New Fender American Jazz Bass in Miami Blue... very pretty but it has a severe Backbow in the neck!
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- This brand new 2021 Fender American Jazz bass in Miami Blue looks great, but it is hiding a secret... a severe backbow and a truss rod that wont compensate for it. Despite that, I am able to get the bass playing well (it will probably need a neck shim in the near future as well. Enjoy the video!
-Steve
Manotick StringWorks
Ottawa, Ontario
sroymsw@gmail.com
For how much that bass cost it is absolutely unacceptable that it left the factory in that condition with multiple issues the chief one being that neck. It's a sad statement for Fender when my Sire Bass comes from the factory in perfect shape needing only a minor setup; meanwhile, a "Made in the USA" Fender "American Professional II" costing more than 3x as much requires so much attention. NIce video!
I couldn't agree more
Wow thats strange it even passed QC at Fender. I recently got a Rickenbacker 330 where the on the dual truss rods, one of them isnt engaged. It basically wont do anything. I managed to get the working one to work a bit better and made it playable but these companies making expensive instruments need to take QC a bit more seriously. Great vid!
Thanks for watching. It is disappointing when you pay a lot for an instrument and it is not functioning perfectly
One truss rod is for micro adjustments.
I bought that same bridge and LOVE It, and had the first and fourth string a tad taller from 5/64ths. I dont like to shim but the solution for me was very easy: just take off and file down a little the base of both saddles! In your case is just one... Its super easy, Hope it helps.
Normally, I dont like to remove material from the bridge - I prefer to shim the neck. Thanks for watching and I hope you have subbed to my channel?
Hello, have you tried the Heat Press treatment using an Old Sock and some Rice on this neck (per one of your other video)? Would it solve anything?
I have always tigthned the neck not loosen it when straighting a bass neck,it should have a tiny bit of back bow when strings off...if you had tightned the truss rod when strings were on it it would have gone straighter with less back bow...tighten not loosen,you should have measured 24hrs after loosening the truss rod so much...lol...right you did...even with carbon fibre stiffening rods in the neck Jazz's always move around due to temperature, climate etc because neck at nut is so narrow & modern necks are thinner, C type instead of D, than years ago...nice Jazz bass, i have the Mexican maple fretboard 75th Anniversary Jazz in Silver/Gold...beautiful looking & sounding Jazz bass..good job on the blue Jazz but confused as tightening truss rod will straighten not give more releif bud,you don't want to loosen it...righty tighty straightens neck ,loosening gives more back bow bud.....
Never heard of putting a neck to flat with no strings. Neck should have back bow with no strings under tension. Definitely some odd choices here
A neck without string tension should ideally be flat, not bowed... rarely the case. That is why we use truss rods to compensate.
To compensate the strings tension the neck should be back bowed without strings in my opinion.
@@panych3198 each guitar is different...
@@panych3198correct
On a side note. Those gig bags are awesome!
Still an issue with quality control from the big US three, Martin, Fender and Gibson. Too many bad stories over the past two years. Just bought a brand new Yamaha Trbx 604 for my daughter, came out of the shipping box perfect. The staff at the shop told me everything they get from Yamaha is spot on, they are also a big Fender and Gibson dealer, I asked about those brands.......his eyes just rolled skywards. The Yamaha was spot on 5/64ths at the 17th fret, frets beautifully polished, got the lads to do a string change to 40-100's as my girl has small hands, they said " we can take it lower if you wish"...not a buzz anywhere. I love US guitars but I wish the would get their QC sorted out.
Japanese, Korean and Indonesian factories are very good...
@@ManotickGuitarTech You may be right but I had major quality control problems with a premium Indonesian Ibanez.
QC is an issue in every factory, no production facility will be absent of guitars getting out the door that occasionally have QC issues, regardless of country.
Definitely a candidate for a shim
I could really use a guy like you close to me in NJ. I cant seem to find one that is as knowledgeable as you and i dont know how to do this stuff myself.
Quick question, why did you decide to string it through the body as opposed to through the bridge?
@@trenken owner wanted it that way
Its too bad that this one squeezed through. I love playing and the sound of this bass. The hardware on this bass is really lovely. Nicer than my Marcus Miller Japanese!
Looks like QC did miss the neck on this one... the bridge is really nice.
That is a pretty bass.
Great colour!
2 posts past not 3. And always crimp before you cut
2 or 3...experiment with your guitar to see what works best.
@Manotick StringWorks I’m talking about what works on a fender bass
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