Quite an unfortunate saga. No excuse. Thirty lashes Fender!
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Fender Strikes Again
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Quite an unfortunate saga. No excuse. Thirty lashes Fender!
I think we all want to see pics of this non-70s Fender Body having excess room for a Fender Replacement Neck to fit into.
My last run-in with a Fender Authorized Tech wasn’t very reassuring of the idea of them being able to do much more than change strings, adjust intonation & relief.
I’d be inclined to say to the tech that I’ll take my body, the new neck, the old neck, and let someone else (me) assemble it.
My last run-in with a Fender Authorized Tech wasn’t very reassuring of the idea of them being able to do much more than change strings, adjust intonation & relief.
I’d be inclined to say to the tech that I’ll take my body, the new neck, the old neck, and let someone else (me) assemble it.
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Man that sucks but something just doesn't seem right...
The cosmic jade player plus is available on guitar center/MF. If you buy from them you get a return window at least.
Hi Josh 
Ski jumps can happen to all one piece bolt on necks!
(even those with a fretboard)
Fender strikes again! I give them that!
They could have said "Sorry but no, your warranty has run out".
Instead they give you a new bass after two years and two months!
That's actually very cool!
greetings
Wise(b)ass
Ski jumps can happen to all one piece bolt on necks!
(even those with a fretboard)Fender strikes again! I give them that!
They could have said "Sorry but no, your warranty has run out".
Instead they give you a new bass after two years and two months!
That's actually very cool!
greetings
Wise(b)ass
I'm sorry you had to deal with all that. It's cool that Fender serviced the bass beyond the two year warranty period, but that's the least they could do to make up for the simple and serious flaws they shipped that bass with. That two month warranty extension they offered represents about 0.23% of the time the p bass has been in production. You'd think they'd have the kinks worked out by now!
Sorry to read about your struggles with Fender. Were you unable to return it for a refund? I'm assuming you tried that too, but it wasn't mentioned so had to ask...
Going to shops for years.. playing them.. buy them.. setting them up..
My cousins old Mexican pbsss has a stripped nut.. when I play a Mexican bass I check the relief.. the feel.. and dead spots.. the Mexican series I liked the most was the pawnshop.. The roadworn were Nice.. but you have to watch the gain on the neck.. a overly flamed neck tends to banana.. I Thomasik Infelt jazz flats.. which baby most bassist.. but the reason why I think a ton of Mexican basses are a mess is the price verse the qc of all the basses I've played.. Just to be honest I have a crap load ok korean P basses.. and for the price to quality even back in the 90's they were even nicer back then..
You have to heat the neck. back bow the neck.. then straighten it.. drill two pilots holes in put 12in screws in the neck to reinforce the neck..Ski jumps can happen to all one piece bolt on necks!
Hi Adienn7
No!
Нет
Non
Nein!
I don't have to do that! None of my basses has a ski jump!
greetings
Wise(b)ass
No!
Нет
Non
Nein!
I don't have to do that! None of my basses has a ski jump!
greetings
Wise(b)ass
Bummer! At least the Fiesta Red finish is much better in person than it looks in photos (red is not an easy color to photograph), so the audience won't mind it as a placeholder.
It's funny, I had to reverse-shim my Mustang PJ when I bought it new (in 2020) due to the neck pocket causing the strings to not bottom out, but TOP out. I ended up modding it a few ways, including a bridge with more tolerance, so it's a comfy player now.
However, the 50s Classic P I picked up new in I think 2015 has been the most maintenance-free instrument I've ever owned, and I've traded thru a few things. It needed literally just a couple of small setup adjustments out of the box and has absolutely ripped since. 2nd place goes to my bought-pre-owned '04 Lākland Skyline Deluxe, which only requires more maintenance because it has a battery heh.
Where Fender's concerned, I just can't predict it. And I don't understand how in a CNC machine process an instrument can come out with actual problems of manufacture. Like, are there no presets? Can one not plop a hunk of wood into the cutter and get a consistent set of cuts? Maybe I give too much credit to what I thought was a revolutionary technology.
It's funny, I had to reverse-shim my Mustang PJ when I bought it new (in 2020) due to the neck pocket causing the strings to not bottom out, but TOP out. I ended up modding it a few ways, including a bridge with more tolerance, so it's a comfy player now.
However, the 50s Classic P I picked up new in I think 2015 has been the most maintenance-free instrument I've ever owned, and I've traded thru a few things. It needed literally just a couple of small setup adjustments out of the box and has absolutely ripped since. 2nd place goes to my bought-pre-owned '04 Lākland Skyline Deluxe, which only requires more maintenance because it has a battery heh.
Where Fender's concerned, I just can't predict it. And I don't understand how in a CNC machine process an instrument can come out with actual problems of manufacture. Like, are there no presets? Can one not plop a hunk of wood into the cutter and get a consistent set of cuts? Maybe I give too much credit to what I thought was a revolutionary technology.
Ok so it seems there’s an issue at the heel of the neck, causing a ski-jump?
I struggle to understand how a neck pocket that is too wide would cause such problem?
My #1 bass is a Warmoth/Fender hybrid. Warmoth body, Fender Am Perf neck. The neck pocket is a tad too wide (or the neck a tad too narrow), causing a very small gap, but the bass plays absolutely fine (and you wouldn’t notice the gap if you didn’t know).
I struggle to understand how a neck pocket that is too wide would cause such problem?
My #1 bass is a Warmoth/Fender hybrid. Warmoth body, Fender Am Perf neck. The neck pocket is a tad too wide (or the neck a tad too narrow), causing a very small gap, but the bass plays absolutely fine (and you wouldn’t notice the gap if you didn’t know).
I can understand your frustration but it seems to me the Fender warranty service had worked pretty well. Believe me, there's others brands that don't procede this way at all. Give a chance on the Fiesta Red.
Hi Josh
Ski jumps can happen to all one piece bolt on necks!
Fender strikes again! I give them that!
They could have said "Sorry but no, your warranty has run out".
Instead they give you a new bass after two years and two months!
That's actually very cool!
greetings
Wise(b)ass
Had same thoughts
I get it. Odd issue. Doesn’t make sense. But I’m just tired of dealing with it. This isn’t my #1 or even my #2. Just loved the color. And I get that it’s cool fender is honoring their warranty two months past expiration, but this isn’t an issue that ‘developed’, it left the factory this way.
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I wonder if this is like the Ultra Jazz (I think)
That has the G string falling off the neck/fretboard because the bridge was too wide. I don't know if they ever fixed that. You could see it in photos in ads for them at the time. I think it was the Ultras?
