Sorry dude. You’ll have to contact the Chevy Custom Shop for final determination.
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Is It Really Too Much to Ask?
- Thread starter Snakeman1066
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Do you really think this a realistic comparison? Really? Jazz necks on P basses are pretty common.
You know what else I like? Precision knurled knobs. I hate Jazz style knobs. I changed them out on my Jazz and Mustang too. I'm tired of doing that. Why doesn't Fender offer Precision knobs on a Jazz? They have tons of them right there.
It makes zero difference whether it is the same thing or not. I don’t care how common they are, I’m sure it would be a lot more common if they just did what I want.
The point is, for what I hope is the last time it will need to be made in this post, Fender is not making this combination and the OP needs to get over it. I can’t have my 300 horsepower Cruise and he is not getting a straight up P with a J neck...at least from Chevy or Fender directly. But, in this great world we live in, I could get my Cruise although it might take a while, but I could have the OPs bass this afternoon if I really wanted one. And then, the whining in this thread would stop!!!!!
this is a terrible analogy as the corvette engine will not bolt to the cruze frame...not to mention the car was actually built by Suzuki/Daewoo...and they do at least offer the car with a larger turbo charged engine...and by adding the last sentence it sounds like a three year old temper tantrum
There is absolutely no reason why Fender cannot offer this as part of their parallel universe line...or have offered it on the past as part of their pawnshop line, or a host of various other lines in the company's past...
again I maintain they are missing out on at the very least a few thousand sales a year by not offering this as an option
I bet KIA could retool their line to make a Corvette, with a J-neck...
... I'm writing my congressman.
... I'm writing my congressman.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
And again, the majority of us maintain that if Fender could make more money doing it, they would. I think they have a better handle on the market than you do.
you guys are way to funny...
there is no re-tooling involved at all...this combination takes no more effort than someone actually bolting part A to part B
and really being part of a discussion isn't just to say deal with it and move on...as all these post do is make me want to post even more
FWIW I have a Burst P Body in route as well as Maple J neck...the hardware is already here...so a NBD is coming...
once again the entire point of this thread is to debate WHY Fender doesn't have this as a standard offering when it is in fact a very popular mod...
If you don't care to participate or do anything besides type move on...why come in here at all? other than to be churlish and crass
Know what else was a very popular mod? Bad Ass bridges...which Fender does in fact now offer..(Their version at least)
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Done, but I sent my inquiry via Fender. I'll report back when I get a response.
This is exciting... I hope I get a free tee shirt.
This is exciting... I hope I get a free tee shirt.
good luck with that...I got basically hey we don't deal with the public...how dare you contact us...please talk to the custom shop through a dealer...
Phone, or email? When I've phoned them (usually regarding a serial number check, they've been pretty cool).
Yes, it all does come down to the BOTTOM LINE. How much can they make off the addition to the line. Not enough, apparently. I myself couldn't find my particular type of Fender Jazz fretless so I Franken-Fendered mine together from the internet purchases. It's Fender enough in my book Unless Spidey gets something new in answer to his inquiry, I don't believe Fender policy will change anytime soon.
. Have a nice day, guys!
It's odd. On my fretted Jazz, I used metal knobs like a Precision. I just liked the look at the time.
Yeah, neither of us would have to do that if Fender didn't hate its customers.
I seriously doubt that they responded in anything that comes close to the tone you are implying. Their business model for custom shop instruments is for the consumer to buy through a dealer. Why you would expect them to say anything different is beyond me. You are asking for a custom shop instrument.
Clearly you have some misconceived notions about how businesses actually work. They are not going to make, what you think is a simple change which is not nearly that simple, based on one potential customer’s email. Bring them facts, numbers,
Indeed. Maybe Fender can run some sort of knob and neck exchange to make everyone happy. Plus pickguards as I changed one of mine out from tort, but others have some desire to have tort on their basses. I still have one with tort on but have been considering changing it.
I bought a Telecaster bass about the same time I bought the Jazz with metal knobs, which was handy as the Telecaster bass had had the original knobs changed for Jazz bass ones.
