How to Convert a Jazz into a Precision

[2cooltoolz]

WHAAAA....

 

[roller]

The Infiniti has a rear seat, while the Nissan doesn't. You'd have a one of a kind 370Z 2+2! Or was your question rhetorical?

I think you figured it out.

 

[buldog5151bass]

This is why I don't buy cheap generic stuff from the internet. Even if they advertise a specific model, you have no idea what you are buying.

 

[lfmn16]

$89 shipped? The only magic there is making your money disappear.

 

[Deleted member 165050]

The only thing you can be sure of getting from that listing is a box of parts that might make a bass guitar of some sort. The seller gets full marks for optimism

 

[funkysteve]

There is a reasonable explanation for the second picture, although it's highly unlikely it was intentional. The ad says 5% off when buying two or more kits. Maybe the P bass is supposed to be the second kit you buy, because everybody knows one Jazz bass is enough.

Gave you a like for this even though I own 2 Jazz basses. I'm in treatment though and everyone's optimistic. I can quit any time...

 

[cchorney]

Pardon my ignorance, but wouldn't the body in the first pic be considered a PJ?

The body is routed for flexibility, since that big hole is covered by the pickguard. They probably use the same body in multiple kits - P+J, H+J, or Soapbar+J maybe. But since the pictures show the kit coming with two J pickups, that particular kit was intended to be a Jazz bass.

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

Apparently, this kit can make magic happen. (See first picture)
JAZZ Bass Style 4-String Electric Bass Rosewood Fingerboard DIY Kit Xmas Gift | eBay

That's amazing!
The kit must include a lot of stuff not shown in the photo.

Will it take another $89 to convert it back?

I think the pick guard morphing trick is really cool.
What's it made of? Silly Putty?

 

[BassFishingInAmerica]

The kit must also turn into a Squier, shown by the neck plate in pic #5.

 

[madbass6]

Apparently, this kit can make magic happen. (See first picture)
JAZZ Bass Style 4-String Electric Bass Rosewood Fingerboard DIY Kit Xmas Gift | eBay

When it's to good
(or in this case to easy)
to be true , it Ussualy is !

 

[40Hz]

Yes. The 1975 issue with Elvin Bishop on the cover. First issue I ever bought.

That ad campaign with the fairy tale theme and artwork was one of the best Fender ever ran. The Snow White one with the magic mirror and the witch was another classic. The witch's guitar looked like a hunk of old raw wood. And her strap was a hunk of heavy chain. Snow White was holding what looked like a Mary Kaye Strat. So tell me, "Who's the fairest of all?"

 

[Smooth_bass88]

What's wrong with a little Christmas magic? Turning a J into a P isn't that big a deal when you consider UPS routinely changes high end basses into kindling.

Take it easy there, guy. My brother is a hard working and proud UPS driver. He regularly works 12 hour days so people can get the crap they want.

 

[MisterFabulous]

Most MIA and MIM Fender Jazz basses have a big rout in the neck/front pickup area. With a Pbass pickup and appropriate pickguard you could have a hot-rodded jazz with little fuss.

 

[BassFishingInAmerica]

 

[BooDoggie]

Funny how they never show the front of the headstock with the tuners installed. Just looking at the pic of the kit, I bet the tuners don't line up with the slots in the nut... There was a tread earlier this week about a guy that went cheep on a neck for a frankenbass build that was having trouble getting the nut to stay in the right place when he put strings on it and tried to tune it to pitch... What a total POS kit. Strait from the same Chinese Chop shops that try to pass off cheap replicas as actual Fenders...

EDIT: You could probably get a better bass off of the mark-down rack at your nearest pawnshop for the same or even less money and have a better instrument...

 

[Fender_Bender]

I think this explains the origin of the "custom shop" Fender with the red logo from last week. The oversized neck pickup route looks identical.

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

to really do it right, you're going to need to replace the body, the neck, the hardware and the electronics, as well as the pickguard.

 

[BaltBass5]

Buy a P bass body (loaded) and a Jazz Bass neck (loaded) from Stratosphere. Wait 3 days for it to arrive...voila!

 

[ivorytower]

How to turn a Jazz into a Precision:

1. Sell the Jazz.
2. Buy a Precision.

Buy a Blacktop Jazz

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

Or, you can just buy a squire p for like 200 bucks, and have both