Ibanez SR885: Neck pocket was cut improperly, causing all the strings to be about 1mm lower than they should have been until a mega shim was put in place. Ultra thin neck needed adjustment more often than most basses.
Zon Sonus 5/2: original neck had no truss rod and up-bowed. I have a suspicion that Zon necks aren't ready for the extra tension of a 35" scale. Zon replaced the neck, but returned it with a hairline crack in the finish by the neck pocket. The new neck also up-bowed, but I was able to adjust it thanks to the truss rod. Action could not be set as low as I would have liked.
Musicman 30th Anniversary Stingray: Low output on the G; forced me to lower the bass side of the pickup and raise the treble side pretty significantly.
Cort Curbow Fretless: Sloppy neck/neck pocket that allows about 1 mm of the wood of the neck to be visible when looking across the body. They all seem to have this flaw.
Warwick $$ Corvette: truss rod rattled in the body at one point -- don't know if you can call that a flaw, but it's the only time I've experienced it. I turned the rod a bit and then returned it to it's normal position; that took care of it. Also, the Warwick bridges made intonation adjustment a pain b/c the tailpiece gets in the way of the saddle screws.
Warwick Thumb: same story with the bridge. Also, I still can't understand the short upper-horn that leads to balance issues. Previous owner installed a JAN-III a tad sloppy -- I may just get a graphite one at some point. Otherwise may be the nicest basses I've laid hands on.
I would say that my other basses have been without flaws, though in many instances small design flaws (like the Warwick bridge issues) were found on some of my nicer sounding basses.
Zon Sonus 5/2: original neck had no truss rod and up-bowed. I have a suspicion that Zon necks aren't ready for the extra tension of a 35" scale. Zon replaced the neck, but returned it with a hairline crack in the finish by the neck pocket. The new neck also up-bowed, but I was able to adjust it thanks to the truss rod. Action could not be set as low as I would have liked.
Musicman 30th Anniversary Stingray: Low output on the G; forced me to lower the bass side of the pickup and raise the treble side pretty significantly.
Cort Curbow Fretless: Sloppy neck/neck pocket that allows about 1 mm of the wood of the neck to be visible when looking across the body. They all seem to have this flaw.
Warwick $$ Corvette: truss rod rattled in the body at one point -- don't know if you can call that a flaw, but it's the only time I've experienced it. I turned the rod a bit and then returned it to it's normal position; that took care of it. Also, the Warwick bridges made intonation adjustment a pain b/c the tailpiece gets in the way of the saddle screws.
Warwick Thumb: same story with the bridge. Also, I still can't understand the short upper-horn that leads to balance issues. Previous owner installed a JAN-III a tad sloppy -- I may just get a graphite one at some point. Otherwise may be the nicest basses I've laid hands on.
I would say that my other basses have been without flaws, though in many instances small design flaws (like the Warwick bridge issues) were found on some of my nicer sounding basses.
