Pbass with a Jazz Neck

[bornwelsh]

Hi All, I've just posted an ad on a local muso forum here in Melbourne looking for someone who would want to trade their MIJ PBass body for a MIJ Fender 75 RI Jazz body.

I have two Jazz basses and I would like a Pbass, but prefer the Jazz neck profile.

Are there any TBer's out there that have done this and would be willing to share their experience and maybe some pics?

 

[slyjoe]

Lots of people have done it, including Fender. Here is a modest example.

It's easy - what kind of questions do you have? The only issue I have run into are that some MIJ body screw holes don't line up exactly with MIA or MIM necks.

 

[Dark Horse]

These two have Jazz width necks on them. Both are very comfortable to play. Overall it's a pretty popular mod.



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[bornwelsh]

I don't have any specific questions, I was hoping the exercise would be pretty straight forward so this was more about if I had missed something obvious. Well, that and an excuse for others to post their endeavours in this area and somewhere to post mine if/when I get there! I was hoping that by sticking with a MIJ/CIJ the screw holes would match.

Thanks for the reply.

 

[Rat Blitz]

I've got a Warmoth P-bass with Jazz sized Purple-Heart neck. It's a great sounding bass.

Sorry bout the low quality image. Will try to post better one later.

 

[Dark Horse]

I don't have any specific questions, I was hoping the exercise would be pretty straight forward so this was more about if I had missed something obvious. Well, that and an excuse for others to post their endeavours in this area and somewhere to post mine if/when I get there! I was hoping that sticking with a MIJ/CIJ the screw holes would match.

Thanks for the reply.

Most likely everything will match up, but even if it doesn't, it is a pretty easy "fix".

 

[bornwelsh]

Thanks guys, great looking basses.

Rat Blitz, love the tort on red combo.

Dark Horse, digging the blocks and binding. The jazz neck I'm using is from a MIJ 75 RI, so white blocks and binding on maple, ideally I'd like a nice vintage white Pbass body and I'm thinking an anodized pickguard.

 

[BartmanPDX]

Anodized guard, you say?

I'm a Jazz neck guy too:

Dark Horse is right, it's a popular mod.

 

[elgecko]

This one has a Modulus VJ neck simply because VJ necks are a lot easier to come by than precision-width Modulus necks.

 

[bornwelsh]

Sweet! I'm getting seriously enthused about this project now...