Uneven bass neck?

[Zooberwerx]

If you like the tone and look, take it to a good tech and have them look at it.

Its very difficult/impossible to diagnose via a few photos.

But with bolt-on instruments, 95% of these kind of issues can be quickly solved and sorted out by a competent tech, or on your own if you’re inclined to learn and purchase a few tools.

It would help if you took a photo from the back looking into the gap between the neck and body.

There's two camps-in-play: the "let's do some diagnostics" and the "it's not right...send it back". I can fault neither but reside with the former. Then again, I'm pretty much able to dissect things without goochin' up the works and re-assemble without detection.

I just hate the idea of sending back something that may easily become one helluva player.

Riis

 

[rashrader]

Do not accept a fraudulent listing!!! Return that bass!!!

 

[wiscoaster]

....Could you all take a look at the pictures and let me know your thoughts?

Yes, it's uneven, and yes, if it buzzes it's not right, and yes, if it's new you have every right to reject it as defective. You could probably make it right by removing the neck and shimming it, but that's a lot of work (involving a complete new setup from scratch) and if you don't know what you're doing, your probability of success is low. You could certainly get it made right by a professional luthier (NOT a GC "guitar tech") but that's going to be time-intensive and therefore expensive. Best option here is a return or an exchange.

 

[wvv]

Thank you all for the replies.
I have returned the bass. The seller inspected it and he did find asymmetry in the depth of the neck heel itself.
Quote “This amounted to 0.75 mm deeper on the G side than on the E side and was attributed to the outermost wood lamina being asymmetrical (though entirely flat on both surfaces). This is clearly a Fender 'birth defect', so kudos for seeing it. It will be easy to fix by very carefully planing/sanding the neck to an even 23.5 mm all the way around. I will have this done by a professional.”

 

[Zooberwerx]

Thank you all for the replies.
I have returned the bass. The seller inspected it and he did find asymmetry in the depth of the neck heel itself.
Quote “This amounted to 0.75 mm deeper on the G side than on the E side and was attributed to the outermost wood lamina being asymmetrical (though entirely flat on both surfaces). This is clearly a Fender 'birth defect', so kudos for seeing it. It will be easy to fix by very carefully planing/sanding the neck to an even 23.5 mm all the way around. I will have this done by a professional.”

So you're getting it back?

Riis

 

[wvv]

So you're getting it back?

Riis

No, the seller refunded me.