I thought in the past Fender offered P necks in various alphabetically denominated profiles that included a narrow nut, or was it just C, D, V, profiles? I worry more about depth than width and the four or five P width necks I've had on basses have been fine as they were otherwise slim. Everything's J width currently, including the P/Js
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Is It Really Too Much to Ask?
- Thread starter Snakeman1066
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On EMGTV YouTube, I saw a video of Bobby Vega talking about his old P-basses and other guys in that era with P-basses, and how all of them modded the P with a J neck of a different year. So this is a long standing mod.
I think the low G&L numbers are due to their low output. There is always a backlog. It takes 2 months at least to get one. There are virtually none in stock. Even though GC sells them, they don't put them on the floor. That means low sales numbers. But from what I've seen, when one comes into a store, it's gone very quickly. And even though I like the custom aspect of what they can do, most guys don't want to go through that. Like the OP, they just want to walk in a store, like a bass, and go home with it.
You are right that Fender has done lots of bass innovation. The problem seems to be not that it's not enough for some people, but rather they seem to be trying to find the next J-bass or P-bass that will dominate the market. I think this is a pretty big job so most things are not the one. What this means is that new things in the Fender catalog are not there in the next catalog. So except for a couple things I missed out on (like say Roscoe Beck) I have a policy of getting out and trying the new stuff right away and if you love it BUY IT RIGHT THEN. Because tomorrow? Who knows.
That's just a guess - I'll guess that if the market would support larger sales for them, they would've increased their production capability...
Yuppers, I had the Roscoe Beck in my head the whole time I was writing that. I, luckily, did not miss out on that, but I was my stupid self and sold it. What a great bass, executed by Fender about as well as you could ask and now it is gone. The electronics on that bass are amazing, made me forget all about active basses for a while.
for some reason comments like this continue to bug me...
Fender already manufactures three different Nut Widths with the "Precision" Moniker on the headstock
1. 1.62"
2. 1.75"
3. 1.5" (these are found on the 70's P/J specials and are currently what all of my "P" basses are wearing...I suspect they are simply a Jazz Neck with a Precision Decal, but as I don't work for Fender I have no idea)
again...
I'm not asking for a custom nut width, I'm not asking for custom scale length, I'm not asking for a custom color, and I'm not not asking for a custom wiring harness, I'm nit asking for custom pick-ups, or even a custom guard...all of the available parts needed are currently manufactured across every price point in every product line Fender currently makes...nothing custom at all
so how is what I'm asking for a custom spec?
For the love of mike I just want them to bolt a Jazz neck to a precision body...is that really too much to ask?
A few years ago this would have fit nicely in their "Pawn Shop" line
Today it would go nicely as part of their "Parallel Universe" line along with Jazz basses with Precision necks and both P and J basses with reverse headstocks!!!
Over three hundred posts later, the answer is clearly "yes."
You yourself point out they apparently used to bolt re-decaled Jazz necks onto Precisions during the '70s. They plainly did not continue doing that. There must have been a reason, and the simplest one is lack of demand. That's often why successful businesses discontinue things.
So, once again, your preferred specs do not seem to be as popular as you believe they are.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
Yes, over more than half a century they did different things. Right now it isn't what they are making, so you want a custom order. Such is life.
They aren't going to do that.
Fender makes cookie cutter basses that they can churn out by the hundreds. Something like that has too small of a demand. Luckily Fender necks and replacements are all over the place. You will have to do the swap yourself or have someone else do it.
The Peavey Fury is a standard P config with a thin neck.
The Lakland Skyline 44-64 has a split single coil version that has a neck closer to a jazz neck.
Yes indeedy ! I Just need a Strat. MW is my favorite Fender color.
The neck is a genuine Fender P bass Special replacement neck, perfect out of the box.
Believe me I have thought about a second one. The J neck is a FSR, a nice neck in and of itself.
I own the same Jazz...and at one point it was wearing the Neck that my Ash FSR (on the left) is now wearing....which also happens to be a P bass Special edition neck...lol
Thanks Piction...I prefer Maple boards...
almost all of my current P's are wearing P bass special necks which are badged precision but have a 1.5" jazz nut
And for those that care I have a Sunburst body and a Jazz neck in the mail headed my way...NBD coming soon
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The Flea Active is 1.6 at the but. A 1/4 inch less than a standard P. That is a 4th from what you have listed.
