People have been putting jazz necks on P basses since 1961...so one would think (since there are pro players who do this as well) that in almost 60 years time somebody at Fender would go hey why don't we make this a standard option...
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Is It Really Too Much to Ask?
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People have been putting jazz necks on P basses since 1961...so one would think (since there are pro players who do this as well) that in almost 60 years time somebody at Fender would go hey why don't we make this a standard option...
It is part of the fun...don't get me wrong...however I'm getting on in years and it would be nice to not have to hunt down the parts, haggle, wait, and have to assemble them....in contrast to walking into and out of a store with what you want...for once
AND....that is exactly the point of this thread...it shouldn't have to be a dream bass...they make all the necessary parts already across just about every single one of their product lines...somewhere in there is room for this to be a standard option
example: enough people slapped a Badass bridge on Fender basses...that eventually it is now standard equipment on some of their offerings (at Least heir version of it)....so why not a Jazz necks on a P bass?
Hey, Fender has a game plan that works. Just like Taco Bell, they have two or three basic flavors sold under a few dozen different names.
I would buy one (again). Seems like the sound of a bass and the feel of a bass both should be optional. Yep, you can get your preferred specs from somewhere else or a home build but it doesn't seem out of line to think that someone at Fender might decide that a hybrid would have a market.
There are basically three characteristics that define a P bass or J bass. Unless it is a signature model, I don't expect Fender wants to create overlap. I imagine you'd have just as many people who would pickup the bass in the store and be disappointed and say "if only it had a real P neck."
Totally agree with op. He is not asking nothing from other world... For me a 38 or 40mm nut width is great and I love the Precisions
Griping here won't help. Go to the next NAMM and talk to a Fender rep.
"They got the parts lying around at the factory" - Ford does too, but I can't buy a Ford F-150 with a Ford Taurus body in a three-color sunburst.
Go to a custom builder for your build and have them stick a Fender logo on the headstock.
"They got the parts lying around at the factory" - Ford does too, but I can't buy a Ford F-150 with a Ford Taurus body in a three-color sunburst.
Go to a custom builder for your build and have them stick a Fender logo on the headstock.
Closest thing was the Jazz Bass Special.
P body, P pup, J neck, MIJ, pretty sure just black and maybe certain solid colors but no bursts. Mid 80’s
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Oooops.....forgot you don’t want the dang J pup too
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Not according to the marketing department at Fender. If they felt there was profit to be made on such a configuration, they would be doing it.THE ENTIRE POINT OF THIS THREAD IS THAT A P BASS WITH A JAZZ NECK SHOULD BE A STANDARD FENDER OFFERING !!!!! (Already Stated)
thanks...
Half the TB posts about Fender are "why can't I have a bass with features X, Y, Z, and Q"...
...and the other half of TB posts are "Why do they mess around with a dozen variations on everything, all anyone really wants is just a P or a J."
Fender does have a custom shop. And if that's too expensive, there are a lot of other brands out there.
...and the other half of TB posts are "Why do they mess around with a dozen variations on everything, all anyone really wants is just a P or a J."
Fender does have a custom shop. And if that's too expensive, there are a lot of other brands out there.
A taurus body won't bolt up to a F-150 frame and they don't offer a sunburst paint job...A Jazz Neck will bolt to a P body and they do offer a sunburst paint job...(More than one actually) not a good comparison at all
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Then Fender is obviously missing the mark and not paying attention...they are driving potential customers to Lakland (Which does offer a jazz neck on a P body) and is the very reason why places like Mighty Mite, Moses, Warmoth, USCG, and a host of other companies exist because Fender won't give them what they want...so they get it elsewhere
obviously you missed it when several other people piped up and agreed with me...so no not just for me...this is a practice that has been done for about 60 years...and I'm not the only one that would buy one if it were a standard option
you're right, they're cheaper and nicer
Cheaper? on what planet? Nicer? according to whom?
Again Fender makes Sunburst P basses across almost all of their price points, as well as bound and blocked Jazz necks across almost all of their price points....let's see you spec out a Warmoth build with my proposed parameters including hardware and electronics for the same price a new MIM P bass...or at the cost of A VM Squier P bass...
Which Fender could easily do...as the parts already exist
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