
I am on the phone with CME right now and will see what they say.
I am on the phone with CME right now and will see what they say.
They probably can't cover the costs like guitar center who has more money and junk guitars than God himself AND a staggering 45 day return policy. You're talking about likely a mom and pop brick and mortar single location store that if there were 10 of you just "borrowing" basses for a week and returning them could probably go out of business or get their balance sheets destroyed.
Speaking of GC, I mean..45 days man.....you could take a loan out on a 1960 Jazz bass and go tour the world for a month and then come back and return it (maybe even swap some parts out from it to your other basses) and the 21 year old counter associate would never know. (I would never, but it crossed my mind how easy it would be to do OMG). They could care less about returning stuff, and if one store declines it...just go to the next GC a couple cities over and they will oblige you.
Dang you're picky. I only returned 1, and it was an issue of "I found something better I liked elsewhere online and since I am at day 42 I can still return this for what I paid for it". They have some amazing used basses, likely to need setups..but still, nothing I can't live with beyond that.
I will as soon as I stop interacting with you. Welcome to my ignore list!You didn’t even pay attention to what I said. Bonus points to you for attempting to make me seem sexist.Have a great day.
I'm really not. Actually I'm pretty tolerant for cosmetic issues, worn frets, fret sprout, poorly cut nut slots, dings, scratchy pots, and little things that I can easily fix myself.
I draw the line at basses with undisclosed real problems like frozen truss rods, warped necks, cracked bodies or necks, dead preamps, gutted elecs, busted tuners, bowed necks with max'd out rods, missing parts, stripped finishes, or anything that would require me to pay someone else to have fixed.
I hear stories about others finding hidden gems at GC, pawn shops, flea markets, etc. I've dug up plenty of gems in other places, just not from those.
I almost scored a pretty sweet deal at a GC store one day, though. I happened to be there returning one of their online used basses with a frozen rod. They had a really nice old Yamaha 5 string on the used bass rack. One of the upper-tier deluxe models (I forget which one). Even though it had a lot of play wear, it was a helluva bass for $450. Hesitated, passed on it. Next day I went back for it, but it was gone. That's my only GC "sweet deal story", but to be fair I rarely set foot in a GC. Cheers.
Same, now just to not look at their damn website with all those cool used basses. Also, another reason is the luthiery pricing...$140 for a truss rod adjustment and string height set. After 4 of those consecutively on different guitars, they still refused to give me a loyal customer discount..even $40 off since I spent so much money already. That's why I don't mind almost abusing their return policy at this point.
Yeah I'm kinda surprised the JJ only comes with a COA paper. Seems like it oughta have a few more commemorative details, like a special neck plate, or at least a special decal on the headstock rear. Some special case candy goodies might be nice too, for that price.
JJ went thru multiple P basses so there had to be compromises that deviated from an exact replica of the famous Funk Machine, I guess. I can imagine much discussion at Fender about how, exactly, can they issue a plausible JJ sig. I bet if they scrawled "FUNK" into it, we'd hear from the TB Signature Bass Haters Appreciation Society.
Have to admit, I've generally no interest in signature models (irrespective of brand), and I don't pay attention to what most brands are doing (with the possible exception of Music Man, and Rickenbacker), so I've genuinely no idea if Fender has ever done a signature model for a previously deceased artist.
Has that happened before?
The Jaco model, certainly.
The only thing they should name it is "what took so long". He's been dead since 1983? Why did it take 43 years for this? He's probably rolling in his grave if anything due to the fact Fender should have created this bass way before he died, and once he died..it should have come out in 1984. But I guess all those "62' re-issues" over the years will suffice. To be fair, I think the first signature production bass was 93' for Stu Hamm..
Ever used bass I see on the guitar center website looks like it went on tour without a case
Best one was on Craigslist out here in LA....Jaco signature bass he bought from Norm's Rare Guitars with a "letter of authenticity" that says it was owned by Jason Scheff of Chicago...who quote...relic'd it himself with a belt sander. lol...yeah right pal!
lookie here boys it’s the fuzz.
To answer, pretty much the same crap I been putting out here for 16 years as a member. Hit the hate and block button. Bye now.
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For $3000 I shouldn't have to file the nut. I shouldn't have to do anything other than tune it and set it up to my liking. Companies get away with this BS only because we let them so let's not do that anymore.
This is why I buy much cheaper instruments, do the non-critical tweaks and then bitch about QC on forums. And I only do that becaue I know how to fix those issues and returning instruments I bought online is too much of a hassle.
But I have returned MIMs that came with critical issues, of course (warped necks, botched electronics, bent tuners).
The Bass Centre in Los Angeles (1986-1996) commissioned The Fender Custom Shop to create both The James Jamerson Tribute Bass and The Jaco Pastorius Signature Bass in 1990 (Jamerson basses were delivered beginning in 1990, and Jaco basses beginning in 1991.) Both projects were done with the cooperation with the Jamerson Family and Jaco's Estate, respectively; James Jamerson, Jr., was involved in the JJ bass, and Kevin Kaufman (Jaco's former bass tech) was involved in the creation of the Jaco bass. The intention was for 100 of each to be created, however, there were no more than 50 of each made.
There are several articles her on TB where both basses are discussed.
The Stu Hamm Urge Bass was the first "production" signature bass (not a limited production instrument) offered by Fender, but was Fender's 3rd signature bass historically speaking.
I don't know about the relicing, but Jason Scheff was one of many celebrity bassists who purchased Jaco and/or Jamerson basses at the time.
