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Fender JP 90 club?

#341
Got a number for me in the JP-90 club?
Date on heel of original neck is Feb 09, 1993...
Some years ago I stripped/sanded of the white body paint, going for the natural grain
All is original... Original neck I have, but since it was a "whammy neck," I replaced it with a Warmoth birds eye maple neck...
I included a pic of the tunerless headstock with decal with serial number # N 014703...Made in USA
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#342
Jv-d said:
Got a number for me in the JP-90 club?
Date on heel of original neck is Feb 09, 1993...
Some years ago I stripped/sanded of the white body paint, going for the natural grain
All is original... Original neck I have, but since it was a "whammy neck," I replaced it with a Warmoth birds eye maple neck...
I included a pic of the tunerless headstock with decal with serial number # N 014703...Made in USAView attachment 4513677View attachment 4513678View attachment 4513679
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Awesome! I don't think I've ever seen one stripped. Welcome to the club,

#39!
 
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#345
Picton said:
The pages of this thread probably constitute most of the world's knowledge about this little gem. Lol.

Lots of stuff here. My own JP90 is not in my current rotation, but that's not its fault. I'll never sell. It brings a grin to my face every time I do pick it up.
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Mine is not in my rotation at prexent, either... But, even though I've had some pressure from the Boss-- wife-- to sell it, I keep it because it sounds like a Fender... And, sometimes you just need that Fender sound... Though I am not a big fan of Fender, I think they've gotten a bit to big for their britches, where they can exert pressure in the market to push out smaller competition... ,
anyway, regardless, I'm glad to have okept my JP 90...
And yes, if there was any club that could solve the world problems, it is this one!!
Merry Christmas to all you JP90ERS and your families!!!
 
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#346
Mine is all stock except for the BA bridge that I installed after getting the bass new at GC. When I grab a bass now, it's usually my Burning Fire (Gleary) or Ibanez SRX, depending on what sound I'm looking for.
 
#347
fretter said:
Mine is all stock except for the BA bridge that I installed after getting the bass new at GC. When I grab a bass now, it's usually my Burning Fire (Gleary) or Ibanez SRX, depending on what sound I'm looking for.
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Ya, sound we're looking for.... You're right
But there is always going to be that particular time, when we want that Fender sound...
Fender now being the leviathan it is, the Fender sound is historically iconic...
Therefore, its good to have in one's arsenal --( Not discounting those who use the JP 90 as their main axe... ) especially with a PJ pup configuration, it has some nice versatility!!!
 
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fretter said:
Mine is all stock except for the BA bridge that I installed after getting the bass new at GC. When I grab a bass now, it's usually my Burning Fire (Gleary) or Ibanez SRX, depending on what sound I'm looking for.
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LOL, I did the same thing 30 years ago. Bought the bass and the bridge the same day. Played it like that until last year when I did my rebuild documented in this thread.
 
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#352
fretter said:
One feature that I really like about the JP90 is the pickup selector switch. It's easy to see what pickup setting I'm using.
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Yeah, for a guy who cut his teeth on Telecaster guitars, there's nothing like having a 3-way switch.

I'm a Jbass guy mostly, and occasionally it gets into my head that I should rewire my Jazz to have a switch. But then again, I've got my #1 Jazz dialled in right now so that it sounds exactly like I want it. So I don't really mess with it much at all.

What drew me to the JP90 in the first place is what I still love most about it: that neck.
 
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Picton said:
Yeah, for a guy who cut his teeth on Telecaster guitars, there's nothing like having a 3-way switch.

I'm a Jbass guy mostly, and occasionally it gets into my head that I should rewire my Jazz to have a switch. But then again, I've got my #1 Jazz dialled in right now so that it sounds exactly like I want it. So I don't really mess with it much at all.

What drew me to the JP90 in the first place is what I still love most about it: that neck.
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Your neck was stable then?
 
#354
Jv-d said:
Your neck was stable then?
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It always has been.

Somewhere, a few pages back, there's some discussion about the relative stability of JP90 necks that adjust at the headstock vs the body, and mine adjusts at the body end. I was looking for one of those when I bought mine. What scant evidence was out there seemed to convince me that those were more stable, though this was many years ago that I did the research.
 
#355
Yeah, my neck has been very stable too. Head stock truss rod adjustment. Razor thin too. Just depends on the wood lottery I guess.

Opinions vary as to whether heal end truss adjust or head end truss adjust is better, but I suspect that it is just luck. Very thin neck just likely more susceptible.

They can be fixed though if they're not too crazy. Heat press is a good trick to straighten them out.
 
#356
I played mine a cuppla hours yesterday recording - has an active Duncan in the bridge position and sounds great.
Neck is stable, but action is high, despite months of messing with it (shims, truss rod, bridge ...).
I just ordered the Fender BA copy bridge and will install that, will take one more shot at doing a set-up.
If that fails, off to a luthier, if I can find one.
 
#357
I'll join the club. A nice round #40 is it? My first bass was the all black JP-90 in 1996, brand new from GC. I still have it and it is still great and without issue. With the exception of the input jack being moved to the lower outside edge of the body after an inadvertent step on a cable that snapped the lower part of the pick guard, the electronics all remain as they were when it was first purchased. I put some different color knobs on and a fashioned a matching little topper for pickup selector to add some pizazz. I've toyed with the idea of getting another custom pick guard cut for it, as I've just had a sticker over the old input hole where the snap occurred a few years after I bought it, as well as putting new pickups. But I have yet to be able to convince myself to get away from the original sound.
 
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AVFCbass said:
I'll join the club. A nice round #40 is it? My first bass was the all black JP-90 in 1996, brand new from GC. I still have it and it is still great and without issue. With the exception of the input jack being moved to the lower outside edge of the body after an inadvertent step on a cable that snapped the lower part of the pick guard, the electronics all remain as they were when it was first purchased. I put some different color knobs on and a fashioned a matching little topper for pickup selector to add some pizazz. I've toyed with the idea of getting another custom pick guard cut for it, as I've just had a sticker over the old input hole where the snap occurred a few years after I bought it, as well as putting new pickups. But I have yet to be able to convince myself to get away from the original sound.
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Sounds nice! You’ll be #40 when you post a pic, and I’m really curious about how the side jack works. Is it Tele style or Les Paul style (cup or plate?)

Welcome to the club!
 
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