J Neck on a P Body. How'd You Get There?

[sleddogn]

Best of both worlds

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[Gianni "Orlandez" Orlati]

Other: bought relevant Fender USA parts from The Stratosphere ..

 

[joeLowB]

I really just wanted a cost effective way into getting a fretless. I had an another P bass laying around that wasn't seeing much playing time, so I spec'ed out a nice fretless neck from Warmoth and put on that body. It turned out great. Feels and sounds awesome. I've slowly transitioned to playing 5s mostly now, so I don't really play it anymore. That bass is now for sale in the classifieds

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That's a beautiful bass! Wow!

Which 5 do you now play mostly?

 

[Lo-E]

I went the other way for a long time. I had an ESP fretless P neck that I ended up putting on a non-Fender J body. I never much cared for narrow necks.

 

[Bar Band Bassman]

Just bought a cheap Squier Sonic P

Me, too (two)!

BBB

 

[natbers78]

That's a beautiful bass! Wow!

Which 5 do you now play mostly?

Thank you! I play a Sadowsky PJ 5 and recently just got an Ibanez 5 string fretless.

 

[Reyalpabut]

I originally put this bass together about 30 years ago when I realized I had all the parts needed to build a P-Bass except for the body and pickguard. It's got a Warmoth Jazz Bass neck, Allparts alder body (Bought on eBay already painted for $40), Badass II bridge, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound p-bass pickup, and a Dimarzio j-bass pickup. I bought the pickguard online for $10. It orginally had tuning machines from a Peavey T-40 but I switched them out for Hipshot Ultralights 5 or 6 years ago to cure the neck dive. It still has the T-40 neck plate. About three years ago I added a custom wiring harness from Gunstreet Wiring with stacked volume knobs and a push-pull tone control that gives me either separate volume for each pickup or a single volume for both pickups. Everything except for the tuning machines and wiring harness is 1980s & 1990s vintage.

 

[Rayjay]

I've had 3

Flea neck from Stratosphere on a DocWood body (lost in fire)

Moses neck on a Squier (lost in fire)

Custom Shop P/J - didn't like the jazz U profile

Technically my Am St P5 and Am Pro II P5's both have the same neck they use on the jazz's

 

[joeLowB]

Thank you! I play a Sadowsky PJ 5 and recently just got an Ibanez 5 string fretless.

Excellent! Thanks!

 

[joeLowB]

I originally put this bass together about 30 years ago when I realized I had all the parts needed to build a P-Bass except for the body and pickguard. It's got a Warmoth Jazz Bass neck, Allparts alder body (Bought on eBay already painted for $40), Badass II bridge, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound p-bass pickup, and a Dimarzio j-bass pickup. I bought the pickguard online for $10. It orginally had tuning machines from a Peavey T-40 but I switched them out for Hipshot Ultralights 5 or 6 years ago to cure the neck dive. It still has the T-40 neck plate. About three years ago I added a custom wiring harness from Gunstreet Wiring with stacked volume knobs and a push-pull tone control that gives me either separate volume for each pickup or a single volume for both pickups. Everything except for the tuning machines and wiring harness is 1980s & 1990s vintage.

That's a beautiful bass and an even better story!

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[chris_b]

The narrower Jazz neck was designated the A neck by Fender. Precision basses were offered with various necks and the A was one of them. I bought mine in new 1969.

 

[DuluthDank]

Ever since Fender discontinued the Fretted Tony Franklin, IMO the best fretted Fender PJ, short of the custom shop, is a Tony Franklin body and American Pro II neck. I got mine at the Stratosphere a few years ago for a little over a grand.

 

[SeaDunk]

There is this too which I have. Harley Benton MV4-PJ (The do just a P also). I love this bass, alder body, roasted maple j spec neck with blocks and binding, lumilay dots. A brilliant bass for £200.

 

[Inky13]

Just bought a cheap Squier Sonic P

Same. Haven't owned a fretted bass in decades and the thinner neck sealed the deal.

 

[GIBrat51]

Fender first showed the "narrow neck" option for the Precision Bass in the 1970 price lists, it's still in the 1978 lists but absent from the 1979 lists. It was available for right or left hand, fretted or fretless.

BTW, all modern Fender 5 strings use the same necks. My AmStd J5 has the same neck dimensions as the AmStd P I used to own.

Guess that means I got really lucky, 'cause I have no love for a "normal" P-Bass neck... As for their 5-ers? No love - or use - for them, regardless of their necks... Half of the music I play doesn't even need 4 strings, to be honest...

 

[selowitch]

2009 Fender American Deluxe Precision Bass in Amber

 

[brianrost]

I really just wanted a cost effective way into getting a fretless. I had an another P bass laying around that wasn't seeing much playing time, so I spec'ed out a nice fretless neck from Warmoth and put on that body.

When I bought my 62 P from Bass NW (RIP) it came with two necks. They told me the guy wwho brought it in for a trade had put a Warmoth fretless J neck on it. When they told him it would be worth much more if it had the original factory neck he said he'd go home and look for it. He found it so they sold it with the P neck back on the bass and the Warmoth J tossed in to sweeten the deal. I flipped the neck for $100 or so.

 

[Pings Bass]

80d MiJ "Jazz Bass Special" jazz neck on a P body with PJ pickups. The neck is indeed special on this one

 

[natbers78]

When I bought my 62 P from Bass NW (RIP) it came with two necks. They told me the guy wwho brought it in for a trade had put a Warmoth fretless J neck on it. When they told him it would be worth much more if it had the original factory neck he said he'd go home and look for it. He found it so they sold it with the P neck back on the bass and the Warmoth J tossed in to sweeten the deal. I flipped the neck for $100 or so.

Good deal!

 

[pbass2]

Wish I had a pic, but many moons ago I had a Tokai Hardpuncher with a Warmoth Jazz neck. Killer bass, shoulda kept it.