If you want to complete the look, you can sand off the decal and replace with a p-one. It takes some patience to sink the decal into the finish, but it's an easy DIY project. Plan on having the bass out of action for about a week.
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I gave my Precision a makeover
- Thread starter Ryno1330
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This works too.
1966 Jazz neck on a 1970 P body with added Jazz PU
Some may say this is an abomination but I found a good price here on a 70s jazz neck with hipshot tuners (unused) I couldn't turn down so I grabbed it. So what do you think, are the block inlays just wrong on a P? I would have preferred dots but I actually like them.
Of course I added a tort guard and also put a Fender pure Original 63 pickup in. This pic was right before I put LaBella DTFs on it.
So now I feel like a total lemming but in all honesty I am a jazz bass and Dingwall guy about 90% of the time but I really needed a P-bass for, you know - that tone.
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Abomination???? What the H E double hockey sticks you talkin’ about? That is awesome. Really nice.
Lol thanks - I thought a block neck wouldn't be cool with some of the P purists but I completely forgot that's what Duck played.
Some may say this is an abomination but I found a good price here on a 70s jazz neck with hipshot tuners (unused) I couldn't turn down so I grabbed it. So what do you think, are the block inlays just wrong on a P
Of course I added a tort guard and also put a Fender pure Original 63 pickup in. This pic was right before I put LaBella DTFs on it.
So now I feel like a total lemming but in all honesty I am a jazz bass and Dingwall guy about 90% of the time but I really needed a P-bass for, you know - that tone.
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I'm a FrankenFender enthusiast myself.
Not a darn thing wrong with that bad boy ... it's very "surf" looking (and that's a beautiful thing, IMHO). In the function department, J necks on Ps are great if that's the neck profile you prefer and that Fender Pure Vintage '63 pickup is one of the best traditional style P pickups money can buy, IMHO.
I'm gonna qualify this,I'm 68 and have been playing for the last 55 years, some gigs only a handful of people- biggest 65000. I own and restored a 1957 Corvette I replaced the brakes with 4 wheel discs and the carb with modern fuel injection, people have told me I ruined a classic- shag-em! It's my car my reply is always , get one of your own a do what you want with it. This is YOUR bass and if it feels good and plays well, i.e. plays in tune and has the qualities you want in an instrument, then it is perfect! With the color combo you have, this bass looks really good. I have also been a builder and repairman for the past 22 years and I have seen some atrocious things come through my shop. If someone wants me to rout a Jazz bass pickup into a 1962 P bass I will not do it. I simply advise them that they would be better served if they bought a different body or even complete bass that is not collectable, and have that one modified. If they insist I tell them to take it somewhere else. I like your bass and I think you made a good choiceSome may say this is an abomination but I found a good price here on a 70s jazz neck with hipshot tuners (unused) I couldn't turn down so I grabbed it. So what do you think, are the block inlays just wrong on a P
Of course I added a tort guard and also put a Fender pure Original 63 pickup in. This pic was right before I put LaBella DTFs on it.
So now I feel like a total lemming but in all honesty I am a jazz bass and Dingwall guy about 90% of the time but I really needed a P-bass for, you know - that tone.
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It's nice that they have the same 34" scale length and the same distance between the bridge and neck pocket. A lot of Strat guys tried to install Tele necks only to discover that it would require the bridge to be in a different position.
Also a tele neck is flat across the bottom of the neck where as a Strat has a radius, so they do not interchange as easily as a Jazz to P bass
That looks good. What I find troubling is fretless block board Jazz necks. I wouldn't want to have all that inlay under my fingers if I was playing fretless.
But that's exactly what Bireli Lagrene plays - a defretted 70's block neck Jazz bass - when he gets into his Jaco thing, and he sounds frighteningly like Jaco on it.
Also one of my long time heroes Richard Sinclair defretted his block neck 70's Jazz and did a bunch of other things to it, and sounds majestic on it. He sounded great when the bass was fretted, but it took on an added dimension after the defret.
But that's exactly what Bireli Lagrene plays - a defretted 70's block neck Jazz bass - when he gets into his Jaco thing, and he sounds frighteningly like Jaco on it.
Also one of my long time heroes Richard Sinclair defretted his block neck 70's Jazz and did a bunch of other things to it, and sounds majestic on it. He sounded great when the bass was fretted, but it took on an added dimension after the defret.
Love it!Some may say this is an abomination but I found a good price here on a 70s jazz neck with hipshot tuners (unused) I couldn't turn down so I grabbed it. So what do you think, are the block inlays just wrong on a P
Of course I added a tort guard and also put a Fender pure Original 63 pickup in. This pic was right before I put LaBella DTFs on it.
So now I feel like a total lemming but in all honesty I am a jazz bass and Dingwall guy about 90% of the time but I really needed a P-bass for, you know - that tone.
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Great looking bass. I would put a bridge cover on it...I love those things but thats just me.
