From the title I was expecting a Strat neck on a Jazz body at the very least. Disappointed.
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How Is Fender USA Quality Control Soooo Horrible?
- Thread starter MARVIN MECKLER
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Hmmm - they line up perfectly on BOTH of my Squier Jazz basses ! (and they are not even tort !)
Well put me on the blacklist of TBers who couldn't see the obvious issue until it was specified in post #169.
With all due respect, I think you're overreacting.
I wouldn't have noticed to be honest. Does it sound good? Does it play well?
Strange to see the amazing success of this thread, as if it was one of the biggest problem is the world.
My cheapa$$ £150 Harley Benton JB lines up better that.
Absolutely shocking quality for the price you've paid, no pride in their work.
Absolutely shocking quality for the price you've paid, no pride in their work.
Whether the OP is being "nit picky" or not is subjective and besides the point imo. The point is, with modern precision machining and manufacturing, producing parts constantly within tolerance is easier than ever….even low budget brands do this. Fender has been around longer than most other brands, and has always seemed to have long cycles of quality ups and down. My 2018 Am Pro P is a good example, tight fit and great finish, while my 77 Jazz has a neck pocket gap you could drive a truck through
Not sure, but why do so many people continue to buy them instead of something better?
Bacchus, for example.
Bacchus, for example.
I think your Harley Benton actually has the best joint at the control plate/pickguard in this entire thread, including the Lakland and the Sandberg.
Probably a great bass!
I get they may be built well, but are they all that cheap looking? I'm not very familiar with Bacchus.
What's cheap looking, the superior finish, quality pickguard, excellent hardware ?
I get they may be built well, but are they all that cheap looking? I'm not very familiar with Bacchus.
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As someone who worked in quality for years I'm not surprised. It usually goes the most experienced people are the ones in the office doing paperwork and it's the newest guys on the floor doing checks. Companies are getting cheaper and everyone's quality seems to be suffering unless it's a smaller company only making a few guitars at a time. Companies have to commit to quality but it's usually a spot where cuts are made just like hr.
Yeah, not great, but that doesn't impact playability at all. If you've actually been alive for 40+ years, you'll have vivid memories still of 1980s Samicks with rusty frets in the wrong places out of the factory, misaligned necks, and non-functional truss rods and microphonic pickups. That was nonexistent quality control.
What we have here is just a sloppy Friday afternoon instrument slapped together in a factory that's more interested in volume than precision. I wouldn't buy it, but I think you're going way overboard on the hyperbole.
Show me one with a dried puddle of rat piss in the control cavity and I'll concede your point. Otherwise, just Fender backsliding into CBS-level malaise era instruments.
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Nothing cheap looking about it.
The small radiused edges, unflattering wood, shop-class stain job, clear pickguard, and flat black hardware scream 80's Series 10 to me.
But I'm sure it's built well and plays nice.
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Not even close.The small radiused edges, unflattering wood, shop-class stain job, clear pickguard, and flat black hardware scream 80's Series 10 to me.
Whether the OP is being "nit picky" or not is subjective and besides the point imo. The point is, with modern precision machining and manufacturing, producing parts constantly within tolerance is easier than ever….even low budget brands do this. Fender has been around longer than most other brands, and has always seemed to have long cycles of quality ups and down. My 2018 Am Pro P is a good example, tight fit and great finish, while my 77 Jazz has a neck pocket gap you could drive a truck through
I'm guessing the final fit of the control plate is done by hand, not machine. The last JB I owned (80s MIJ) the control plate was a rather random fit, so I just filled the screw holes and positioned it correctly. Compared to some of the Gibson QC fails that get outed on TGP this one is pretty mild.
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